Search results for "Middle Persian" - New World Encyclopedia
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- which connects the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden ... in the ninth century C.E., when Arab and Persian seamen began to use the ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- from Arabic (al-)lazward, which came from Persian لاژورد lāzhward. ... The word lazuli originates from the Persian dialect of Badakhshan. ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
- The Caspian Sea (Russian: Kaspiyskoye More; Persian: Daryaye Khezer ... is usually divided into the northern, middle, and southern Caspian. The ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- The word bazaar derives from the Persian word bāzār, the etymology ... The bazaar first appeared in the Middle East, around the fourth century ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- Cyrus (Old Persian Kourosh or Khorvash, modern Persian: کوروش ... with the words the Great (Vazraka in Old Persian, Bozorg in modern Persian ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
- with caraway (Carum carvi), also called Persian cumin, which produces similar ... cuisines, with particular popularity in Middle Eastern, Indian, Cuban, and ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- Persian and Arabic script is thought to have influenced Indian calligraphy ... ====History of Persian Calligraphy==== The history of calligraphy in ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- The word asphalt is derived from the Middle English aspalt, which ... In the ancient Middle East, natural asphalt deposits were used for ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- Talc (derived from the Persian via Arabic talq) is a mineral composed ... from the ophiolite belts of Turkey, Oman, and the Middle East. ...8 KB (1,172 words) - 03:55, 27 February 2023
- the southern shore of Kuwait Bay off the Persian Gulf. Kuwait City is the ... Located at the heart of the country on the shore of the Persian Gulf ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- approximately 30° north latitude in the Persian Gulf and, thus, has asymmetric ... Oman, Laccadive Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- Omar Khayyám (Persian عمر خیام; May 18, 1048 – December ... of the most profound and important poets of the Middle East. ...11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- The Huma, also known as the "bird of paradise," is a Persian ... The word huma in the Persian language stands for a fabulous bird. ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- as the only way to discourage or resist Persian and Ottoman aggression, ... thereafter put an end to Russia’s Persian Expedition of 1796, as her ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- Since then, for over 2700 years, the Persian Jews have lived in the territories ... returned to Judea during the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 B.C.E ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- zarqun, meaning vermilion, or perhaps from the Persian zargun, meaning golden-colored. These words are corrupted into "jargoon," a term applied ...9 KB (1,181 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- of Mopsuestia in high esteem. The Sassanid Persian kings, who were at constant ... who traveled and preached throughout the Persian Empire and Central and East ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- nobility. Here he was taught Latin, English, and Persian, studied mathematics and zoology, and was able to considerably widen his musical experience. ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- structure of its kind: the tomb of the Persian King Mausollos, built in ... Turkey) for Mausollus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- the Ottomans and the Russians had seized Persian territory for themselves ... On the other-hand, his restoration of Persian prestige helped those who ...23 KB (3,626 words) - 23:01, 10 November 2022
