WebBiography. Herman Elroy Flecker was born on 5 November 1884 in Lewisham, London, to William Herman Flecker (d. 1941), headmaster of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and his wife Sarah. His much younger brother was the educationalist Henry Lael Oswald Flecker (1896–1958), who became Headmaster of Christ's Hospital.. Flecker later chose to use …

Webサマルカンド（英語: Samarkand, ペルシア語: سمرقند ‎ (Samarqand), ウズベク語: Samarqand/Самарқанд, タジク語: Самарқанд (Samarqand)）は、中央アジア、ウズベキスタンにあるシルクロードのオアシス古都。

WebGeschiedenis. Samarkand werd in de 14e eeuw v.Chr. in de vruchtbare aarde van Serafšān als oase-stad gesticht. Het is een van de steden op de zijderoute tussen het Midden-Oosten en China, en dankt daar grotendeels ook zijn welvaart aan. Alexander de Grote veroverde de stad (toen bekend als Marakanda), gelegen in Transoxanië, in 329 v.Chr.. De …

WebThe Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.Built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. Islamic astronomers who worked at the observatory include Al-Kashi, Ali Qushji, and Ulugh Beg himself.The observatory was destroyed in 1449 and rediscovered in 1908.

WebSir David Hare FRSL is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director.Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours in 2002, based on the novel written by Michael Cunningham, and The Reader in …

WebBacha bāzī (Persian: بچه بازی, lit. "boy play"; from بچه bacheh, "boy", and بازی bazi "play, game") is a slang term used in Afghanistan for a custom in Afghanistan involving child sexual abuse by older men of young adolescent males or boys, called dancing boys, often involving sexual slavery and child prostitution. Though outlawed, bacha bazi is still practiced in certain ...

WebCentral 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 as the "-stans" as the …

WebThe Registan (Uzbek: Регистон, Registon) was the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand of the Timurid Empire, now in Uzbekistan.The name Rēgistan (ریگستان) means "sandy place" or "desert" in Persian.. The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis - and …

Web歷史. 撒马尔罕建立于公元前3世纪。由于地处絲綢之路上中国和中东的交界處，使當地成為兩地貨物的交流地，並促使當地經濟繁盛。. 撒馬爾罕城市中的粟特人在絲綢之路中做出了卓越的貢獻。 粟特人也是伊斯蘭化之前撒馬爾罕主要民族。. 亞歷山大大帝的傳記中記載了馬蘭坎達（希臘語 ...

WebDie Buchreihe Bartimäus umfasst vier Romane des Fantasyautors Jonathan Stroud.Die fiktiven Hauptpersonen sind der Dschinn Bartimäus und der junge Zauberlehrling Nathanael, der im Laufe der Trilogie der drei zuerst erschienenen Bände zu einem sehr fähigen Magier wird. Die Trilogie erschien zwischen 2003 und 2005 und wurde 2010 um ein Prequel …

WebAmin Maalouf (French: ; Arabic: أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French author who has lived in France since 1976. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into over 40 languages.. Of his several works of nonfiction, The Crusades through Arab Eyes is probably the best known.

WebPan-Islamism (Arabic: الوحدة الإسلامية) is a political movement advocating the unity of Muslims under one Islamic country or state – often a caliphate – or an international organization with Islamic principles. Pan-Islamism was launched in Turkey at the end of the 19th century by Sultan Abdul-Hamid II for the purpose of combating the process of westernization and …

WebThe Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria lasted from 1223 to 1236. The Bulgar state, centered in lower Volga and Kama, was the center of the fur trade in Eurasia throughout most of its history.Before the Mongol conquest, Russians of Novgorod and Vladimir repeatedly looted and attacked the area, thereby weakening the Bulgar state's economy …

WebDas Gur-Emir-Mausoleum (persisch گور امیر, DMG Gūr-i Amīr, ‚Grab des Fürsten (Herrschers)‘; usbekisch Goʻri Amir) in der usbekischen Stadt Samarqand ist die Grabstätte Timur Lenks, einiger Mitglieder seiner Familie und weiterer Persönlichkeiten aus dem Umfeld des Herrschers, darunter Ulug Beg, Schah-Ruch und Mir Said Berke.Es wurde in …