Anatolia

NORMAL VALUES OF LIVER SIZE BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN IN THE EASTERN ANATOLIA REGION PURPOSE To purpose of this study was to determine the normal range of liver dimension and the relationship of each with sex, age, body height and weight in healthy children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study comprised 310 healthy children (150 girls and 160 boys) with ages ranging from 3 days to 16 years in children in the Eastern Anatolia Region. Children who had underlying malignant tumors, infections, hematologic

Excerpt from Digenes Akritas They mounted at once and they came to the battlefield. They hissed like dragons, they roared like lions, they soared like eagles, and the two clashed. And then you could see a fight between fine brave youths. In the heat of the battle they struck continuously, and from the great clashing and the cut and thrust the plains grew fearful and the mountains re-echoed, trees were uprooted and the sun was darkened. Blood flowed down over their horse-trappings and their sweat

In addition, the heads of scepters was found in same layer and those emphasize the people in the leadership position of the society. There is limited number of structures with decoration and clay wall relief is not seen in Anatolia in that time. However, the closest parallels for the relief-decorated mud-bricks from Maydos-Kilisetepe come from the Late Bronze Age site of Apsalos in Macedonian region of Greece. The work on pottery and small finds of Maydos Kilisetepe Mound has

The Influence and the Role of the Jewish Community in Ancient and Contemporary Turkey Antiquity A Jewish community has existed in the land that is modern day Turkey for many centuries. In fact, many important figures of the Old Testament lived in Turkey during at least part of their lives. Abraham was born in Ur of Chaldea, according to the Old Testament, which is believed to be the Turkish city Sanhurfa (located close to the Euphrates River) (G 3). It is also believed that Abraham

For many years, holy wars had been fought by Christians all across Europe against the impeding forces of neighboring Muslims. These wars were called the Crusades and for decades upon centuries, thousands of lives had been lost on both the Christian and Muslim fronts. Historically speaking, there were approximately nine crusades waged upon the Muslims to stop them from encroaching further on European territory, but most of these Crusades were unsuccessful with the advent of strong Muslim empires.

The Byzantium Empire was the Eastern addition to the Roman Empire during the Late Antiquity and The Middle Ages. Established in the Ancient Greek city Byzantion in 330 AD by the Roman Emperor Constantine as the new imperial capital of Rome. Furthermore, he had added duplicates of everything from Old Rome, such as the Coliseum and the Imperial Palace, not including the Pagan temples. The Byzantines had spoken Greek and had more Greek architecture and culture than Roman. The Byzantium Empire had

3 / 8 At this time world were divided into two parts: Dar Al-Islam which was the house of Islam and Dar Al-Harb the house of war.In order to be a part of Dar Al Islam a country/empire must be ruled by a muslim government.The outside world, which has not yet been subjugated, is called the "House of War"-the name that Dar Al Islam gave to the Europe because of christian being. -DAR AL ISLAM -Was a major economic and cultural center in the word.Dar al Islam provided a common language of traders on

them became compulsory and similar. As shown in the Greek Colonization Map (chapter3) the procedure of Greek settlement became stronger on the coasts of Anatolia lastingly changing the cultural geography of the Mediterranean world and the swap of cultures from the Greek to others and vice versa, as a fast result of trade. The western shores of Anatolia held the Greek culture strongly for the following thousands of years. A large amount of Greeks settled in southern parts of Italy which the Romans called

To counteract this growing influence, the Ottomans appointed a rival Sufi group, the Bektasi, to become the official order of janissary soldiers who captured Byzantine cities throughout Anatolia.1 In 1453, the Ottomans captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.? This victory allowed the Ottomans to consolidate their empire.? They revived the Islamic title of caliph and based the legitimacy of their rule in Islam.? Religion

in a dire need of restoration, as neighboring civilizations continued to infiltrate the Eastern Roman land. “By 1350, it was reduced to the tip of Anatolia and a strip of the Balkans. Yet thanks to its walls, its fleet, and its strategic location, Constantinople held out for another 100 years.” In the mid-1400s, the Ottoman Turks from western Anatolia invaded the capital city of Constantinople. The remaining remnant of the Roman Empire fell in