Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia - Kush
Kush or Cush was an African civilization south of Ancient Egypt in Nubia, which is located in the modern day North African nation of Suda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Kush: Encyclopedia - Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush, Hindū Kūsh, Hindoo Koosh or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in Balawa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kush - Napata
This Napata based kingdom became quite potent and under king Kashta and then Piye; it conquered Egypt, establishing the twenty-fifth dyna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia - Yuezhi
Yuezhi (Chinese:月氏, also 月支, Wade-Giles: Yüeh-Chih) or Da Yuezhi (Chinese:大月氏, also 大月支, "Great Yuezhi") is the Chin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspelta: Encyclopedia - Aspelta
Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 593 - 568 BCE). More is known about him and his reign than most of the rulers of Kush. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beni Mellal: Encyclopedia - Beni Mellal
Beni-Mellal is a Moroccan city located at (32°20′22″N, 6°21′39″W). It is the capital city of the Tadla-Azilal Region, with a po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arachosia: Encyclopedia - Arachosia
Arachosia is the ancient name of an area that corresponds to the southern part of today 's Afghanistan, around the city of Kandahar. It i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kusha: Encyclopedia - Kusha
Kusha (also spelt Kush and Kusa) has more than one meaning:- Kusha and his twin brother Lava are the children of the Hindu God Rama and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty-fifth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Twenty-fifth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Cush: Encyclopedia - Biblical Cush
Cush (כּוּשׁ "black", Standard Hebrew Kuš, Tiberian Hebrew Kûš) was the eldest son of Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chem: Encyclopedia - Chem
Khem (also spelt Chem) is the Egyptian word for black, and was usually used to describe the fertile soil surrounding the Nile, which was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amu Darya: Encyclopedia - Amu Darya
The Amu Darya (also Amudarya, Amudar'ya, in Persian آمودریا; Darya means "Sea" in Persian) is a river in Central Asia. It is navig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Pine: Encyclopedia - Blue Pine
The Blue Pine (Pinus wallichiana) is a pine native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalasha: Encyclopedia - Kalasha
The Kalasha, also known as the Kalash, are an ethnic group that lives in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan. They are an ancient Dardic pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chitral: Encyclopedia - Chitral
Chitral, or Chitrāl, is the name of a town (35° 53' N; 71° 48' E), valley, river, district, and former princely state in the Malakand ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 326 Bc: Encyclopedia - 326 Bc
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 9th century BC - Overview. 9th century BC - Events. Kingdom of Kush (900 BC)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bactria: Encyclopedia - Bactria
Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Caucasus Indicus) and the Amu Darya (O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tulip: Encyclopedia - Tulip
See text In the lily family, Liliaceae. They are bulbous plants, with large, showy flowers with six petals. There are around 100 species,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 560s Bc: Encyclopedia - 560s Bc
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC 540s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabul: Encyclopedia - Kabul
Kabul (34°32′N 69°10′E, Kâb'l, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Himalayas: Encyclopedia - Himalayas
The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Badakhshan: Encyclopedia - Badakhshan
Badakhshan is a region comprising parts of northeastern Afghanistan and of Tajikistan. Badakhshan Province is one of the thirty-four prov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wakhan Corridor: Encyclopedia - Wakhan Corridor
The Wakhan Corridor (also spelt as Vakhan; وخان in Persian) is a narrow (in some places less than 10 mi. wide) corridor in the Badakh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizraim: Encyclopedia - Mizraim
Mizraim (Hebrew מצרים Mitzráyim or Miṣrāyim/Miṣráyim; cf. Arabic مصر Miṣr) is the Hebrew name for the land of Egypt, wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannabis Indica: Encyclopedia - Cannabis Indica
Cannabis indica Lam. (sometimes classified Cannabis sativa spp. indica) is a putative species of Cannabis, although not all botanists agr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kush - Origins
The first developed societies appeared in Nubia around the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt. The first known Kushite state was the King...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kush - Decline
The decline of Kush is hotly debated. A diplomatic mission in Nero's reign travelled to Meroe; (Pliny the Elder, N.H. 6.35). After the 2n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kush - Decline
The decline of Kush is hotly debated. A diplomatic mission in Nero's reign travelled to Meroe; (Pliny the Elder, N.H. 6.35). After the 2n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Kush - Nomenclature
The name Hindu Kush is usually applied to the whole of the range separating the basins of the Kabul and Helmand Rivers from that of the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kush - Move To Meroe
It is clear from the records that Aspelta's successors had their capital at Meroe, considerably farther south than Napata. The exact date...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cush, Kush: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cush, Kush
Cush kush (Hebrew) Black; the eldest son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and father of Nimrod. Also applied to his descendants, usually tran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Expansion Into The Hindu-kush
The area of the Hindu-Kush (Paropamisadae) was ruled by the western Indo-Greek king until the reign of Hermaeus (reigned c. 90–70 BCE)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early History Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Early History Of Sudan - Kush
Northern Sudan's earliest historical record comes from Egyptian sources, which described the land upstream from the First Cataract, calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early History Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Early History Of Sudan - Meroe
Egypt's succeeding dynasty failed to reassert control over Kush. In 590 B.C., however, an Egyptian army sacked Napata, compelling the Kus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Settlement In Transoxiana
The Yuezhi were visited by a Chinese mission, led by Zhang Qian in 126 BCE, that was seeking an offensive alliance with the Yuezhi to cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - The Yuezhi Exodus
The Yuezhi sometimes practiced the exchange of hostages with the Xiongnu, and at one time were hosts to Maodun (Ch:冒頓), son of the Xi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Invasion Of Bactria
Some time after 126 BCE, possibly disturbed by further incursions of rivals from the north, and apparently vanquished by the Parthian kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Founders Of The Kushan Empire
By the end of the 1st century BCE, one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi, the Kui-Shan (Ch: 貴霜, Guishang, origin of name Kushan adopte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Origins
The first known reference to the Yuezhi was made in 645 BCE by the Chinese economist Guan Zhong. He described the Yuezhi, or Niuzhi, as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nubia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nubia - History
Nubia - Pre-history. The earliest cultures of Nubia left no writings and are unreported in the annals of other nations. The first notic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early History Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Early History Of Sudan - Christian Nubia
By the sixth century, three states had emerged as the political and cultural heirs of the Meroitic kingdom. Nobatia in the north, had its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Parkes: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Parkes - Biography
Though he studied graphic art and painting at the University of Kansas, his unique style evolved in isolation, after a period in which he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amun: Encyclopedia Ii - Amun - Fertility God
When, subsequently, Egypt conquered Kush, they identified the chief deity of the Kushites as Amun. This deity was depicted as Ram headed,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-iranians: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-iranians - Expansion
The Indo-Iranians expanded widely into Central Asia from the Ural River in the west to the Tian Shan in the east, taking over the area oc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Emptiness: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Emptiness
EMPTINESS - (nothingness) 1. that which serves for effectiveness, like the hub of a wheel, the hollow of a clay pot, the open doors an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karakum Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Karakum Desert - Hydrography
The Murghab and Tejen rivers flow out of the Hindu Kush Mountains to the south and empty into the desert, providing water for irrigation....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Badakhshan: Encyclopedia Ii - Badakhshan - History
Its boundaries were decided by the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1873, which expressly acknowledged "Badakhshan with its dependent district ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - A Different World-view
I am apt to suspect the Negroes...to be naturally inferior to the White. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - Egypt And The Argument Of African Cultural Unity
Afrocentrists claim that early dynastic Egypt was a black civilization.[citation needed] Modern geopolitics generally place Egypt in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - History Of Afrocentrism
The beginnings of modern Afrocentric scholarship can be found in the work of African-American and Caribbean intellectuals early in the tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - Black-centered History And Africa
The relationship among racial, cultural and continental identities is one of the more difficult problems in Afrocentic thought. Despite t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afrocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Afrocentrism - The Debate Over Afrocentrism
Critics of Afrocentrism counter that much historical Afrocentric research simply lacks scientific merit and that it actually seeks to sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurasian Avars: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurasian Avars - Anthropological Origins
There are several popular points of origin suggested for the Avar peoples: the Caucasus - as a branch of the Proto-Iberians or Alarodian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bundeswehr: Encyclopedia Ii - Bundeswehr - Mission
The role of the Bundeswehr is described in the German Basic Law (Art. 87a) as defensive only. Today the term defense has been defined to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - South Asia - Geography
Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south. The Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - South Asia - Geography
Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south. The Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - South Asia - Geography
Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south. The Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - South Asia - Geography
Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south. The Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - States
Main article: States of Sudan Sudan has 26 states or wilayat: Al Jazirah, Al Qadarif, Bahr al Jabal, Blue Nile, East Equatoria, Junqali, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - Geography
Main article: Geography of Sudan Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea. It is dominated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - Economy
Main article: Economy of Sudan Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eldad Ha-dani: Encyclopedia Ii - Eldad Ha-dani - His Alleged Travels
On leaving the land "on the other side of the river of Kush (probably the Nile)," Eldad traveled with a man of the tribe of Asher. A grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - Politics
Sudan has an authoritarian government in which all effective political power is in the hands of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Bashir a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - Foreign Relations
Main article: Foreign relations of Sudan Sudan has had a troubled relationship with many of its neighbors and much of the international c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Sudan, Social order of Sudan In Sudan’s 1993 census, the population was calculated at 26 million. No comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cannabis Strains: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cannabis Strains - Indica
List of cannabis strains - Developed Varieties. Afghani #1 Butterscotch Hawaiian Early Girl G-SUS Mango Mazar Newberry Northern Lights...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - History
Main article: History of Sudan Three Kushite and Meroetic kingdoms called northern Sudan their home in ancient times, this region was als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudan - History
Main article: History of Sudan Three ancient Kushite kingdoms existed consecutively in northern Sudan. This region was also known as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Afghanistan - Mountain Systems
The dominant mountain system of Afghanistan is the Hindu Kush, and that extension westwards of its water-divide which reindicated by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Afghanistan - Ismailis
The Ismaili Shi'a are also known as Seveners because in the eighth century their leaders rejected the heir designated by the sixth Imam, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdur Rahman Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdur Rahman Khan - Background And Early Career
Before his death at Herat, on June 9, 1863, Dost Mahommed had nominated as his successor Shir Ali, his third son, passing over the two el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Makuria: Encyclopedia Ii - Makuria - Government
Makuria was a monarchy ruled by a king based in Dongola. The king was also considered a priest and could perform mass. [18] How successio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sage Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Sage Comics - Character Biography
As a youth, Sage came from a war-torn area. Living by herself in the Hindu Kush, she tried to keep out of the conflicts between the rebel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Saint Kitts And Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Saint Kitts And Nevis - Calypso
Calypso is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago, consisting of highly lyrical songs that frequently makes topical comments on the ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - History
Huns - 3rd-5th centuries. Dionysius Periegetes talks of people who may be Huns living next to the Caspian Sea in second century AD. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amenhotep Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Amenhotep Ii - Reign
Amenhotep II was the son of Thutmose III and a minor wife, Hatshepsut-Meryetre. Amenhotep was certainly the junior co-regent to his fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huns: Encyclopedia Ii - Huns - History
Huns - 3rd-5th centuries. Dionysius Periegetes talks of people who may be Huns living next to the Caspian Sea in second century AD. Pto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gandhara: Encyclopedia Ii - Gandhara - Gandhara Under Turkshahi & Hindushahi
After the fall of Sassanian Empire to Arabs in 644 AD Afghanistan and Gandhara came under pressure from Muslims. But they failed to exten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Geographical Regions
India is divided into seven geographic regions. They are The northern mountains including the Himalayas and the northeast mountain range...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Historical Outline
The interaction between Hellenistic Greece and Buddhism started when Alexander the Great conquered Asia Minor and Central Asia in 334 BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Climate
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas, along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Economy
Very little is known about the economy of the Indo-Greeks. The abundance of their coins would tend to suggest large mining operations, pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Africa - History Of North Africa 3500 B.c. - 1500 A.d.
History of Africa - Ancient Egypt. Main articles: History of Ancient Egypt, Kush Written history originated in Ancient Egypt, and the E...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apollonius Of Tyana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Apollonius Of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana (Ancient Greek). A wonderful philosopher born in Cappadocia about the beginning of the first century; an ardent Py...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollodotus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollodotus I - Ruler Of The Indo-greek Kingdom
Apollodotus was one of the generals of Demetrius I of Bactria, the Greco-Bactrian king who invaded northern India around 180 BCE. He was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karakum Desert: Encyclopedia Ii - Karakum Desert - Economy And Resources
The oases of Mary and Tejen are noted for cotton growing. The area has significant oil and natural gas deposits. ... See also:Karakum D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Hermaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - King Hermaeus - Hermaeus And Kalliope
Hermaeus issued joint coins of himself with his queen Kalliope. The coin type on the reverse departs from the traditional Hermaeus format...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chandragupta Maurya: Encyclopedia Ii - Chandragupta Maurya - Expansion
When he took power, Chandragupta Maurya inherited a great army from his predecessor, which he continued to build upon until it reached a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Foreign Relations And Economy
Aksum traded with India and Rome (later Byzantium, a strong cultural influence on Aksum), exporting ivory, tortoise shell, gold and emera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northern Areas Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Northern Areas Pakistan - Geography
Northern Areas Pakistan - Borders. To the northwest is the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan, a narrow strip of land that separating the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luo History: Encyclopedia Ii - Luo History - Origins In Sudan
According to ethnologists and linguists, the Luo are part of the Nilotic group of tribes who separated from the East Sudanic family of tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Foreign Relations And Economy
Aksum traded with India and Rome (later Byzantium, a strong cultural influence on Aksum), exporting ivory, tortoise shell, gold and emera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nimrod King: Encyclopedia Ii - Nimrod King - Traditions And Legends
According to Hebrew traditions, he was of Mizraim by his mother, but came from Cush son of Ham and expanded Asshur which he inherited. Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geostrategy In Central Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geostrategy In Central Asia - Strategic Geography
Central Asia had both the advantage and disadvantage of a central location between four historical seats of power. From its central locat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalasha: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalasha - History
The Kalash people have been ruled by the Mehtar of Chitral since the 1700's and have enjoyed a cordial relationship with the major ethnic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Aksum: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Aksum - Society Structure
The Aksumite people represented a mix of Cushitic speaking people in Ethiopia and Semitic speaking people in southern Arabia, who settled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pamir Mountains: Encyclopedia Ii - Pamir Mountains - Geography
Its two highest mountains are Ismail Samani Peak (known from 1932–1962 as Stalin Peak, and from 1962–1998 as Communism Peak), 24,590 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Hermaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - King Hermaeus - Biblical Connection
Although rather unlikely, some Biblical scholars have suggested that Hermaeus may have been one of the three Kings (or Magi) from the eas...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - K
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - K . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article