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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 130 | | | |  130: Encyclopedia II - Kashgar - History of the SitePreviously the city consisted of two towns, Kona Sheher or "old city", and Yengi Sheher or "new city", about 5 miles (8 km) apart, separated from one another by the Kyzyl Su (literally: "Red River"), a tributary of the Tarim river. The division is now less distinct.
Kona Sheher is a small fortified city on high ground overlooking the Tuman river. Its walls are lofty and supported by buttress bastions with loopholed turrets at intervals; the fortifications, however, are but of hard clay and are much out of repair. The city contains abo ...
See also:Kashgar, Kashgar - Geography, Kashgar - History of the Site, Kashgar - Name, Kashgar - Early History, Kashgar - The Kushans, Kashgar - Three Kingdoms to the Sui, Kashgar - The Tang Dynasty, Kashgar - The Arab Invasions, Kashgar - The Uighurs, Kashgar - The Mongols, Kashgar - Chinese Garrison, Kashgar - The 1862 Revolt, Kashgar - Sights, Kashgar - Demographics, Kashgar - Economics & Society Read more here: » Kashgar: Encyclopedia II - Kashgar - History of the Site |
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| | | | | 130: Encyclopedia II - Kashgar - Geography Kashgar is sited west of the Taklamakan desert at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range. Its coordinates are 39° 24’ 26” N.; 76° 6’ 47” E. It is 1,290 m/4,232 ft above sea level.
Situated at the junction of routes from the valley of the Oxus, from Khokand and Samarkand, Almati, Aksu, and Khotan, the last two leading from China and India, Kashgar has been noted from very early times ...
See also:Kashgar, Kashgar - Geography, Kashgar - History of the Site, Kashgar - Name, Kashgar - Early History, Kashgar - The Kushans, Kashgar - Three Kingdoms to the Sui, Kashgar - The Tang Dynasty, Kashgar - The Arab Invasions, Kashgar - The Uighurs, Kashgar - The Mongols, Kashgar - Chinese Garrison, Kashgar - The 1862 Revolt, Kashgar - Sights, Kashgar - Demographics, Kashgar - Economics & Society Read more here: » Kashgar: Encyclopedia II - Kashgar - Geography |
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| | | | | 130: Encyclopedia II - Irenaeus - Biography Irenaeus is thought to have been a Greek from Polycarp's hometown of Smyrna in Asia Minor, now Izmir, Turkey. He was brought up in a Christian family, rather than converting as an adult, and this may help explain his strong sense of orthodoxy. Irenaeus was one of the first Christian writers to use the principle of apostolic succession to refute his opponents.
Irenaeus is remembered as the second bishop of Lyons, although there is no clear evidence that he ever officially assumed the episcopal duties. The first bishop, Pothinus, was martyred around 177 during persecutions under Marcus Aure ...
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| | | | | 130: Encyclopedia II - Satavahana - Conflict with the Shakas Yavanas and Pahlavas The first century CE saw the incursion of the Sakas of Central Asia into India, where they formed the dynasty of the Western Kshatrapas. The four immediate successors of Hāla (r. 20-24 CE) had short reigns totalling about a dozen years. About this time the kingdom lost some of its territory, including Malwa, to the Western Kshatrapas.
Eventually Gautamiputra (Sri Yagna) Sātakarni (r. 106-130 CE) defeated the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana, restoring the prestige of his dynasty by reconquering a large part of the former dominions o ...
See also:Satavahana, Satavahana - Origins, Satavahana - Early rulers, Satavahana - Conflict with the Shakas Yavanas and Pahlavas, Satavahana - Cultural achievements, Satavahana - Decline, Satavahana - Main rulers Read more here: » Satavahana: Encyclopedia II - Satavahana - Conflict with the Shakas Yavanas and Pahlavas |
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