East legend 5FD35F Wider NearEast File Territorial changes of the Ottoman Empire 1812.jpg thumb 300px The original NearEast that is, part of the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the eastern question ... westernization . The NearEast French, Proche Orient is a Geography geographical term that covers ... Eastern. The term NearEast was in use exclusively during the 2nd half of the 19th century ... East . Since then NearEast and Middle East have been approximately synonymous. NearEast is used ... to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century NearEast came into use ... meaning Japan , China , Korea , Indonesia and Viet Nam in short, the East Indies . NearEast applied ... of the sick man of Europe left considerable confusion as to what was to be meant by NearEast ... Iran , especially in historical contexts. ref cite encyclopedia title NearEast encyclopedia Oxford ... thumb 200px Inhabitants of the NearEast, late 19th century The geographical terms NearEast and Far ... the near or far east of a field, village or shire. Ideas of the east up to the Crimean War There was a linguistic ... from the empire. The original diplomatic concept of neareast File Men of 47th Regiment in winter ... vocabulary, giving specific regional meaning to the NearEast, the Ottoman Empire, and the Far East ... the sick man in the NearEast is an arduous and costly affair let England, France and America too, beware ... thumb Rawlinson NearEast remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation ... he stated his view of The NearEast ref harvnb Hogarth 1902 p 1 ref blockquote The Nearer East is a term .... The Balkan confusion In the last years of the 19th century the term NearEast acquired considerable ... over into the protracted conflicts of the Balkans. For a time, NearEast meant primarily the Balkans ..., The People and Politics of the NearEast , which Scribners planned to publish in 1897. Mrs. Norman ... 19 number 6 pages 653 669 ref Throughout this article Norman uses NearEast to mean the countries ... more details
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NearEast Command was a Command of the British Armed Forces . History In 1959 Middle East Command was divided into two commands split by the Suez canal . ref name signals http books.google.co.uk books?id 031WegRPmM8C&pg PA54&lpg PA54&dq British 22Near East Command 22 Cyprus&source bl&ots r8j6LATYCq&sig 81wgXEKWklUKA65p4UTk0GHQHG0&hl en&ei s6cRS4vLOIbbjQf2hcXUAw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CBkQ6AEwBg v onepage&q British 20 22Near 20East 20Command 22 20Cyprus&f false Royal Corps of Signals Unit Histories of the corps 1920 2001 by Cliff Lord and Graham Watson, Page 54 ref The two parts were British Forces Arabian Peninsular , which was based at Aden , and the rump of Middle East Command which was based in Cyprus and which on 1 March 1961 was renamed NearEast Command . ref name signals It was formed as an interservice command with HQ at Episkopi, Cyprus, from Mediterranean elements of Middle East Command, while most of the latter s assets moved with HQ to Aden. The RAF element was named Air Forces NearEast, and the army element was NearEast Land Forces. NearEast Land Forces comprised Cyprus District, British Troops Malta, Libya and Tripolitania Area, and Cyrenaica Area NearEast Command itself was disbanded in 1962, ref http www.rafweb.org Cmd O2.htm Air of Authority Overseas Commands ref but NELF remained, with its headquarters in Cyprus . In August 1965 NELF was reorganised into districts Cyprus District, Malta District, Libya and Tripolitania District and Cyrenaica District. In 1969 the Libyan districts were disbanded as British and American forces left Libya. Later the Malta District disbanded, and after that NELF disbanded, leaving British Forces Cyprus as an independent command. Commanders in Chief Commanders in Chief included ref Whitaker s Almanacks 1960 1962 ref ref http web.archive.org web 20071129035304 www.regiments.org formations uk cmdarmy os nec.htm NearEast Command at Regiments.org ref br 1960 1962 Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Dudley ... more details
morerefs date October 2011 The NearEast Foundation NEF , formerly the American Committee for Armenian and Assyrian Relief ACASR , ref http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F10D12F83D5412738FDDAD0894D8415B868DF1D3 ASKS FOR 5,000,000 TO SUCCOR ARMENIA American Committee Starts Biggest Undertaking of Mercy Since Relief of Belgium. , NYtimes ref is a Syracuse, NY based American development agency founded in 1915. NEF s mission is to help people in the Middle East and Africa build the better lives they envision for themselves and their communities through a variety of practical programs and grassroots development projects. Image NearEast Foundation Logo.jpg thumb 200px right The Logo of the NearEast Foundation NEF The NearEast Foundation is America s first nation wide international philanthropic effort. Nearly a century ago, the NEF pioneered the approach to international development that enables people to acquire the tools they need to help themselves. NEF successes became the model for the United States government s international aid program and for nearly all current development organizations. NEF works one on one with the often forgotten people at the grass roots level as equal ... the NearEast Foundation. ref http books.google.com books?id q9Yem2oDrAkC&pg PA356 Protestant diplomacy and the NearEast missionary influence on American policy, 1810 1927 , Joseph L. Grabill ref Affiliates NearEast Foundation Center for Development Services CDS Cairo , Egypt NearEast Foundation Sudan NearEast Foundation West Bank Gaza NearEast Foundation Amman , Jordan NearEast Foundation New Development Foundation Amman, Jordan NearEast Foundation Morocco NearEast Foundation Mali NEF ... http www.neareast.org NearEast Foundation website http www.neareast.org main documents 90thanniv.pdf ... Category Volunteer efforts in Syracuse, New York de NearEast Foundation tr Yak n Do u Amerikan Yard m ... East. In 2010, NEF moved its headquarters to Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. Governance President ... more details
The NearEast earthquake of 1759 was a devastating earthquake that shook a wide region in November, 1759. ref Sources of the large A.D. 1202 and 1759 NearEast earthquakes,M. Daeron, et al,Geology July 2005 v. 33 no. 7 p. 529 532 http geology.geoscienceworld.org cgi reprint 33 7 529.pdf ref Impact Baalbek The ruins of Baalbek were badly damaged. ref Baalbek before and after the earthquake of 1759 the drawings of James Bruce, N.N. Lewis, Levant, 1999, vol. 31, pp. 241 253 ref References reflist See also Historical earthquakes coord missing Palestine DEFAULTSORT NearEast Earthquake Of 1759 Category Earthquakes in the Levant Category 1759 earthquakes Category 1759 natural disasters ... more details
Ancient NearEast studies or ANE studies is the field of academic study of the Ancient NearEast ANE . As such it is an umbrella term for Assyriology , in some cases extending to Egyptology . History of ANE studies In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the University of London date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum was appointed to a professorship. ref Jerrold S. Cooper, Glenn M. Schwartz The study of the ancient NearEast in the twenty first century 1996 ref Societies American Oriental Society ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research , Boston British Institute for the Study of Iraq CEHAO Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, Argentina Council for British Research in the Levant Deutsche Orient Gesellschaft The Melammu Project The Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Helsinki. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Soci t Asiatique , Paris Universities with major ANE centres University of Chicago Oriental Institute Columbia University ref http www.columbia.edu cu lweb indiv mideast cuvlm ancient.html Columbia ... of Chicago ref http www.etana.org abzu ABZU links for all aspects of the Ancient NearEast. ref ANEM Ancient NearEast Monographs ANES Ancient Near Eastern Studies Annual journal from the University of Melbourne dedicated to the languages and cultures of the ancient NearEast. ANET & ANEP Ancient NearEast Texts Princeton 1950, 1955, 3rd ed. 1969 ref Stanis aw Bazyli ski A guide to biblical ... Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testament 1982 1995, 2002 See also Religions of the Ancient NearEast Middle Eastern mythology Chronology of the ancient NearEast References reflist 2 Further reading ... and public presentation of the Ancient NearEast and the Ancient Mediterranean world Category Assyriology ... Studies JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JSS Journal of Semitic Studies KTU Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit LAPO Litt ratures anciennnes du Proche Orient 1967 2002 NEA Near Eastern Archaeology ... more details
Image NearEast School of Theology Beirut.jpg frame Building. The NearEast School of Theology NEST is an interdenominational Protestantism Protestant theology theological seminary serving the Evangelism Evangelical churches of the Middle East and Africa n churches, and is once again able to accommodate international students who have a special interest in Biblical studies Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient church es. History The NEST was formed in 1932 by the merger of the School for Religious Workers in Beirut and the School of Religion in Athens , Greece . It was built on a history of evangelical theological education going back to 1835. In 1971 the School was moved to its new home a modern, well equipped building two blocks south of the American University of Beirut . Profile The NEST is an undergraduate and graduate theological seminary of some 40 students and seven full and two part time faculty. The seminary offers the following programs B.A. in Christian Education B.Th. with emphasis in pastoral studies B.Th. in Christian Education M.A.C.E., a graduate program for educational ministries M.Div. for Pastoral ministry S.T.M., a post graduate research degree and the S.T.M. in Ministry established jointly with McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois Chicago . The seminary is housed in a modern building with classrooms, offices, faculty and student lounges, dining facilities, sanctuary and chapel, coffee shop, dormitory rooms for 50 students, six faculty apartments and a gymnasium and theater which are under construction. The library contains 42,000 volumes in Arabic, Armenian, English, French ... Evangelicalism Evangelical churches in the Middle East. External links http www.theonest.edu.lb NearEast School of Theology DEFAULTSORT NearEast School Of Theology Category Evangelical seminaries and theological colleges lebanon school stub de NearEast School of Theology ... more details
Infobox Basketball club color1 red color2 white name NearEast BC nickname logo imagesize 150 px leagues A2 Ethniki Greek A2 League br Greek basketball Cup Greek Cup founded 1927 history 1927 Present arena NearEast Indoor Arena br capacity 1,300 location Kaisariani , Athens , Greece colors Red and White br color box red color box white president vice presidents coach Tolis Karnesis championships 1 HEBA A1 Greek Championship br 1936 br 1 A2 Ethniki A2 Championship br 1998 website http www.eurobasket.com team.asp?Cntry GRE&Team 376 Eurobasket.com h body ffffff h pattern b thinredsides h shorts ffffff h pattern s crch06 a body FF0000 a pattern b thinwhitesides a shorts FF0000 a pattern s whitesides AO NearEast BC is one of the oldest professional basketball clubs in Greece . The basketball club was founded in the year 1927. The team is located in Kaisariani , Greece , which is a suburb of the city of Athens , Greece . NearEast s home arena, NearEast Indoor Arena, is located only about 2 miles from the downtown center of Athens . History Early history NearEast BC was one of the teams that participated in the first Pan Greece Hellenic Basketball tournament, which took place in Thessaloniki , Greece . In 1936, NearEast BC won its first official A1 Ethniki Greek Championship by defeating University of Athens The University of Athens basketball team in Thessaloniki . To this day, this is still the only Greek National Championship the club has won. In 1937, NearEast BC finished second in the Greek Championship as University of Athens The University of Athens basketball club defeated them in the Championship s final. Recent history In more recent times, the NearEast basketball team struggled to hold onto its position in the top league in Greece s first division the A1 Ethniki ... 376 Eurobasket.com Team Page A2 Ethniki International basketball Prohoops DEFAULTSORT NearEast ... el . . fr AC NearEast it AO NearEast BC Atene ... more details
Image Ancient Orient.png thumb 350px Overview map of the ancient NearEast ancient history The ancient NearEast was the home of early civilization s within a region roughly corresponding to the modern ... NearEast is studied in the fields of Near Eastern archaeology and ancient history . It begins with the rise ... BC or Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. The ancient NearEast is considered the cradle ... for the fields of astronomy and mathematics . The concept of NearEast main NearEast The term ancient NearEast utilizes the 19th century distinction between NearEast and Far East as global regions ... theatres were described by the statesmen and advisors of the British Empire as the NearEast and the Far ... century and continues in modern times. As NearEast had meant the lands of the Ottoman Empire at roughly maximum extent, on the fall of that empire the use of NearEast in diplomacy was reduced significantly in favor of Middle East. In the meanwhile, ancient NearEast had become distinct. It referred primarily to the Biblical lands. The NearEast ruled by the Ottoman Empire ranged from Vienna .... Periodization Ancient NearEast periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide time into discrete named blocks, or eras, of the Neareast. The result is a descriptive abstraction that provides a useful handle on NearEast periods of time with relatively stable characteristics. class wikitable ... all across the NearEast . Yet to these Aramaeans befell the privilege of imposing their language and culture upon the entire NearEast and beyond, fostered in part by the mass relocations enacted ... s official language. Religions Main Religions of the ancient NearEast Ancient civilizations in the Near ... The NearEast and Mesoamerica author Lamberg Karlovsky, C. C. and Jeremy A. Sabloff publisher ... events. ref name lamberg karlovsky p4 See also Portal Ancient NearEast Ancient NearEast studies .... Hallo & William Kelly Simpson, The Ancient NearEast A History , Holt Rinehart and Winston Publishers ... more details
Infobox University name NearEast University native name Yak n Do u niversitesi image name NearEast University.svg caption Living continental in an island latin name motto Citius, Altius, Fortuis Latin mottoeng established 1988 closed type Private university Private affiliation endowment officer in charge chairman Irfan S. G nsel chancellor president Suat G nsel Suat Irfan G nsel vice president superintendent provost vice chancellor rector Prof. Dr. mit Hassan principal dean director head label head faculty 900 staff students 17000 undergrad postgrad doctoral other city Nicosia state province country Cyprus coor campus former names free label free sports colors colours nickname neu mascot athletics affiliations colors Bordeaux and white color box 730023 color box FFFFFF website http www.neu.edu.tr neu.edu.tr br http www.ydu.edu ydu.edu.tr logo footnotes refimprove date November 2011 NearEast University NEU in lang tr Yak n Do u niversitesi, commonly referred to as YD is a private university where over 17 thousand students from Cyprus and 55 overseas countries carry out undergraduate and postgraduate studies. It was founded in the Turkishcypriot side of Nicosia in 1988. The medium of instruction at the NearEast University is English in most departments. The NearEast University currently has 15 Faculties with 65 Departments and 3 Schools offering courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The University offers graduate programs under the guidance and coordination of the Graduate School of Social and Applied Sciences. An English Preparatory School is available for those who need to improve their English before starting to study at the specialist programs of the faculties. Organization Faculties Faculty of Architecture Architecture , Interior Design , Landscape Architecture Faculty of Arts and Science English Language and Literature , Turkish Language and Literature ... Sciences Campus cn date September 2011 Museums NEU Classic Car Museum The Grand Library The NearEast ... more details
Notability Book date December 2009 Infobox journal cover discipline History , archaeology editor Ehud Ben Zvi, Roxana Flammini language Spanish, English, French, Portuguese abbreviation publisher Society of Biblical Literature CEHAO country history 2008 present website http www.sbl site.org publications Books ANEmonographs.aspx ISSN 1851 8761 Ancient Near East Monographs is an online, open access monograph series focused on the ancient Near East , including ancient Israel and its literature, from the early Neolithic to the early Hellenistic eras. It is published jointly by the Society of Biblical Literature and the Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente CEHAO . It is indexed, among others, by MALMAD , Abzu, the Research Archives of the Oriental Institute , and ebooks30 . The editors in chief are Ehud Ben Zvi University of Alberta and Roxana Flammini Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina . See also Journal of Biblical Literature Society of Biblical Literature Review of Biblical Literature Antiguo Oriente External links Official http www.sbl site.org publications Books ANEmonographs.aspx Category Monographic series Category Series of books es Monograf as sobre el Antiguo Cercano Oriente ... more details
Orphan date June 2008 The NearEast Broadcasting Station also Sharq el Adna , Voice of Britain started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941 1942 from Jaffa , Mandate of Palestine . It was fully financed and run by the United Kingdom British government. The goal of the broadcasts were to entice Arabs to join British and British backed military forces, as well as to maintain political and economic stability in Palestine . The broadcasts were also started as an answer to similar propaganda radio stations broadcasting in Arabic set up first by Benito Mussolini Mussolini , later the Nazi Germany German Nazi regime. The British also looked beyond World War II , as they wanted to remain an influence in the Middle East, where oil had been discovered in the early 1930s. The station first started operation under the name Freedom Broadcasting Station, using Royal Air Force equipment in Jaffa. It was under the full control of the British Special Operations Executive and initially concerned itself with broadcasting to the Balkans . However, from an early point, it also broadcast in Arabic. The material broadcast at SOE s direction sometimes clashed with material broadcast by more official British stations and caused disputes within the British Directorate of Propaganda . In March 1943, the station was handed over to the Political Warfare Executive . ref Partner, pp50 53. ref After the war, it became ... Act official secret . Officially, Britain had nothing to do with the NearEast Broadcasting Station ..., said that the NearEast Broadcasting Station ... was in reality run by the British intelligence service . Almost all of the NearEast Broadcasting Station Arab staff announced on air that they supported ... used four short wave transmitter s near Limasol . After the armistice in 1948, the station seemed ... Britain supported Israel s invasion of Egypt . Very early in the Suez Crisis , it was revealed that the NearEast Broadcasting Station was under the control of either British intelligence, the British ... more details
cleanup date September 2010 Unreferenced date June 2008 Military of the Ottoman Empire sidebar Campaignbox Ottoman Persian Wars Ottoman Empire Ottoman wars in the Near East covers wars in the Levant , Anatolia , Mesopotamia and the Caucasus . In August 1400, Timur Lenk and his horde blood the town of Sivas to the ground and advanced into the mainland. The war culminated at the Battle of Ankara in July 1402. Defeating the Jandarids in Sinop, Turkey Sinope , and Armenia under Uzun Hasan before capturing the Empire of Trebizond on August 15, 1461. When Beyazid II was enthroned upon his father s death, he first had to fight his younger brother Cem Sultan , who took Ineg l and Bursa, Turkey Bursa and proclaimed himself Sultan of Anatolia. After a battle at Yeni ehir, Cem was defeated and fled to Cairo . The very next year he returned, supported by the Mameluks , and took eastern Anatolia , Ankara and Konya but eventually he was beaten and forced to flee to Rhodes . After a Ottoman Mamluk War 1485 1491 first indecisive conflict , Selim I Ottoman Mamluk War 1516 1517 defeated the Mamelukes and conquered most of modern Syria , Lebanon , Palestine and Egypt , including the holy city of Jerusalem as well as Cairo , the residence of the Abbasid caliph . Thus, Selim was able to proclaim himself caliph of Islam . He also began a series of wars with the Safavids see Ottoman Persian Wars . References Category 14th century conflicts Category 15th century conflicts Category 16th century conflicts Category Wars involving the Ottoman Empire Category Near East mk tr Osmanl Devleti nin Yak n Do u daki sava lar ... more details
Refimprove date July 2011 Fertile Crescent myth The religion s of the ancient NearEast were mostly polytheistic , with some early examples of primitive monolatry Marduk Mardukites , Ashurism and Monism Atenism . Some scholars believe that the similarities between these religions indicate that the religions are related, a belief known as patternism . ref Cite book title The Siege Perilous Essays in Biblical ... The history of the ancient NearEast spans more than two millennia, from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age , in the region now known as the Middle East , centered around the Fertile Crescent ... traits of ancient Near Eastern religions, and refer to sub articles for in depth descriptions. Middle Eastern deities The ancient NearEast includes the following subregions Mesopotamia Sumer , Assyria ... Egypt and Greece were Henotheistic societies State Cities of the ancient NearEast city state .... Books General Gordon, Cyrus. The Ancient NearEast , 3rd Edition, Revised. W. W. Norton and Company ... in the Ancient NearEast and the Eastern Mediterranean , 1960. Pritchard, James B., editor. The Ancient NearEast An Anthology of Texts and Pictures . Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1958. Pritchard, James B., editor. The Ancient NearEast, Volume II A New Anthology of Texts and Pictures ... NearEast . Charles Scribner s Sons, New York, 1995. Smith, Morton, The Common Theology of the Ancient nearEast , Journal of Biblical Literature 1952 . cite book last van der Toorn first Karel title ... of KTU 1.1 1.2. E.J. Brill, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1994. See also Ancient NearEast ... Religions Of The ancient NearEast Category Ancient NearEast mythology Category Ancient Semitic religions ... Greek religion was strongly influenced by ancient Near Eastern mythology, but is usually not included ... conjurings and Amulet Talisman s Typically, ancient Near Eastern religions were centered around .... Demonology Main Article Mesopotamian demon Mesopotamian Demon Ancient Near Eastern religion knew ... more details
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About past conflicts in the NearEast modern conflicts List of modern conflicts in the Middle East Image Middle East geographic.jpg 300px thumb A geographical map showing territories commonly considered part of the NearEast. The area known as the NearEast is usually referred to as Middle East in modern contexts. For periods predating Classical Antiquity, the common term is Ancient NearEast . The NearEast is generally associated with Anatolia , the Levant , Mesopotamia and to greater degree Egypt , Arabia and Greater Persia . Ancient NearEast conflicts Bronze Age main Elam Old Elamite Period Akkadian Empire Sumer Hammurabi History of ancient Egypt Akkadian Empire Origins Akkadian expansion Conquest of Elam Battle of Uruk 2271BCE Syria and Canaan campaigns Akkadian conquest of Ebla Magan revolt Lullubi campaign of Naram sin Gutian period Gutuan invasion 2150BCE Establishing Third Dynasty of Ur Tirigan defeat 2050BCE Elam Old Elamite Period Sack of Ur 2004BCE Hyksos Theban offensive Hyksos Egyptian Interregnum 16th century BCE Battle of Megiddo 15th century BC a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition. Ramesses II campaigns in the NearEast First Syrian campaign Second Syrian campaign Battle of Kadesh 1274 BCE Third Syrian ... era conflicts About past conflicts in the NearEast modern conflicts post Ottoman period List of modern conflicts in the Middle East References reflist See also List of modern conflicts in North ... 1187 Battle of Hattin 1187 Siege of Jerusalem 1187 Mongol invasions Middle East Mongol invasions to Middle East 13th century. Battle of K se Da 1243 Battle of Baghdad 1258 Hulagu Khan Conquest ... Middle East conflict Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Conflicts In The Middle East Category History of the Middle East Category Middle East Category Middle East related lists Con Category Lists of wars by region Middle East Category Military history of Asia cy Rhestr rhyfeloedd yn y Dwyrain ... more details
See short chronology for a timeline in absolute dates. Ancient NearEast topics The chronology of the Ancient NearEast provides a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Individual ... NearEast use the Middle Chronology. ref cite book last Kuhrt first A. title Ancient NearEast ... ref ref cite book last van de Mieroop first M. title A History of the Ancient NearEast, ca. 3000 ... was traditional in the ancient NearEast. Sumerian King List Covers rulers of Mesopotamia from a time ... recovered in the ancient NearEast. Most are partial or fragmentary, but when combined with other ... NearEast liked to take credit for public works. Temples, buildings and statues built ... around the ancient NearEast, offering alliances sometimes including daughters for marriage , threatening ... that the correct kings have been identified, it locks the chronology of the ancient NearEast ... eclipses have been suggested for use in dating the ancient NearEast. Many suffer from the vagueness ... timeline. At present, there are no continuous chronologies for the NearEast. A floating chronology ... is developed, the usefulness for improving the chronology of the Ancient NearEast is limited. ref ... from outside the NearEast. ref http dendro.cornell.edu projects aegean.php ref Radiocarbon dating ... took a strong interest in the ancient NearEast. At times they occupied portions of the region ... Goods from Greece made their way into the ancient NearEast, directly in Anatolia and via ... NearEast Egyptian chronology List of Mesopotamian dynasties Short chronology timeline Notes Reflist ..., Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0 19 928132 7 A History of the Ancient NearEast ca. 3000 ... israel Israel An Archaeological Journey DEFAULTSORT Chronology Of The Ancient NearEast Category Chronology Category Ancient NearEast Category Fertile Crescent Category Ancient history Category ... Due to the sparsity of sources throughout the Dark Age , the history of the Near Eastern Bronze Age ... more details
The archaeogenetics of the NearEast involves the study of aDNA or ancient DNA , identifying haplogroups ... NearEast the modern Middle East , i.e. Egypt , Arabia , the Levant , Mesopotamia , Anatolia ... BMC and also to modern Jordan ians and some NearEast ern Jewish populations, yet due to religious ... title Migrants from the NearEast brought farming to Europe accessdate 2010 12 10 publisher ... J2 Y DNA J2 24 J2 M172 Typical of populations of the NearEast , Southeast Europe , Southwest ... African and South Asian Indian populations Haplogroup K Y DNA K 4.5 Typical of NearEast ern populations ... also Portal box Molecular Anthropology Evolutionary biology Ancient DNA Ancient NearEast Archaeogenetics ... Magazine , October 2004. Human genetics DEFAULTSORT Archaeogenetics Of The NearEast Category Modern human genetic history NearEast Category History of the Middle East Genetic Category Archaeology of the NearEast fa ... after a visit to the marshes near the site of ancient Sumer that some Iraqis still have a touch ... and their Relationship to Other People of the Middle East ref The Assyrians are a fairly homogeneous ... that four out of five 80 of White people white Europe ans can trace their roots to the Ancient NearEast . ref name Neolithic In another study, scientists analysed DNA from the 8,000 year old remains ... is found in the Middle East , Southern Europe and North Africa , with especially high distribution among ... may offer more proof that Near Eastern E1b1b was one of the founding lineages of the Levites. Egypt ... pmc 1182106 ref Similarly, an mtDNA study of modern Egyptians from the Kurna Gurna region near Thebes ... results, namely that North East African haplogroups are predominant in the South but the predominant ... doi 10.1353 hub.2002.0054 ref and to a lesser extent Middle East ern and Europe an populations. ref ... more dominant in Egyptians than in Near Eastern or European groups. ref name Keita2005 cite ... more details
The NearEast Side is an area made up several historic neighborhoods on the east side of Columbus, Ohio . Some neighborhoods making up the area include Mount Vernon , Nelson Park, Eastgate, Beatty Park, Bexley annexed , Olde Towne East , Old Oaks, Driving Park , and Bryden Road. Today it is bordered by the Contrail railway on the north, Alum Creek on the east, I 70 Interstate 70 and Livingston Avenue on the south, and I 71 Interstate 71 on the west. ref http development.columbus.gov Associations.aspx?id 29831 NearEast Area Commission ref It is bisected by Main Street, also known as the National Road . This area is in Precincts 6, 12, and 5 of the Columbus Division of Police History The area holds a large place in Columbus history, being home to Olde Towne East as well as several famous historical districts. It was home to several affluent bedroom communities during the 1880s and later. Many notable individuals of Columbus during the 19th century resided on the NearEast Side. The NearEast Side was a predominantly Jewish community consisting of wealthy Jewish doctors and businessmen. East High School Columbus, Ohio East High School was built to serve the burgeoning population on the NearEast Side. During the latter part of the 20th century, as other established communities, the area experienced the growing problem of white flight and urban decay. The NearEast Side community remained strong until the 1970s and 1980s. Decline came about when many of the factories and labor jobs ..., the NearEast Side is territory for several gangs. In all other crime categories the area is either 2nd or 3rd, behind the Short North University Area and the west side. The NearEast Side has historically ... on that income could not maintain the same quality of life on lower income jobs. Crime The NearEast Side has been criticized lately for being a hotspot for crime in the city. The area had 18 homicides ..., Columbus, Ohio Mount Vernon Old Oaks Historic District Old Oaks Olde Towne East References references ... more details
The Catholic NearEast Welfare Association is an agency of the Holy See , founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926 to support the churches and peoples of the Middle East , Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe . ref http www.idealist.org en org 167826 174 www.idealist.org ref Its first President was Edmund A. Walsh , Society of Jesus S.J. The current President is the Reverend Monsignor John E. Kozar . CNEWA s operating agency in the Middle East is the Pontifical Mission for Palestine , which was founded by Pope Pius XII in 1949. References reflist External links http www.cnewa.org Catholic NearEast Welfare Association Category Non profit organizations based in New York City Category Religious organizations established in 1926 Category Humanitarian aid organizations Category Eastern Catholicism Category Roman Catholic organizations established in the 20th century ... more details
The UCLA Center for NearEast Studies is an academic institute at the University of California, Los Angeles . The Center encourages, coordinates and integrates instruction and research in the humanities and the social sciences, business, law, medicine and the media, and in all languages essential to an understanding of the NearEast. ref http www.international.ucla.edu cnes about ref The Center drew wide attention for sponsoring a Jan 31, 2009 symposium on Human Rights and Gaza at which a few members of the audience but not the speakers on the panel chanted Zionism is Nazism. ref http dailybruin.com stories 2009 feb 19 submission misrepresents human rights and gaza sym ref ref http www.insidehighered.com news 2009 03 06 israel ref ref Once Quiet Campuses See Surge in Anti Israel Activism, Rebecca Spence, Forward, March 09, 2009 http forward.com articles 103762 ref ref Dust Over Campus Life UCLA at a Crossroad, By Judea Pearl, February 18, 2009, The Jewish Journal http www.jewishjournal.com opinion article dust over campus life ucla at a crossroad 20090218 ref ref Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror? Judea Pearl, The Wall Street Journal,February 2, 2009 http online.wsj.com article SB123362422088941893.html ref ref UCLA Symposium on Gaza Ignites Strong Criticism, Tom Tugend, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 11, 2009 http www.jewishjournal.com articles item ucla symposium on gaza ignites strong criticism 20090211 ref Faculty full list at http www.international.ucla.edu cnes people faculty.asp Sondra Hale Gabriel Piterberg Susan Slyomovics Saree Makdisi Khaled Abou El Fadl External links http www.international.ucla.edu cnes References reflist Category American Middle Eastern studies Category University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Center for NearEast Studies ... more details
Infobox Organization name The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy image border Winep logo.jpg motto Insight and Analysis on U.S. Middle East Policy leader title Executive Director leader name Robert ... www.washingtoninstitute.org The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy WINEP is a think ... About Us. Washington Institute for NearEast Policy . 13 February 2012. ref The institute s mission ... interests in the Middle East. ref name mission statement cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher self published title Our Mission url http www.washingtoninstitute.org templateC11.php ... for NearEast Policy WINEP , a pro Israeli think tank, that essentially served as a proxy. ref In 1982 ... and research programs. ref cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher ... web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher self published title Our History ... to its mission statement , cquote The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy was established ... Institute for NearEast Policy publisher JewishWeek.com title Why Walt, Mearsheimer, Still ... Institute for NearEast Policy publisher Foreign Policy title Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Leaders ... work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher self published title Board of Advisors ... www.washingtoninstitute.org templateI01.php Washington Institute for NearEast Policy Homepage http rightweb.irc online.org profile 1568 Profile of Washington Institute for NearEast Policy on the International ... DEFAULTSORT Washington Institute For NearEast Policy Category Washington Institute for NearEast Policy ... de Washington Institute for NearEast Policy es Washington Institute for NearEast Policy fa tr Washington Yak n Do u Ara t rmalar Enstit s ... policy in the Middle East. It was established by a small group of visionary Americans committed to advancing U.S. interests in the Middle East in 1985. ref http www.washingtoninstitute.org templateC11.php ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Chart of ancient NearEast states, dynasties, and rulers class nowraplinks cellspacing 0 cellpadding 3 width 600px rules all style background fbfbfb border style solid border width 1px font size 90 empty cells show border collapse collapse style background LightYellow 1st Dynasty of Lagash style background LightYellow 4th Dynasty of Kish Sumer Kish style background LightYellow 3rd Dynasty of Uruk style background Honeydew Mari, Syria Mari style background Honeydew Ebla style background Honeydew Akkadian Empire style background PaleGreen Amorites style background LightPink Elam rowspan 5 Enhengal br Lugal sha engur br Ur Nanshe br Akurgal br Eannatum br En anna tum I br Entemena br En anna tum II br En entar zid br Lugalanda rowspan 5 valign bottom Puzur Suen rowspan 5 Igrish Halam rowspan 5 rowspan 3 Iblul Il Irkab Damu rowspan 3 Ar Ennum Ibrium Tudiya Ibbi Sipish Urukagina Ur Zababa Lugal zage si br ca. 2295 2271 BC rowspan 2 Dubuhu Ada Sargon of Akkad Sargon br ca. 2270 2215 BC rowspan 2 rowspan 2 valign top Zimudar br Usi watar br Eshtar muti br Ishme Shamash br Shu Ilishu br Nanniya rowspan 2 rowspan 2 Rimush br Man ishtishu br Naram Sin of Akkad Naram Sin br ca. 2190 2154 BC rowspan 2 Shar kali sharri br Irgigi , Nanum king Nanum , Imi , Ilulu br Dudu king Dudu br Shu Durul style background LightYellow 2nd Dynasty of Lagash style background LightYellow 5th Dynasty of Uruk style background LightYellow 3rd Dynasty of Ur style background LightCoral Gutium rowspan 4 rowspan 4 Lugalushumgal br Puzer Mama br Ur Utu br Ur Mama br Lu Baba br Lugula br Kaku of Lagash Kaku br Ur Bau br Gudea br Ur Ningirsu br Pirigme br Ur gar br Inkishush br Zarlagab br Shulme br Silulumesh br Inimabakesh br Igeshaush br Yarlagab br Ibate of Gutium Ibate ... muballit br Zimri Lim Hammurabi See also Portal Ancient NearEast Chronology of the ancient NearEast ... of Hittite kings DEFAULTSORT Chart Of Ancient NearEast Rulers Category Ancient NearEast ANE stub ... more details
Refimprove date October 2006 The American NearEast Refugee Aid ANERA is an United States American 501 c 3 non governmental organization that provides humanitarian aid humanitarian and development aid to the Middle East , specifically, the West Bank , the Gaza Strip , Lebanon and Jordan . Founded in 1968 in the aftermath of the Six Day War , ANERA initially sought to help the 1967 Palestinian exodus hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugee displaced Palestinians by providing emergency relief. While still providing emergency relief, ANERA now also addresses the long term economic and social needs of Palestinians, Lebanese and Jordanians through its health care , education and job creation programs. By helping people meet their fundamental needs, ANERA understands its work as an essential component to peace in the Middle East. The largest American NGO operating in the West Bank and Gaza, ref cite web url http www.wrmea.com archives Jan Feb 2009 0901060.html title Waging Peace HCEF s 10th International Conference publisher Washington Report on Middle East Affairs author Zachary Wales and Delinda Hanley date January February 2009 accessdate 2009 02 07 ref ANERA works closely with local institutions, such as schools, universities, health facilities, cooperatives, municipalities, grassroots communities, and charitable associations to improve the community services they provide. ANERA is funded by individual donors and grants from public and private institutions. ANERA has received ... American NearEast Refugee Aid publisher Charity Navigator accessdate 2009 02 07 ref and meets all ... Public Report.aspx?CharityID 991 title Report American NearEast Refugee Aid publisher ... publisher Washington Report on Middle East Affairs date December 2008 accessdate 2009 02 15 ref ANERA ... in the Middle East. In 2011, ANERA provided more than 65 million worth of programs to the people ... in the Middle East. ANERA has built 177 water cisterns and is building or repairing water networks ... more details
The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the NearEast UAECNE lang hy , is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 Wiktionary congregation congregation s throughout Syria , Lebanon , Turkey , Greece , Egypt , Iran Iraq and Australia . Beginning in the second decade of the 19th century as an indigenous reform movement within the Armenian Apostolic Church , it developed into an independent community in 1846 in Istanbul to become known as the Armenian Evangelical Church and in subsequent decades registered a membership of 60,000 throughout the Ottoman Empire . After the First World War, when the Armenians Armenian population was devastated and the remnant deported from its historic homeland in what is now called Turkey, the Union was reorganized in Syria and Lebanon. The Union is composed of autonomous congregations. Its organizational pattern is a kind of modified Congregationalist polity congregationalism . The annual convention of the Union is the highest authority, presided by Rev. Megerdich Karageozian . The central committee of 12 members, elected at the convention, acts as an administrative body supervising and coordinating the activities of the member churches and church related institutions. From its inception, the Armenian Evangelical Church has stressed the importance of education. It now operates 23 schools and four high schools and owns the only university in the diaspora Haigazian University , member of the Association of International Colleges and Universities Europe Inc., with an enrolment of 650 students. It operates four conference centers in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey. Together with the Arabic speaking Evangelical churches, the Union owns and operates a secondary school in Aleppo and the NearEast School of Theology in Beirut the latter also supported by foreign missionary ... of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the NearEast UAECNE http www.amaa.org AMAA 20Directory.pdf ... more details
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