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23 hours ago · The name of the æsir is explained as "men from Asia", Asgard being the "Asian city" (i.e., Troy). Alternatively, Troy is in Tyrkland (Turkey, i.e., Asia Minor), and Asialand is Scythia, where Thor founded a new city named Asgard. Odin is a remote descendant of Thor, removed by twelve generations, who led an expedition across Germany, Denmark ...
23 hours ago · Modern-day Montenegro was more and more known by that name in the historical period following the fall of the Serbian Despotate in 1459. Originally, it had referred to only a small strip of land under the rule of the Paštrovići tribe, but the name eventually came to be used for the wider mountainous region after the Crnojević noble family took power in Upper Zeta . [30]
23 hours ago · In Turkey, Judaeo-Spanish was most commonly written in the Turkish variant of the Latin alphabet. That may have been the most widespread system in use prior to the adoption of the official orthography, as following the decimation of Sephardic communities throughout much of Europe (particularly in Greece and the Balkans ) during The Holocaust , the greatest proportion of speakers remaining were Turkish Jews.
23 hours ago · Religion in Turkey Secularism in Turkey Islam in Turkey Sunni Islam (Hanafi, Shafi'i) Shia Islam (Alevi, Ja'fari, Nusayri) Sufism (Bektashi, Mawlawi, Naqshbandi, Qadiri) Nondenominational Muslim Christianity in Turkey Eastern (Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Turkish Orthodox) Catholic (Latin Catholic, Greek Catholic, Chaldean Catholic) Protestant Judaism in Turkey Sephardi Ashkenazi Romaniote Sabbatean Minor religions Bahá'í Faith in Turkey Tengrism Yazidis in Turkey ...
23 hours ago · This is a list of notable Turkish people, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities have been established. They include people of Turkish descent born in other countries whose roots are in those countries.
23 hours ago · A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon.
23 hours ago · This practice has been criticized by residents of affected Arabic neighborhoods, who deem the names inappropriate (for example, a street named after Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was called a "local laughingstock" by Tel Aviv-Jaffa city councillor Ahmed Belha; and a street where the Al Siksik Mosque is located was renamed Beit Eshel Street, after a short-lived Jewish settlement in what is now Beersheba) and demand a return to Arabic names.
