Kar-daKI-ka 21st ce. B.C.E. Karda Land of Valiant Mountain People Central Zagros East Terminological Analysis Ferdinand Hennerbichler Abstract The toponym “kar-daKI-ka” (“ma-da kar-daKI-ka”) means land of “Karda”, which derives most likely out of Akkadian “qarda” (“qurda”) for heroic, brave, valiant, and warlike (mountain) people. It was geographically located in ancient heartlands of...
How the first excavations in an ancient city are supporting its claim as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world. By ANDREW LAWLER – ARCHAEOLOGY.ORG The earlier fortifications include a 60-foot-thick wall that likely had a defensive slope and a moat. The city’s formidable construction, says...
Kurdistan: A new dawn breaks for Near eastern archaeology John MacGinnis - Konstantinos Kopanias The Kurdish Autonomous Region in north-east Iraq is a land of craggy peaks, gushing rivers, and extraordinary archaeology. Yet, for decades, dictatorship and military conflict has kept the area off-limits. Now, as John MacGinnis and...
FOREWORD FOR THE KURDISH ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (COMPARATIVE) This book is defined as unique, because there is no such attempt in any other group of language; moreover, it is considered to be the first embodiment of the Kurdish language dictionaries. We are fully entitled to allege that until now, the Kurdish...
Razbar Ensemble Razbar Ensemble was founded in 1997 in Bonn, Germany, and it's primary goal is to present the sacred music of the Ahl-e Haqq, whose extraordinarily rich repertoire is derived from its deep roots in ancient spiritual and artistic traditions. From the outset of their...
Prof. Mehrdad Izady Prof. Mehrdad Izady - مهرداد ئیزهدی Shot - April, 02, 2003 Mehrdad Izady, Fordham University, Examines Role of Kurds in the Future of Iraq "Iraqi's will not live in peace as long as Kurds are ignored, he says.\" Mehrdad lzady (Kurdish: Mihrdad Ízedí,...
The glorious Gutians -- Historic Kurdistan as ancient Gutium Samar Abbas -- iranian.com Abstract Historic Kurdistan as ancient Gutium. Describing the Descent of modern Kurds from legendary Gutians of Yore. Relation of the Jats with the Gutians & Goths. Disclosing the Gutians to be a branch of the Getae,...
Qanate Kurdo Qanate Kurdo or Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev, (Russian: Канат Калашевич Курдоев, Kurdish: Qanatê Kurdo; 1909 – October 31, 1985), was a Kurdish writer, linguist and academic. He was born in the village of Sûsiz near Kars in present-day north-eastern Turkey (then part of the Kars...
The Middle East's travelling storytellers They keep the story of the Kurdish people alive, strengthening Kurdish unity by recognising its struggle through its history and legends. By Rhiannon J Davies BBC - Travel - 20 November 2018 A low, throaty voice worked its way through the city of Diyarbakır,...
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