Search results for "Persian language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- his third voyage, sailing to Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. On his return he touched ... southward down the Arabian coast, the Persian Gulf and Arabia, visiting ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Suleiman I, in Turkish language Süleyman and in the Arabic alphabet ... in the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf. In 1562, he conquered ...10 KB (1,667 words) - 19:26, 22 October 2022
- French rule in the region also solidified language throughout and instituted ... and domestic servants in the Arabian and Persian gulfs. ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- from Latin into English, Arabic, Persian and Chinese by Edward Pococke for use in missionary work in the East and remained in print until the ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- There are English language-guided tours through many of the palace ... of Millions, decorated with Indian and Persian miniatures—a truly grand ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- refers to literature written in the Greek language from the earliest texts ... ancient legends. The stories are told in language that is simple, direct, ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- or its émigrés, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent ... masterpieces written in the Old Russian language (usually referred to as ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- The official language is Arabic. English is used widely in commerce and government and among educated people. Arabic and English must be taught ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- Persian sovereignty lasted until the Persians were defeated at the hands of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. In 333 B.C.E., Alexander ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- by ethnic groups using a click-tongue language similar to that of southern ... one being Kibaha, a settlement of Persian origin that held ascendancy ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- of Iran, called Fars or Pars in the Persian language. This region was the ... efficiency was increased. The Old Persian language appears in royal inscriptions ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 13:06, 20 May 2024
- any foreigner of a different culture and language background. While it did ... " The word comes from the Greek language, and was used to connote ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- The name Turkmenistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land ... === Persian and Macedonian conquests=== [[Image:AlexandreLouvre.jpg ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish language: Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye; ... Porte or the Porte, from the French language translation of the Ottoman ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- * Koch, Klaus. The Prophets: The Babylonian and Persian Periods. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984 (original 1982). ISBN 0800617568. ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 10:18, 2 March 2024
- alloy. The word arsenic can be traced back to the Persian word زرنيخ zarnikh (for yellow orpiment), which was adapted in Greek as arsenikon. ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems ... ==The Persian Wars== In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey), ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- Aristotelianism has made an indelible contribution to the language ... The Persian philosopher Avicenna (980-1032 C.E.) synthesized the theories ...18 KB (2,450 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- part of the region's traditional music. In Persian and Azeri classical music, singers frequently use tahrir, a yodeling technique that oscillates ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- honored throughout the Babylonian and later Persian empires for several more centuries as a member of the great, if far away, triad of deities together ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
