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  Zoroastrian toponyms in the Republic of Azerbaijan

  Mentioned in Avesta, the Vourukash sea is actually associated by some scientists with the Caspian Sea [1]. By tradition, Zoroastrian doctrine later was perceived by the Median tribe of Magi/Mugi. The name of this tribe is preserved in the name of Mugan (مغان), which is an area located east of Karabakh to the Caspian Sea coast. Starting from the early Middle Ages the word mug (مغ) has come to mean “Zoroastrian” in (...)
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  Yemen vs. Arabia

  The reconsideration of the US alliances should be undertaken on the basis of the genuine historical and cultural identity of the Great Historical Land that has traditionally been the counter-weight to Arab tribalism and reductionism, and more recently to the Wahhabite/Saudi barbarism and the bogus-Islamic extremism. Imperative regime change at Sanaa The Red Sea Yemenite port of Hodeida; underdevelopment is the (...)
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  I am Tajik, not Afghan

  The threat of being called a “traitor” and a “foreigner” hangs over those who dare tread upon the topic of national identity. For the longest time, the term “Afghan” has been pushed upon every ethnic group of Afghanistan and for years, that is what Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmans, and other non-Pashtuns were known by the rest of the world. Today, however, it needs to be made clear that “Afghan” is not the rightful (...)
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  Scythian origin of Europe

  Scythian Gold Mid-4th c., Gold, enamel From Tovsta Mohyla, near Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovs’ka Oblast’. UKRAINE A famous Nordic myth tells about a fair and a non German god named Balder. His dwellings and belonging domains are called Breidablick, which is synonymous to Europa (the wide eyed) in Greek. The name Balder originates unquestionably from the Latin word baltas (white); the name of the Baltic peoples (...)
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  Kurds in Armenia

  Mont Aragats 4,090m — Aragatsotn Marz. Approximately 40 million Kurds live in the world; about 20 million live in Turkey, 9 million in Iran, 6 million in Iraq, 3 million in Syria. And the rest are scattered all over the world. Almost any European country has a Kurdish Diaspora; the largest community is 1 million people and is registered in Germany. Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Armenia. Over 80000 (...)
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  Do Asiatic Lions Still Roar in Gir?

  Reprinted with the kind authorization of the author. Visit www.haroldbergsma.com. Panthera leo persica The Asian lion once occurred in southeast Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and India. By 1884, it survived only in an area of about 3,000 square kilometres in northern India’s Gir Forest, under the private protection of the ruler of the small state. Official protection by the imperial government was (...)
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  Tajik-Uzbek Relations

  Another potential source of hostility is connected to divergent national historiographies. Efforts by both countries to forge distinct identities in the post-Soviet era are a source of considerable friction between peoples who have co-existed relatively peacefully in the same region for centuries. Prior to the 19th-century Russian invasion of Central Asia, notions of ethnicity and nationality were largely alien (...)
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  افغانستان مباد، خراسان زنده باد !

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  پورسینا و مولانای بلخی، ”اوغان“ یا ”ایرانی“ ؟

  ایکه چه گپها شد و به چی رقم آریانای بزرگ یا ایران بزرگ یا خراسان بزرگ، تکه تکه و توته توته شد و هر بخش آن به نامهای جداگانه یاد شد، هرکس میتانه برود و تحقیق کنه. همی حالی یک مقاله‌ای بسیار جالب و علمی ده وبسایت ”پاسداران فرهنگ آریانا“ موجود اس به قلم آقای داکتر صاحبنظر مرادی که ده همی موضوع تماس گرفته و مسأله را به خوبی روشن ساخته که دوستا میتانن اوره بخانن. عنوان مقاله‌ای مذکور ”چگونه ما، من شدیم“ میباشه. مه خواندن همی مقاله ره به همه دوستا توصیه می کنم. حالی ما به (...)
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  Zoroaster Granite

  Vishnu schist and Zoroaster granite Photo taken from the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Arizona in January 2002. This is some of the oldest exposed rock in the world, with an average age of 1,700 to 2,000 million years. These rock layers were once the base of an ancient mountain range, comparable to the Rockies, which over time completely eroded away and now provides a tantalizing glimpse of the enormous time scale (...)

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