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Erzurum (Not Theodosiopolis)

Erzurum (Not Theodosiopolis)

After the Roman empire came apart, Erzurum—Karin—found itself in its eastern half: Byzantium. At the

The Glassblower of Garin

The Glassblower of Garin

After the Hellenistic period, in 69 BC, Erzurum acquired new masters: the Romans. They established

Before Alexander

Before Alexander

In 334 BC Alexander the Great set out from Thrace on his eastern campaign—by very

The First Superpower

The First Superpower

LLast time we were discussing Assyria—the power that undermined Urartu and left traces even in

The Faience That Isn’t

The Faience That Isn’t

In the Erzurum Museum, among the Kura-Araxes terracotta and the Urartian bronzes, my eye was

The Wrong Nomads

The Wrong Nomads

The Scythians have always been useful to other people. Herodotus devoted the fourth book of

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