Four Neighbours and a Ransom
Manzikert in 1071 is conventionally filed under catastrophe: the Byzantine army broken, Anatolia opened. For…
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This category is about museums.
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Erzurum (Not Theodosiopolis)
After the Roman empire came apart, Erzurum—Karin—found itself in its eastern half: Byzantium. At the…
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The Glassblower of Garin
After the Hellenistic period, in 69 BC, Erzurum acquired new masters: the Romans. They established…
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Before Alexander
In 334 BC Alexander the Great set out from Thrace on his eastern campaign—by very…
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The First Superpower
LLast time we were discussing Assyria—the power that undermined Urartu and left traces even in…
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The Faience That Isn’t
In the Erzurum Museum, among the Kura-Araxes terracotta and the Urartian bronzes, my eye was…
