time between 1001 and 1026 a group of “Athiganos” arrived. The word Athigatos or Acinkan in Greek would be “untouchable”. Different synonyms of this word were used later as name for “that” nation around Europe. In literature we find: latin-Cingarus‚ Turkey-Cingeneler‚ France-Tsiganes‚ Germany-Zinger‚ Russia-Cjganji‚ Hungary-Ciganjiok‚ Italy-Zingari‚ Spain-Gitanos. In Croatia the name is Cigani and in Dubrovnik Republic Jedupi or Egyptians. The name Egyptians was
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[pic] ANIMALS IN DANGER According to the European branch of WWF‚ the brown bear is in danger in all the world. Its population is about 100-150 persons. We find her in Central and Northern Pindos and also in Western Rodopi.
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and 30s foreign policy dominated by desire to reverse the treaty and re-united Mayar-speaking –signed treaty w. Mussolini in 27. Its neighbors however signed treaty (R+ Cezh+Yugo) with Little Entente in (20-21) fear of Hungary. Treaty of Sevres (Turkey)20 Dardanelles placed under International Commission and permanently open to international shipping. Lost rights to Sudan and Libya. Saudi Arabia became independent. Syria‚ Iraq and Palestine L ON mandates and administered by B and F. Greece received
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Ottoman Culture has evolved along centuries as their empire was widen across the world and they conquer more nations. Original bases of their culture was build on the islamic and turkish cultures and strongly influenced by them in customs‚ Language and all life styles. Their culture absorbed‚ adapted and modified the cultures of conquered lands and their nations for example Persian culture - the Seljuk Empire architecture theme and culture- had a significant contribution to that era’s culture
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Armenia covered 100‚000 square miles extending from Asia Minor to Persia. It also covered the plains of Mt. Ararat and stretched from the Caucasian mountain range in the east to the Euphrates River in the west. Historic Armenia was bordered by Turkey‚ Cilicia‚ Syria‚ Iran and Russia. Armenia formed an important trade and commerce highway between these countries (Douglas 7). The Armenians played an important part in the Ottoman Empire. They were involved in finance‚ commerce‚ and many traveled
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Cyprus‚ an island in the Eastern Mediterranean‚ at the cross-roads of three continents - Europe‚ Asia and Africa - has one of the oldest histories of the world‚ dating back 9000 years.<br><br>Its strategic position‚ its wealth in forests and mineral deposits‚ as well as its skilled craftsmen‚ made it the prized possession of the powers of the day. Cultural influences came from all directions - all major regional civilisations left their mark on the island‚ contributing to the development of a very
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by the Caucasus Mountains‚ the southwest region is disjointed from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez‚ and then the east region adjoins Central and South Asia. The population is over 300 million and the most populous countries in the region are Iran and Turkey‚ each with about 75 million people‚ followed by Iraq with about 32 million people. The most used language is Arabic‚ which is the official language in 14 regional countries; there are other languages used like Turkish‚ and Persian. Nationalism
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Tempo Ltd Ashley M. Powers BUS 632 – Advanced Logistics 08/27/2012 Doctor Erick Aguilar Tempo Ltd Tempo Ltd. is a company in Antalya‚ Turkey established by eutrepreuer‚ Faith Terim‚ in 1989. “The focus of his business was to buy goods from nearby foreign sources and then find buyers for those products in the domestic Turkish market.” (Woods & Murphy‚ 2010‚ p 109). Currently‚ the company has connections in most European countries and Terim works very hard to keep theses connections
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The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group that is located in Turkey‚ Iran‚ Iraq‚ and Syria. They are a group that is not located centrally. The Kurds are located in all four of the countries listed. The Kurds were promised a state of their own after World War I. There was a treaty in 1920 that was revoked from them. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a state (O’Leary 17). They are currently fighting to gain their own state. They want to be officially recognized as a state called
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One of the greatest engineering achievements of ancient times is a water tunnel‚ 1‚036 meters (4‚000 feet) long‚ excavated through a mountain on the Greek island of Samos in the sixth century B.C. It was dug through solid limestone by two separate teams advancing in a straight line from both ends‚ using only picks‚ hammers‚ and chisels. This was a prodigious feat of manual labor. The intellectual feat of determining the direction of tunneling was equally impressive. How did they do this
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