HISTORY OF ASSYRIA

Ashur and the Assyrians: from 2000 BC

Since about 2000 BC the Assyrians, a Semitic group, have worshipped their god Ashur at a shrine on the Tigris known by his name. The city of Ashur has had periods of influence, trading and conquering westwards into Turkey, but the Assyrians have also often been subject to more powerful groups from those…

HISTORY OF ANATOLIA

Centre of innovation: from 7000 BC

The high plateau between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean is the setting for many of the most significant advances of neolithic man and his successors in the early stages of civilization.

In the use of metals Anatolia is regularly first, or among the first. Copper implements are found here from…

How to Roast a Turkey

Instructions Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Step 2

Remove turkey from its wrapping and remove neck and giblets from inside the cavity. Set aside to make gravy later . Step 3

Rinse turkey inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels. Step 4

Put oven rack on lowest level of oven. Step 5

Place turkey, breast side up, on a roasting rack in…

HISTORY OF TURKEY

Ancient Anatolia: to the 11th century AD

Anatolia, linking Asia and Europe, has a long and distinguished record as a centre of civilization – from one of the world’s first towns (Catal Huyuk), through the successive periods of Hittites and Trojans, Ionians and Lydians, Romans and Byzantines.

But the region acquires its present identity and name, as…

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Biography (1881 – 1938)

(born 1881, Salonika, Greece, Ottoman Empire—died Nov. 10, 1938, Istanbul, Tur.) Founder of modern Turkey. Dedicated by his father to military service, he graduated near the top of his class in military school. As a young officer, he was critical of the government of the Ottoman Empire and became involved with the Turkish nationalist Committee of Union and Progress….