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Category: History

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The Neolithic mound of Aşıklı Höyük rising above the Melendiz river in Cappadocia
History

Aşıklı Höyük: The 10,000-Year-Old Village That Came Before Çatalhöyük

Centuries before Çatalhöyük, people in Cappadocia already built streetless houses entered through the roof, kept early sheep, and even performed brain surgery. Meet Aşıklı Höyük.

History

Atatürk’s Will

With all the speeches and shares that I own, I leave and bequeath to the Republican People’s Party, the property and real estate property owner in Çankaya: 1. Nukut and

History

Attila – Turk Hun King

Attila (b. 406 – d. 453) is the ruler of the Hun Empire. His father is Muncuk Han. His uncle Roa found him trying to live alone in the steppe

History

Avars

Are Avars Turks? Avars are the second Turkish tribe that was largely influential in European history after the Huns. Indeed, although the Avars did not have great leaders like Attila,

History

Başbuğ Gazi M.K. Rare images of Ataturk (300)

Başbuğ Gazi M.K. Rare images of Ataturk (300) 05 monday Oct 2015 Posted by Türk in Articles ≈ Leave a comment Tagsalbum, ataturk, chief, photo, veteran, gazi pasha, visual, mustafa kemal,

La Danta pyramid rising above the rainforest at El Mirador Guatemala
History

Before Tikal, There Was El Mirador

El Mirador rose centuries before Tikal, raising La Danta, one of the largest pyramids ever built, deep in Guatemala’s Mirador Basin rainforest.

Rough map of the Eridu mound showing the main ziggurat, temple, and a few buildings
History

Before Uruk, Before Ur: Eridu and the Memory of the World’s First City

The Sumerians themselves believed Eridu was the very first city on Earth, the place where kingship was lowered down from heaven at the dawn of time, according to the Sumerian

History, Science

Beyt’ül Hikmet: The Library of Islam Where Discoveries That Reveal Modern Mathematics Are Made

Beyt’ül Hikmet (House of Wisdom) sounds like a dream. No trace is left of this ancient library, which was destroyed in the 13th century. So we are not entirely sure

Island of Björkö Birka
History

Birka: The Viking Market Where Furs Bought Baghdad’s Silver

On a green island in a lake west of modern Stockholm, sheep now graze among grassy mounds where, more than a thousand years ago, one of the busiest marketplaces of

Cruise ships Bolgar.JPG
History

Bolgar: The Volga Metropolis Where the North First Met Islam

On the Volga in medieval Tatarstan, Bolgar was the capital of the Volga Bulgars, where the Islamic world met the northern forests through fur, silver, and faith.