Kurds | Kurds
Jul.27.2012
As we left the cliff-side town of Artvin in Eastern Turkey, we passed a pair of life-sized statues of ferocious looking, massive-shouldered bulls squaring off opposite each other. Unfortunately, we’d missed the bull wrestling matches that are popular...
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Feb.01.2012
Saladin was the son of a Kurdish military man who was Governor of Damascus, Saladin fought for control of Egypt against the Christians who aided Egypt. Saladin eventually became the Sultan of both Egypt and Syria. Saladin conquered Jerusalem in 1187 from the Christians who through the Crusade had...
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