WebTurkish literature (Turkish: Türk edebiyatı) comprises oral compositions and written texts in Turkic languages.The Ottoman and Azerbaijani forms of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, were highly influenced by Persian and Arabic literature, and used the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.. The history of the broader Turkic literature spans a …

WebEtymology. The English word epic comes from Latin epicus, which itself comes from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos), "word, story, poem.". In ancient Greek, 'epic' could refer to all poetry in dactylic hexameter (epea), which included not only Homer but also the wisdom poetry of Hesiod, the utterances of the Delphic oracle, and …

WebOs povos turcomanos, são povos eurasiáticos que vivem no norte, centro e oeste da Eurásia e que falam línguas pertencentes à família de línguas turcas [31] ou turcomanas. Estes povos compartilham, em vários graus, certos traços culturais e antecedentes históricos. O termo turco representa um amplo grupo etno-linguístico e inclui sociedades …

WebAlpamysh, a Turkic epic from Central Asia; Alp Er Tunga an ancient epic from Turkic people; Manas, a Turkic epic from East Asia; Book of Dede Korkut (Korkut Ata), an epic from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and …

WebThe Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, romanized: Oγuz, Ottoman Turkish: اوغوز, romanized: Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family. In the 8th century, they formed a tribal confederation conventionally named the Oghuz Yabgu State in Central Asia. The name Oghuz is a Common Turkic word for …

WebCreation. There are many Mongol creation myths. In the most ancient one, the creation of the world is attributed to a Buddhist deity Lama.At the start of time, there was only water, and from the heavens, Lama came down to it holding an iron rod with which he began to stir.

WebA modern sport. The 1840s saw the second attempts at turning the recreation into a modern sport. The first Grand National Archery Society meeting was held in York in 1844 and over the next decade the extravagant and festive practices of the past were gradually whittled away and the rules were standardized as the 'York Round' - a series of shoots at 60 …

WebCentral Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which are colloquially referred to …

WebThe Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. According to the available evidence, the Turkic peoples likely originated in the Altai-Sayan region, and northern and western Mongolia, likely in a contact zone of Uralic, Yeniseian, Mongolic, …

WebAlpamysh, a Turkic epic; Karolus magnus et Leo papa (Carolingian, Latin, before 814) Daredevils of Sassoun ; Bhagavata Purana "Stories of the Lord", based on earlier sources; Lay of Hildebrand and Muspilli (Old High German, c.870) Kakawin Ramayana, Javanese version of the Ramayana (c. 870)

WebAs a result of the Turks' nomadic lifestyle, the horse is also one of the main figures of Turkic mythology; Turks considered the horse an extension of the individual, particularly the male horse. This might have been the origin of the title "at-beyi" (horse-lord).[citation needed]Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology (for example, Kazakh and …

Web1600s. 1601 in literature – Hamlet (Shakespeare, approximate date), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare), The Triumphs of Oriana (Morley), Leucippe and Clitophon (first printed); 1602 in literature – La Argentina (Centenera), Bahr al-Hayat (Muhammad Ghawth, approximate date), The City of the Sun (Campanella); 1603 in literature – Nippo Jisho, …

WebThe Aq Qoyunlu (Azerbaijani: Ağqoyunlular آغ‌قویونلولار‎, Persian: آق‌ قویونلو) was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Turkoman tribal confederation founded in the Diyarbakir region by Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg that ruled parts of present-day eastern Turkey from 1378 to 1503, and in their last decades also ruled Armenia, Azerbaijan, much of Iran, Iraq, and Oman where …