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Hisn-i mansur

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An ancient city in Southeastern Turkey founded by the Umayyads in the 8th century meaning 'castle of Mansur' in Arabic. Name remained as it is until the republican era of Turkey and renamed as ...

A three-year religio-political rebellion of the Turkmen of Anatolia against the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum. It was led by a charismatic preacher Baba Ishak in 1239 until he was hanged in 1241. It was ...

Amida

History; World history

An ancient Roman city located in the Southeastern part of what is now modern Turkey. It is the ancient name of Diyarbakır.

Ottoman festive tree

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It is an artificial tree decorated with flowers, fruits, models of ship, ribbons and animal or even human figures, all fashioned from beeswax or coloured paper used during circumcision and wedding ...

Kurgan stelae

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Kurgan stelae are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli), in kurgan cemeteries, or in a double line extending from a kurgan.

Cold War

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The Cold War (1947–1991), was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition existing after World War II (1939–1945) between the Communist World – primarily ...