Origin of The Kurds By Prof. Mehrdad A. Izady Being the native inhabitants of their land. there are no “beginnings” for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically …
Read More »The Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire Near the end of the second millennium BCE the king of Akkad, Sargon the Great, had brought all the cities of Sumer under his rule. He had marched his armies into Elam to the east and then west into Syria securing the frontiers for trade and commerce. …
Read More »The Legacy of Ur-Nammu
The Legacy of Ur-Nammu The Akkadian Empire had fallen to the Gutians and ancient Iraq was in chaos. Centuries of civilizations efforts were undone as cities were sacked, canals were abandoned and roads became impassable. Within a short time the regions infrastructure toppled under the weight of the Gutian …
Read More »The Kurds – One Of The World’s Most Ancient Peoples
The Kurds – One Of The World’s Most Ancient Peoples. Before the great city-states of ancient Sumer and Akkad people chose the caves and foothills of Kurdistan for their dwellings. Most history books have but a few references to the geographical region known as Kurdistan because it is not a …
Read More »Saladin Ayubi
Saladin Ayubi Saladin (1137/1138–1193) was a Muslim military and political leader who as sultan (or leader) led Islamic forces during the Crusades. Saladin’s greatest triumph over the European Crusaders came at the Battle of Hattin in 1187, which paved the way for Islamic re-conquest of Jerusalem and other Holy Land …
Read More »Why didn’t Kurdistan become a nation after World War 1?
Why didn’t Kurdistan become a nation after World War 1? By:Harold Kingsberg The treaty that got the Ottoman Empire out of the First World War was the Treaty of Sèvres. It was signed on 10 August 1920, and in addition to stripping the Ottoman Empire of all of its territory …
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History Being the native inhabitants of their land, there are no “beginnings” for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically into their land. Genetically, Kurds are the descendants …
Read More »Urartian Red Burnished Pottery From Diyarbakir Museum
Urartian Kingdom has not only become known by its organized state structure, advanced architecture, irrigation system, superior quality metal workmanship but also has become known by its red burnished potteries, which imitate metallic pots. Potteries’ pastes, which were given shape at paddle wheels by expert potters, were prepared by using …
Read More »The History of Kurdish Language
The History of Kurdish Language The unprejudiced academics that study Kurdish history are united in the view that the Kurds are an ancient race (1). The Kurds have lived for many thousands of year’s -even longer than written documentation can reflect-in a land that has been described as the ‘cradle …
Read More »Brief History
Brief History The Kurds are, together with the Arabs, Persians, and Armenians, one of the most ancient peoples of the Near East. The country they inhabit is called Kurdistan. The Kurds have their own language, Kurdish. Kurdish is a member of the Indo-European family of languages; like Persian, Afghan, and …
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