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

Domain: History; Category: World history

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 ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

It took place in the eastern Anatolia, near lake Van in 1514, ended by the Ottoman’s victory over the Safavid Empire of Persia. As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars"), was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres in extent. In the Middle Ages it was the most populous area of Rome.

Domain: History; Category: World history

He ruled from 559 BC until his death in 530 BC. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.

Domain: History; Category: World history

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 ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Alparslan Türkeş, who is the founder of the far right Nationalist Movement Party, released a political pamphlet titled The Nine Lights Doctrine in 1965 listing nine basic principles that formed the ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

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