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Zagros
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Topic: Statues of Great Kings and Emperors Posted: 13-Jun-2005 at 07:36 |
Nader Shah: Considered the Iranian Napoleon.
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Spartakus
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Posted: 11-Jun-2005 at 07:12 |
King Leonidas
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"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "
--- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996)
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Goblin
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Posted: 11-Jun-2005 at 00:43 |
Statue of El Cid (in Spain, forgot which city); good guy or bad guy, depending on who's side you were on (as is the case with almost anyone).
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Drunt Ba'adur
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Posted: 03-Jun-2005 at 16:07 |
Amir Timur Monument
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Kenaney
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Posted: 01-Jun-2005 at 14:42 |
Originally posted by baracuda
My origins are.. from Konya "uzunlar" great grandfather was a bey known also for his 2m height |
OMG, youre then a far cousin or family of me?? My grandfather whas moved from Uzunlar to Afyon/bolvadin/zburun (avsarky) People there called them Uzunlar, because they were big heighty people 4 of my uncles + my grandfather are greater then 2.m, me just 1.84
biran heyecanlandirdin beni
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Posted: 30-May-2005 at 21:57 |
Attila,Hun's king
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Posted: 28-May-2005 at 16:26 |
Originally posted by Gazi
BUT he is the man who made Turkish the official language of his fiefdom.(Are you from Konya Ouzolu?) |
Absolutely correct, I am from Konya, and also my family is. He opposed to the Seljuk tradition of governmental writings being mostly in Persian, and he always supported the idea of using Turkish everywhere, and also in the palace...
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Posted: 28-May-2005 at 16:21 |
My origins are.. from Konya "uzunlar" great grandfather was a bey known also for his 2m height
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Posted: 28-May-2005 at 16:05 |
BUT he is the man who made Turkish the official language of his fiefdom.(Are you from Konya Ouzolu?)
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Posted: 27-May-2005 at 12:20 |
Statue of Karamanolu Mehmet Bey in Konya...
He wasnt a great king or emperor, he was just the bey of Karamanoglu, but he is my hero...
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Perseas
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Posted: 26-May-2005 at 07:44 |
Demetrios Poliorketes
Ptolemy 'Philometor'
Antiochos I
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A mathematician is a person who thinks that if there are supposed to be three people in a room, but five come out, then two more must enter the room in order for it to be empty.
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Perseas
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Posted: 26-May-2005 at 07:39 |
Alexander the Great
Mithridates the "Eupator"
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Seleukos 'Nikator'
Lycimachos of Thrace
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A mathematician is a person who thinks that if there are supposed to be three people in a room, but five come out, then two more must enter the room in order for it to be empty.
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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Posted: 26-May-2005 at 07:09 |
Statue of Shapur I in Bishapur: (as large as a three-storey apartment)
Edited by Cyrus Shahmiri
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