The latest news is that Beyoncé named one of her new babies after a Persian poet. Everyone is abuzz with discussions of who this man was and what exactly this means. Although the poetry was written in the 13th century, it has gathered popularity in the west beginning in the early 21st century. So who […]
Category: Fertile Crescent
Jinn
Written on May 8, 2017 by Adela at 3:00 PM | 0
Adela, Fertile Crescent, Middle East, Rest of the World
Adela, Fertile Crescent, Middle East, Rest of the World
Tales of the mystical creatures appear in early Arabian and later Islamic mythology. An individual member of the jinn is known as a jinni, djinni, or genie. Throughout the Quran and other Islamic texts they are mentioned frequently. The Quran says that the jinn were created from a smokeless and “scorching fire”, but are also […]
The Vanishing Persian Army of Cambyses
Written on February 22, 2017 by ER at 3:17 PM | 0
Egypt, ER, Fertile Crescent, Middle East, Rest of the World
Egypt, ER, Fertile Crescent, Middle East, Rest of the World
When your dad is Cyrus the Great, you have a lot to live up to. He began the Achaemenid Empire and reigned over the territory from Asia Minor to India. Unfortunately, Cyrus met his match in a warrior queen named Tomyris and went to his long home. (More on her in this post: http://www.historynaked.com/tomyris-the-woman-who-brought-down-cyrus-the-great/ ) […]
The Hasanlu Lovers
Their remains were found by a team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Robert Dyson at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in the Solduz Valley in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, in 1972. It was the site of the Teppe Hasanlu citadel. Around 800 B.C. when the pair was alive the area […]
Timurlane
Written on November 23, 2016 by ER at 4:05 PM | 0
Central Asia, ER, Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World, Russia
Central Asia, ER, Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World, Russia
After the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire had fragmented into separate khanates as his descendants squabbled amongst themselves. The empire he built was too big for any of them to rule, so it was split into pieces and divided between them. The northwestern portion was called Golden Horde, and by 1336 the majority […]