ANTALYA WEB SITE - HISTORICAL SITES (ANTALYA)
ANCIENT CITIES AND HISTORICAL SITES Antalya Antalya (Merkez) TERMESSOS Termessos is perhaps the most interesting ancient city in Antalya region. It is a Psidian city built at a height of 1050 meters in the Taurus Mountains. Termessos constitutes an unusual synthesis of a large number of rare plants and animal species, which are under protection in the Termessos National Park. When turning off the Antalya-Burdur highway (11 km.) in the direction of Korkuteli, the Termessos signpost will be seen ... - http://www.antalya-ws.com/english/location/antalya/history.asp?out=1 02/01/2005 - Category: Travel - More from this publisher
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KUSADASI CARAVANSERAI
 Kusadasi, Hotels in Kusadasi and Ephesus - Let the great moments begin in Turkey Kusadasi Caravanserai It is near the port of Kusadasi. It was built by the vizier Okuz Mehmed Pasha and was restored 1966. It is an Ottoman Castle built for sea trade. The courtyard has 8.50 x 21.60 m. dim. It is surrounded by a two storied porched in door area. There are two stairs to upper floor, one to the north - west, the other to the Southeast comers. The entrance of the caravanserai is in the north. The marb... - http://www.kusadasi.biz/caravanserai.asp 02/01/2005 - Category: Travel - More from this publisher
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GOMEZ AND MURPHY IN ISTANBUL
 Gomez and Murphy Adventures • • • • • • • • Istanbul Founded 600 years before Christ and continuously inhabited for 25 centuries...Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul, the Paris of the East...where to begin with such an ancient and fascinating city? You can't just read a brochure to familiarize yourself with its history - you have to read a library. Starting with Constantine in the 4th century A.D., it was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for nearly 1200 years. Coveted by the Muslims sin... - http://rivieramaya.netfirms.com/istanbul.htm 02/01/2005 - Category: Travel - More from this publisher
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TURKISH EMBASSY.ORG - REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
 >> >> Famous Landmarks AYASOFYA The Basilica of Hagia Sophia was constructed by Roman Emperor Justinian in 537 AD. This was the largest church in the Christian world for a thousand years.Its immense dome rises nearly 200 feet above the ground and its diameter spans more than 100 feet. The mosaics covering the walls are among the most important works of art that have survived to this day of the Byzantine era. Large round buildings had been successfully covered by domes before, but Ha... - http://www.turkishembassy.org/traveltourism/famouslandmarks.htm 02/01/2005 - Category: Travel - More from this publisher
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EPHESUS
 Welcome to Turizm.net! E P H E S U S According to the old legends, Ephesus was founded by the female warriors known as the Amazons. The name of the city is thought to have been derived from "APASAS", the name of a city in the "KINGDOM OF ARZAWA" meaning the "city of the Mother Goddess". Ephesus was inhabited from the end of the Bronze Age onwards, but changed its location several times in the course of its long history in accordance with habits and requirements. Ca... - http://www.turizm.net/cities/ephesus/ 02/01/2005 - Category: Travel - More from this publisher
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THE TRIBAL GOL IN TURKMEN CARPETS-VG MOSHKOVA
 The Tribal Gol in Turkmen Carpets by V.G. Moshkova Adapted from Turkoman Studies 1 Reproduced here with permission by Humanities Press/Oguz Press,& Robert Pinner FOREWORD by Tom Cole I have discovered through working on re-creating this article and the reaction of the few who previewed it for typographical errors and aesthetics that many people with a real interest in Turkmen weavings have not thoroughly read Moshkova's text, myself included. Skimming the text and picking up on some of her ... - http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article35Moshkova.html 02/01/2005 - Category: Turkmen - More from this publisher
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A RIDE TO INDIA ACROSS PERSIA & BALUCHISTAN
 "A Ride to India Across Persia & Baluchistan" - (excerpt) by Harry De Windt (1891) If Harry de Windt, that dashing 19th century Long Rider, had been allowed to follow his original plan, he would have galloped to India via the Central Asian satraps of His Imperial Russian Highness. When suspicious St. Petersburg put a halt to Harry’s Russian route, the intrepid equestrian explorer determined to reach his goal via the Shah’s empire instead. What followed was a ride to reme... - http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article29BaluchistanTrvl.html 02/01/2005 - Category: Culture - More from this publisher
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PRAYER RUGS OF THE TIMURI AND THEIR NEIGHBORS
 "Prayer Rugs of the Timuri and Their Neighbors" by Robert Pittenger FOREWORD This is an article reproduced from OCTS 7, a publication documenting the presentations and poster sessions at the 7th ICOC in Hamburg, Germany in 1993. Robert Pittenger is a relentless researcher who has documented much in terms of hard facts and figures that few other writers and researchers on the subject are willing to do or have done, myself included. This paper offers some interesting information regardi... - http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article30PitOcts.html 02/01/2005 - Category: Baluch - More from this publisher
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TIBET - MARCO POLO
 Travels of Marco Polo - Tibet The descriptions of Tibet as recorded by Marco Polo are interesting. He and his early contemporaries contribute much to our understanding of the cultures they encountered, some of which I have been able to use in preparing the text for The notes provided with the text place the Polo's observations in perspective, comparing what he notes with practices in other cultures. It is an interesting read, not without some humour as well as useful information. You ride for 2... - http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article31MarcoPoloTrvl.html 02/01/2005 - Category: Culture - More from this publisher
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WILLIAM OF RUBRUCK - TRAVEL JOURNAL
 The Journal of William of Rubruck (1210-1270 ) "A Flemish Franciscan monk, William of Rubruck (ca. 1210-ca. 1270) wrote the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols. William had participated in the crusade of King Louis IX of France to Palestine and there heard about the Mongols from friar Andrew of Longjumeau, a Dominican who had been involved in papal diplomacy aimed at trying to enlist the Mongols in the Christian crusade against the Muslims. Rubruck then ... - http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com/article32RubruckTrvl.html 02/01/2005 - Category: Culture - More from this publisher
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