The NearEast French, Proche Orient is a Geography geographical term that covers different countries ... in historical contexts. ref NearEast, Oxford Dictionary of English , 2nd ed., Oxford University ... Egypt , while the terms NearEast or Western Asia West Asia are preferred in archaeological, geographic ... thumb 200px Inhabitants of the NearEast, late 19th century The term NearEast came into use ... of Iran . ref name davison There is general agreement concerning the list of NearEast countries ... for NearEast Policy. ref name institute http www.washingtoninstitute.org templateI01.php Countries covered by the Washington Institute for NearEast Policy ref All North Africa n countries are included ... part of the NearEast in the modern context. USAID puts the South Caucasus countries ... included in several definitions of the NearEast, based on its geographical location as well as its ... Countries of the NearEast Section , The Library of Congress ref ref http www.csad.ox.ac.uk CSAD Egypt.html Egypt and the NearEast , Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents ref ref Simmons, Alan H., The Neolithic Revolution in the NearEast Transforming the Human Landscape , 2007 ref ref http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn world mideast neareast Washington Post NearEast ref ref Hall, H. R., The Ancient History of the NearEast From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis , Methuen, 1913 ref USAID places Cyprus in their reports on the NearEast. ref name USAID United States. Agency for International ... docs 0060 244079.html NearEast, Afghanistan selected statistical data by sex which states that ...individual reports have been prepared for the following countries of the NearEast Cyprus, Egypt ..., the NearEast University is situated in the country s capital, Nicosia . Territories and regions The Near ... interpretations. class wikitable Country Bureau of NearEast br Affairs ref name state Washington Institute br for NearEast Policy ref name institute United States Agency for br International ... more details
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nofootnotes date November 2010 primarysources date November 2010 The NearEast Foundation NEF , formerly NearEast Relief NER , is a Syracuse, NY based American development agency founded in 1915. NEF s mission is to help people in the Middle East and Africa build the better lives they envision for themselves and their communities through a variety of practical programs and grassroots development projects. br Image NearEast Foundation Logo.jpg thumb 200px right The Logo of the NearEast Foundation NEF The NearEast Foundation is America s first nation wide international philanthropic effort. Nearly a century ago, the NEF pioneered the approach to international development that enables people to acquire the tools they need to help themselves. NEF successes became the model for the United States government s international aid program and for nearly all current development organizations. NEF works one on one with the often forgotten people at the grass roots level as equal partners in making our shared world better. The organization began in 1915 when Cleveland H. Dodge led a group of New York leaders in forming NearEast Relief NER , a response to Ambassador to Constantinople Henry Morgenthau s urgent plea for assistance to save victims of the Armenian Genocide and deportations of 1915. In 1930, NER was renamed the NearEast Foundation. Year, State Incorporated 1930, New York. br br Affiliates br NearEast Foundation Center for Development Services CDS Cairo Egypt br NearEast Foundation Sudan br NearEast Foundation West Bank Gaza br NearEast Foundation Amman Jordan br NearEast Foundation New Development Foundation Amman Jordan br NearEast Foundation Morocco br NearEast Foundation Mali br br NEF programs focus on promoting sustainable development in partnership with nationals ... . External links http www.neareast.org NearEast Foundation website http www.neareast.org ... in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle East. In 2010, NEF moved its headquarters to Syracuse ... more details
The NearEast earthquake of 1759 was a devastating earthquake that shook a wide region in November, 1759. ref Sources of the large A.D. 1202 and 1759 NearEast earthquakes,M. Daeron, et al,Geology July 2005 v. 33 no. 7 p. 529 532 http geology.geoscienceworld.org cgi reprint 33 7 529.pdf ref Impact Baalbek The ruins of Baalbek were badly damaged. ref Baalbek before and after the earthquake of 1759 the drawings of James Bruce, N.N. Lewis, Levant, 1999, vol. 31, pp. 241 253 ref References reflist See also Historical earthquakes coord missing Palestine DEFAULTSORT NearEast Earthquake Of 1759 Category Earthquakes in the Levant Category 1759 earthquakes Category 1759 natural disasters ... more details
NearEast Command was a Command of the British Army . History In 1959 Middle East Command was divided into two commands split by the Suez canal . ref name signals http books.google.co.uk books?id 031WegRPmM8C&pg PA54&lpg PA54&dq British 22Near East Command 22 Cyprus&source bl&ots r8j6LATYCq&sig 81wgXEKWklUKA65p4UTk0GHQHG0&hl en&ei s6cRS4vLOIbbjQf2hcXUAw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CBkQ6AEwBg v onepage&q British 20 22Near 20East 20Command 22 20Cyprus&f false Royal Corps of Signals Unit Histories of the corps 1920 2001 by Cliff Lord and Graham Watson, Page 54 ref The two parts were British Forces Arabian Peninsular , which was based at Aden , and the rump of Middle East Command which was based in Cyprus and which in 1961 was renamed NearEast Command . ref name signals It was disbanded in 1962. ref http www.rafweb.org Cmd O2.htm Air of Authority Overseas Commands ref Commanders in Chief Commanders in Chief included ref Whitaker s Almanacks 1960 1962 ref ref http web.archive.org web 20071129035304 www.regiments.org formations uk cmdarmy os nec.htm NearEast Command at Regiments.org ref br 1960 1962 Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Dudley Ward Dudley Ward References reflist Category Commands of the British Army ... more details
Ancient NearEast studies or ANE studies is the field of academic study of the Ancient NearEast ANE . As such it is an umbrella term for Assyriology , in some cases extending to Egyptology . History of ANE studies In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the University of London date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum was appointed to a professorship. ref Jerrold S. Cooper, Glenn M. Schwartz The study of the ancient NearEast in the twenty first century 1996 ref Societies American Oriental Society ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research , Boston British Institute for the Study of Iraq CEHAO Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, Argentina Council for British Research in the Levant Deutsche Orient Gesellschaft The Melammu Project The Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Helsinki. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Soci t Asiatique , Paris Universities with major ANE centres University of Chicago Oriental Institute Columbia University ref http www.columbia.edu cu lweb indiv mideast cuvlm ancient.html Columbia ref New York University Institute for Study of the Ancient World ref http www.nyu.edu isaw NYU ISAW ... of Chicago ref http www.etana.org abzu ABZU links for all aspects of the Ancient NearEast. ref ANEM Ancient NearEast Monographs ANES Ancient Near Eastern Studies Annual journal from the University of Melbourne dedicated to the languages and cultures of the ancient NearEast. ANET & ANEP Ancient NearEast Texts Princeton 1950, 1955, 3rd ed. 1969 ref Stanis aw Bazyli ski A guide to biblical ... NearEast Middle Eastern mythology Chronology of the ancient NearEast Further reading ... and public presentation of the Ancient NearEast and the Ancient Mediterranean world category Assyriology ... Studies JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JSS Journal of Semitic Studies KTU Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit LAPO Litt ratures anciennnes du Proche Orient 1967 2002 NEA Near Eastern Archaeology ... more details
Image NearEast School of Theology Beirut.jpg frame Building. The NearEast School of Theology NEST is an interdenominational Protestantism Protestant theology theological seminary serving the Evangelism Evangelical churches of the Middle East and Africa n churches, and is once again able to accommodate international students who have a special interest in Biblical studies Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient church es. History The NEST was formed in 1932 by the merger of the School for Religious Workers in Beirut and the School of Religion in Athens , Greece . It was built on a history of evangelical theological education going back to 1835. In 1971 the School was moved to its new home a modern, well equipped building two blocks south of the American University of Beirut . Profile The NEST is an undergraduate and graduate theological seminary of some 40 students and seven full and two part time faculty. The seminary offers the following programs B.A. in Christian Education B.Th. with emphasis in pastoral studies B.Th. in Christian Education M.A.C.E., a graduate program for educational ministries M.Div. for Pastoral ministry S.T.M., a post graduate research degree and the S.T.M. in Ministry established jointly with McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois Chicago . The seminary is housed in a modern building with classrooms, offices, faculty and student lounges, dining facilities, sanctuary and chapel, coffee shop, dormitory rooms for 50 students, six faculty apartments and a gymnasium and theater which are under construction. The library contains 42,000 volumes in Arabic, Armenian, English, French ... Evangelicalism Evangelical churches in the Middle East. External links http www.theonest.edu.lb NearEast School of Theology DEFAULTSORT NearEast School Of Theology Category Evangelical seminaries and theological colleges lebanon school stub de NearEast School of Theology ... more details
Infobox Basketball club color1 red color2 white name NearEast BC nickname logo imagesize 150 px leagues A2 Ethniki Greek A2 League br Greek basketball Cup Greek Cup founded 1927 history 1927 Present arena NearEast Indoor Arena br capacity 1,300 location Kaisariani , Athens , Greece colors Red and White br color box red color box white president vice presidents coach Tolis Karnesis championships 1 A1 Ethniki Greek Championship br 1936 br 1 A2 Ethniki A2 Championship br 1998 website http www.eurobasket.com team.asp?Cntry GRE&Team 376 Eurobasket.com h body ffffff h pattern b thinredsides h shorts ffffff h pattern s crch06 a body FF0000 a pattern b thinwhitesides a shorts FF0000 a pattern s whitesides AO NearEast BC is one of the oldest professional basketball clubs in Greece . The basketball club was founded in the year 1927. The team is located in Kaisariani , Greece , which is a suburb of the city of Athens , Greece . NearEast s home arena, NearEast Indoor Arena, is located only about 2 miles from the downtown center of Athens . History Early history NearEast BC was one of the teams that participated in the first Pan Greece Hellenic Basketball tournament, which took place in Thessaloniki , Greece . In 1936, NearEast BC won its first official A1 Ethniki Greek Championship by defeating University of Athens The University of Athens basketball team in Thessaloniki . To this day, this is still the only Greek National Championship the club has won. In 1937, NearEast BC finished second in the Greek Championship as University of Athens The University of Athens basketball club defeated them in the Championship s final. Recent history In more recent times, the NearEast basketball team struggled to hold onto its position in the top league in Greece s first division the A1 Ethniki ... 376 Eurobasket.com Team Page A2 Ethniki International basketball Prohoops DEFAULTSORT NearEast ... el . . fr AC NearEast it AO NearEast BC Atene ... more details
Infobox University name NearEast University native name Yak n Do u niversitesi image name image size caption latin name motto mottoeng established 1988 closed type Private affiliation endowment officer in charge chairman chancellor president vice president superintendent provost vice chancellor rector principal dean director head label head faculty staff students undergrad postgrad doctoral other city Nicosia state province country Northern Cyprus coor campus former names free label free sports colors colours nickname mascot athletics affiliations website http www.neu.edu.tr logo footnotes Unreferenced section date March 2011 NearEast University NEU is a private international institution of higher education in Northern Cyprus . It was founded in the Turkish side of Nicosia in 1988. The medium of instruction at the NearEast is English language English . NearEast University currently has 13 Faculties with 51 Departments and 3 Schools offering courses at undergraduate levels. The University offers graduate programs under the guidance and coordination of the Graduate School of Social and Applied Sciences. An English Preparatory School is available for those who need to master English. Olympic size indoor swimming pool The olympic size indoor swimming pool was opened with a magnificent ceremony on May 19, 1997. There are seats to hold up to 1000 spectators. The modern interior design and the cozy atmosphere of the cafe are also assets to the one and only indoor swimming pool of the island .... The Dorana Hotel and Dorana Travel Agency along with the NearEast Teal, the university s own training ... operation. NEU TEAL Research and Training Boat The NearEast University is the only institution of higher ... and international underwater archaeologists. The NearEast University has contributed significantly ... Congress Centre The inauguration of the Atat rk Congress Centre in November 1997, coincided with the NearEast University s International Conference On Water Problems in the Mediterranean Countries ... more details
Orphan date June 2008 The NearEast Broadcasting Station also Sharq el Adna , Voice of Britain started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941 1942 from Jaffa , Mandate of Palestine . It was fully financed and run by the United Kingdom British government. The goal of the broadcasts were to entice Arabs to join British and British backed military forces, as well as to maintain political and economic stability in Palestine . The broadcasts were also started as an answer to similar propaganda radio stations broadcasting in Arabic set up first by Benito Mussolini Mussolini , later the Nazi Germany German Nazi regime. The British also looked beyond World War II , as they wanted to remain an influence in the Middle East, where oil had been discovered in the early 1930s. The station first started operation under the name Freedom Broadcasting Station, using Royal Air Force equipment in Jaffa. It was under the full control of the British Special Operations Executive and initially concerned itself with broadcasting to the Balkans . However, from an early point, it also broadcast in Arabic. The material broadcast at SOE s direction sometimes clashed with material broadcast by more official British stations and caused disputes within the British Directorate of Propaganda . In March 1943, the station was handed over to the Political Warfare Executive . ref Partner, pp50 53. ref After the war, it became ... Act official secret . Officially, Britain had nothing to do with the NearEast Broadcasting Station ..., said that the NearEast Broadcasting Station ... was in reality run by the British intelligence service . Almost all of the NearEast Broadcasting Station Arab staff announced on air that they supported ... used four short wave transmitter s near Limasol . After the armistice in 1948, the station seemed ... Britain supported Israel s invasion of Egypt . Very early in the Suez Crisis , it was revealed that the NearEast Broadcasting Station was under the control of either British intelligence, the British ... more details
Fertile Crescent myth The Religion s of the Ancient NearEast were mostly polytheistic , with some early examples of primitive Monolatry Marduk Mardukites , Ashurism and Monism Atenism . Some scholars believe that the similarities between these religions indicate that the religions are related, a belief known as patternism . ref Cite book title The Siege Perilous Essays in Biblical Anthropology and Kindred Subjects author Samuel H. Hooke publisher Ayer Publishing year 1970 page 174 isbn 0836955250 ... NearEast spans more than two millennia, from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age , in the region now known as the Middle East , centered around the Fertile Crescent . There was much cultural ... NearEast includes the following subregions Mesopotamia Sumer , Assyria , Babylonia and Akkad ... Henotheistic societies State Cities of the Ancient NearEast city state sponsored religions theocracy ... Reconstructionism Revival of Greek polytheism Books General Gordon, Cyrus. The Ancient NearEast ... Gods The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient NearEast and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1960. Pritchard, James B., editor. The Ancient NearEast An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1958. Pritchard, James B., editor. The Ancient NearEast, Volume ... Sasson et al., eds., Civilizations of the Ancient NearEast. Charles Scribner s Sons, New York, 1995. Smith, Morton, The Common Theology of the Ancient nearEast , Journal of Biblical Literature 1952 ... NearEast Category Ancient NearEast mythology Category Ancient Semitic religions Category Mesopotamian ... for a detailed description. This article will attempt to outline the common traits of Ancient Near Eastern ... influenced by Ancient Near Eastern mythology, but is usually not included in the term. The Greco ... Talisman s Typically, Ancient Near Eastern religions were centered around theocracy theocracies ... Mesopotamian Demon Ancient Near Eastern religion knew an elaborate system of benevolent , neutral ... more details
The largest cities in the Bronze Age Ancient NearEast housed several tens of thousands. Memphis, Egypt Memphis in the Early Bronze Age with some 30,000 inhabitants was the largest city of the time by far. Ur in the Middle Bronze Age is estimated to have had some 65,000 inhabitants Babylon in the Late Bronze Age similarly had a population of some 50 60,000, while Niniveh had some 20 30,000, reaching 100,000 only in the Iron Age ca. 700 BC . The KI cuneiform KI cuneiform & x121A0 determative was the Sumerian language Sumerian term for a city or city state . ref http psd.museum.upenn.edu epsd epsd e2898.html Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary EPSD ref In Akkadian language Akkadian and Hittite orthography , URU cuneiform became a determinative sign denoting a city, or combined with KUR cuneiform land the kingdom or territory controlled by a city, e.g. cuneiform 6 Transl Xsux LUGAL KUR sup URU sup Ha at ti the king of the country of the city of Hittite empire Hatti . Mesopotamia See Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Image NC Mesopotamia sites.jpg 250px right thumb See Waterways of Sumer and Akkad ordered from north to south Eshnunna Tell Asmar Der Sumer Der Tell Aqar at al Badra Sippar Tell Abu Habbah Kutha Tell Ibrahim Jemdet Nasr Kish Sumer Kish Tell Uheimir & Ingharra Babylon Bab Ilu Babylon Borsippa Birs Nimrud Mashkan shapir Tell Abu Duwari Dilbat Tell ed Duleim Nippur Afak Marad Tell Wannat es Sadum Adab Tell Bismaya Isin Ishan al Bahriyat Kisurra Tell Abu Hatab Shuruppak Tell Fara Bad tibira probably Tell al Madain Zabala Sumer Zabala Tell Ibzeikh Umma Tell Jokha Girsu Tello or Telloh Lagash Tell al Hiba Uruk Warka Larsa Tell as Senkereh Ur Tell al Muqayyar Kuara Sumer ... See also Portal Ancient NearEast Commons category Ancient NearEast maps City state Sumerian King List ... Cities References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Cities Of The Ancient NearEast Category Ancient NearEast Category City states NearEast Category Ancient cities NearEast Category Sumerian cities Category Akkadian ... more details
See short chronology for a timeline in absolute dates. Ancient NearEast topics The chronology of the Ancient NearEast provides a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Individual ... of Hammurabi . Many recent textbooks on the archaeology and history of the ancient NearEast support the Middle Chronology. ref cite book last Kuhrt first A. title Ancient NearEast c. 3000 330 BC year ... last van de Mieroop first M. title A History of the Ancient NearEast, ca. 3000 323 BC year 2007 ... NearEast. Sumerian King List Covers rulers of Mesopotamia from a time before the flood ... NearEast. Most are partial or fragmentary, but when combined with other sources, they provide ... NearEast, offering alliances sometimes including daughters for marriage , threatening war, acting ... kings have been identified, it locks the chronology of the ancient NearEast to that of Egypt, at least ... for use in dating the ancient NearEast. Many suffer from the vagueness of the original tablets ..., there are no continuous chronologies for the NearEast. A floating chronology has been developed using ... for improving the chronology of the Ancient NearEast is limited. ref Anatolian tree rings ... from outside the NearEast. ref http dendro.cornell.edu projects aegean.php ref Radiocarbon dating As in Egypt ... NearEast. At times they occupied portions of the region, a favor returned in later days by the Assyrians ... NearEast, directly in Anatolia and via the island of Cyprus in the rest of the region and Egypt. A Hittite ... eruption ref See also Portal Ancient NearEast Short chronology timeline Bronze Age collapse Egyptian ... NearEast ca. 3000 323 BC, Marc Van De Mieroop, Wiley Blackwell, 2006, ISBN 1 4051 4911 6 Mesopotamia ... NearEast Category Chronology Category Ancient NearEast Category Ancient history Category ... Due to the sparsity of sources throughout the Dark Age , the history of the Near Eastern Bronze Age ... information for the ancient Middle East. ref Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History, Marc ... more details
Notability Book date December 2009 italictitle Infobox journal cover discipline History , archaeology editor Ehud Ben Zvi, Roxana Flammini language Spanish, English, French, Portuguese abbreviation ANEM publisher Society of Biblical Literature CEHAO country USA Argentina history 2008 present website http www.sbl site.org publications Books ANEmonographs.aspx ISSN 1851 8761 Ancient Near East Monographs abbreviated as ANEM is an online, open access monograph series focused on the ancient Near East, including ancient Israel and its literature, from the early Neolithic to the early Hellenistic eras. It is published jointly by the Society of Biblical Literature and the Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente CEHAO . It is indexed, among others, by http aleph3.libnet.ac.il F UCU3PPNVPYJ1Y32LI6GFJRG4JIYTSL79RNTTPKJXNUNFM8TIR2 28954?func find b 0 MALMAD , http www.etana.org abzu Abzu , the http oilib.uchicago.edu cgi bin opac login?library ARCHIVES&checkbox checkbox Research Archives of the Oriental Institute and http ebook30.com ebooks30 . Editorial staff Co General Editors http www.ualberta.ca ebenzvi Ehud Ben Zvi , University of Alberta http www.uca.edu.ar esp sec ffilosofia esp docs institutos s cehao revista CV Flammini.PDF Roxana Flammini , Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina Editorial Board Michael Floyd, Centro de Estudios Teologico, Santo Domingo Jos Galan, Director of the Spanish Egyptian Mission at Dra Abu el Naga, Luxor Egypt Graciela Gestoso Singer, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina http www.staff.uni marburg.de gersterh Erhard Gerstenberger , University of Marburg http www.atla.com contact staff directory contact staff shollowa.html Steven Holloway , American Theological Library Association http web.pacific.edu x22370.xml Alan Lenzi , University of the Pacific United States Santiago Rostom Maderna, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina fi Martti Nissinen Martti Nissinen , University of Helsinki , Institute for Advanced Study ... more details
cleanup date September 2010 Unreferenced date June 2008 Military of the Ottoman Empire sidebar Campaignbox Ottoman Persian Wars Ottoman Empire Ottoman wars in the Near East covers wars in the Levant , Anatolia , Mesopotamia and the Caucasus . In August 1400 , Timur Lenk and his horde burned the town of Sivas to the ground and advanced into the mainland. The war culminated at the Battle of Ankara in July, 1402 . Defeating the Candaroglu Beylik in Sinope , and Armenia under Uzun Hasan before capturing the Empire of Trebizond on August 15, 1461. When Beyazid II was enthroned upon his father s death, he first had to fight his younger brother Cem , who took Ineg l and Bursa, Turkey Bursa and proclaimed himself Sultan of Anatolia. After a battle at Yeni ehir, Cem was defeated and fled to Cairo . The very next year he returned, supported by the Mameluks , and took eastern Anatolia , Ankara and Konya but eventually he was beaten and forced to flee to Rhodes . After a Ottoman Mamluk War 1485 1491 first indecisive conflict , Selim I Ottoman Mamluk War 1516 1517 defeated the Mamelukes and conquered most of modern Syria , Lebanon , Israel and Egypt , including the holy city of Jerusalem as well as Cairo , the residence of the Abbasid caliph . Thus, Selim was able to proclaim himself caliph of Islam . He also began a series of wars with the Safavids see Ottoman Persian Wars . References Category 14th century conflicts Category 15th century conflicts Category 16th century conflicts Category Wars involving the Ottoman Empire mk ... more details
biology Ancient DNA Ancient NearEast Archaeogenetics Ethnic groups of the Middle East Genetic ... , October 2004. Human genetics DEFAULTSORT Archaeogenetics Of The NearEast Category Modern human genetic history NearEast Category History of the Middle East Genetic Category Archaeology of the NearEast fa ... J2 is found in North Africa, Southern Europe, and the Middle East, with especially high distribution ... East Africa between Africa and Europe is apparent ref though possessing a greater genetic affinity with the populations ... that markers signaling the Neolithic expansion from the Middle East constitute the predominant ... ref Similarly, an mtDNA study of modern Egyptians from the Kurna Gurna region near Thebes in Southern ... 645 58 year 2002 pmid 12495079 doi 10.1353 hub.2002.0054 ref and to a lesser extent Middle East ern ... haplotypes, and they are far more dominant in Egyptians than in Near Eastern or European groups. ref ... are shared with European and neighboring Near Eastern populations 94.1 . Lineages related to Central ... more details
The NearEast Side is an area made up several historic neighborhoods on the east side of Columbus, Ohio . Some neighborhoods making up the area include Mount Vernon , Nelson Park, Eastgate, Beatty Park, Bexley annexed , Olde Towne East , Old Oaks, Driving Park , and Bryden Road. Today it is bordered by the Contrail railway on the north, Alum Creek on the east, I 70 Interstate 70 and Livingston Avenue on the south, and I 71 Interstate 71 on the west. ref http development.columbus.gov Associations.aspx?id 29831 NearEast Area Commission ref It is bisected by Main Street, also known as the National Road . This area is in Precincts 6, 12, and 5 of the Columbus Division of Police History The area holds a large place in Columbus history, being home to Olde Towne East as well as several famous historical districts. It was home to several affluent bedroom communities during the 1880s and later. Many notable individuals of Columbus during the 19th century resided on the NearEast Side. The NearEast Side was a predominantly Jewish community consisting of wealthy Jewish doctors and businessmen. East High School Columbus, Ohio East High School was built to serve the burgeoning population on the NearEast Side. During the latter parts of the 20th century as other established communities experienced the growing problem of white flight and urban decay. The NearEast Side community remained strong until the 1970s and 1980s. Decline came about when many of the factories and labor type jobs with strong ... on that income could not maintain the same quality of life on lower income jobs. Crime The NearEast ... in 2005. It is one of the leading places for murder in Columbus. Mostly gang related crimes, the NearEast Side is territory for several gangs. In all other crime categories the area is either 2nd or 3rd, behind the Short North University Area and the west side. The NearEast Side has historically ..., Ohio Mount Vernon Old Oaks Historic District Old Oaks Olde Towne East References references ... more details
The Catholic NearEast Welfare Association is an agency of the Holy See , founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926 to support the churches and peoples of the Middle East , Northeast Africa , India and Eastern Europe . ref http www.idealist.org en org 167826 174 www.idealist.org ref Its first president was Edmund A. Walsh , Society of Jesus S.J. CNEWA s operating agency in the Middle East is the Pontifical Mission for Palestine , which was founded by Pope Pius XII in 1949. References reflist External links http www.cnewa.org Catholic NearEast Welfare Association Category Non profit organizations Category Religious organizations established in 1926 Category Humanitarian aid organizations Category Eastern Catholicism Category Roman Catholic organizations established in the 20th century ... more details
The UCLA Center for NearEast Studies is an academic institute at the University of California, Los Angeles . The Center encourages, coordinates and integrates instruction and research in the humanities and the social sciences, business, law, medicine and the media, and in all languages essential to an understanding of the NearEast. ref http www.international.ucla.edu cnes about ref The Center drew wide attention for sponsoring a Jan 31, 2009 symposium on Human Rights and Gaza at which a few members of the audience but not the speakers on the panel chanted Zionism is Nazism. ref http dailybruin.com stories 2009 feb 19 submission misrepresents human rights and gaza sym ref ref http www.insidehighered.com news 2009 03 06 israel ref ref Once Quiet Campuses See Surge in Anti Israel Activism, Rebecca Spence, Forward, March 09, 2009 http forward.com articles 103762 ref ref Dust Over Campus Life UCLA at a Crossroad, By Judea Pearl, February 18, 2009, The Jewish Journal http www.jewishjournal.com opinion article dust over campus life ucla at a crossroad 20090218 ref ref Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror? Judea Pearl, The Wall Street Journal,February 2, 2009 http online.wsj.com article SB123362422088941893.html ref ref UCLA Symposium on Gaza Ignites Strong Criticism, Tom Tugend, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 11, 2009 http www.jewishjournal.com articles item ucla symposium on gaza ignites strong criticism 20090211 ref Faculty full list at http www.international.ucla.edu cnes people faculty.asp Sondra Hale Gabriel Piterberg Susan Slyomovics Saree Makdisi Khaled Abou El Fadl External links http www.international.ucla.edu cnes References reflist Category American Middle Eastern studies Category University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Center for NearEast Studies ... more details
Infobox Organization name The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy image border Winep logo.jpg motto Insight and Analysis on U.S. Middle East Policy leader title Executive Director leader name Robert ... www.washingtoninstitute.org The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy WINEP is a think ... to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East. ref name mission statement cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher self published .... In this regard, in 1985 it set up the Washington Institute for NearEast Policy WINEP , a pro ... for NearEast Policy publisher self published title Our Programs url http www.washingtoninstitute.org ... policy. ref name our history cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher ... policy , ref cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher National ... claim of the book , ref name Makovsky cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy ... for NearEast Policy publisher Foreign Policy title Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Leaders and Events, Not Lobbies ... cite web work The Washington Institute for NearEast Policy publisher self published title Board of Advisors ... http www.washingtoninstitute.org templateI01.php Washington Institute for NearEast Policy Homepage http rightweb.irc online.org profile 1568 Profile of Washington Institute for NearEast Policy on the International ... Museum DEFAULTSORT Washington Institute For NearEast Policy Category Washington Institute for Near ... Institute for NearEast Policy es Washington Institute for NearEast Policy fa ... policy in the Middle East. It was established by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC ... of the Middle East the history and politics of Orientalism last Lockman first Zachary publisher Cambridge ... foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on US interests in the Middle East, WINEP ... deputy director of current intelligence in the Middle East, Indyk started to set up a research ... more details
Refimprove date October 2006 The American NearEast Refugee Aid ANERA is an United States American 501 c 3 non governmental organization that provides humanitarian aid humanitarian and development aid to the Middle East , specifically, the West Bank , the Gaza Strip , Lebanon and Jordan . Founded in 1968 in the aftermath of the Six Day War , ANERA initially sought to help the 1967 Palestinian exodus hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugee displaced Palestinians by providing emergency relief. While still providing emergency relief, ANERA now also addresses the long term economic and social needs of Palestinians, Lebanese and Jordanians through its health care , education and job creation programs. By helping people meet their fundamental needs, ANERA understands its work as an essential component to peace in the Middle East. The largest American NGO operating in the West Bank and Gaza, ref cite web url http www.wrmea.com archives Jan Feb 2009 0901060.html title Waging Peace HCEF s 10th International Conference publisher Washington Report on Middle East Affairs author Zachary Wales and Delinda Hanley date January February 2009 accessdate 2009 02 07 ref ANERA works closely with local institutions, such as schools, universities, health facilities, cooperatives, municipalities, grassroots communities, and charitable associations to improve the community services they provide. ANERA is funded by individual donors and grants from public and private institutions. ANERA has received ... American NearEast Refugee Aid publisher Charity Navigator accessdate 2009 02 07 ref and meets all ... Public Report.aspx?CharityID 991 title Report American NearEast Refugee Aid publisher ... Report on Middle East Affairs date December 2008 accessdate 2009 02 15 ref ANERA has been praised ... East. Health and Relief ANERA has delivered emergency relief and medical supplies to communities in the Middle East. ANERA has built 177 water cisterns and is building or repairing water networks ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Chart of ancient NearEast states, dynasties, and rulers class nowraplinks cellspacing 0 cellpadding 3 width 600px rules all style background fbfbfb border style solid border width 1px font size 90 empty cells show border collapse collapse style background LightYellow 1st Dynasty of Lagash style background LightYellow 4th Dynasty of Kish Sumer Kish style background LightYellow 3rd Dynasty of Uruk style background Honeydew Mari, Syria Mari style background Honeydew Ebla style background Honeydew Akkadian Empire style background PaleGreen Amorites style background LightPink Elam rowspan 5 Enhengal br Lugal sha engur br Ur Nanshe br Akurgal br Eannatum br En anna tum I br Entemena br En anna tum II br En entar zid br Lugalanda rowspan 5 valign bottom Puzur Suen rowspan 5 Igrish Halam rowspan 5 rowspan 3 Iblul Il Irkab Damu rowspan 3 Ar Ennum Ibrium Tudiya Ibbi Sipish Urukagina Ur Zababa Lugal zage si br ca. 2295 2271 BC rowspan 2 Dubuhu Ada Sargon of Akkad Sargon br ca. 2270 2215 BC rowspan 2 rowspan 2 valign top Zimudar br Usi watar br Eshtar muti br Ishme Shamash br Shu ilishu br Nanniya rowspan 2 rowspan 2 Rimush br Man ishtishu br Naram Sin of Akkad Naram Sin br ca. 2190 2154 BC rowspan 2 Shar kali sharri br Irgigi , Nanum king Nanum , Imi , Ilulu br Dudu king Dudu br Shu Durul style background LightYellow 2nd Dynasty of Lagash style background LightYellow 5th Dynasty of Uruk style background LightYellow 3rd Dynasty of Ur style background LightCoral Gutium rowspan 4 rowspan 4 Lugalushumgal br Puzer Mama br Ur Utu br Ur Mama br Lu Baba br Lugula br Kaku of Lagash Kaku br Ur Bau br Gudea br Ur Ningirsu br Pirigme br Ur gar br Inkishush br Zarlagab br Shulme br Silulumesh br Inimabakesh br Igeshaush br Yarlagab br Ibate of Gutium Ibate ... muballit br Zimri Lim Hammurabi See also Portal Ancient NearEast Chronology of the ancient NearEast ... of Hittite kings DEFAULTSORT Chart Of Ancient NearEast Rulers Category Ancient NearEast ANE stub ... more details
The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the NearEast UAECNE lang hy , is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 Wiktionary congregation congregation s throughout Syria , Lebanon , Turkey , Greece , Egypt , Iran Iraq and Australia . Beginning in the second decade of the 19th century as an indigenous reform movement within the Armenian Apostolic Church , it developed into an independent community in 1846 in Istanbul to become known as the Armenian Evangelical Church and in subsequent decades registered a membership of 60,000 throughout the Ottoman Empire . After the First World War, when the Armenians Armenian population was devastated and the remnant deported from its historic homeland in what is now called Turkey, the Union was reorganized in Syria and Lebanon. The Union is composed of autonomous congregations. Its organizational pattern is a kind of modified Congregationalist polity congregationalism . The annual convention of the Union is the highest authority, presided by Rev. Megerdich Karageozian . The central committee of 12 members, elected at the convention, acts as an administrative body supervising and coordinating the activities of the member churches and church related institutions. From its inception, the Armenian Evangelical Church has stressed the importance of education. It now operates 23 schools and four high schools and owns the only university in the diaspora Haigazian University , member of the Association of International Colleges and Universities Europe Inc., with an enrolment of 650 students. It operates four conference centers in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey. Together with the Arabic speaking Evangelical churches, the Union owns and operates a secondary school in Aleppo and the NearEast School of Theology in Beirut the latter also supported by foreign missionary ... of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the NearEast UAECNE http www.amaa.org AMAA 20Directory.pdf ... more details
and the NearEast year 1994 publisher Princeton University Press isbn 0691029512 cite book ref ... shows that the cities of Erzerum , Sivas , Pulur Huyuk near Baiburt , Kultepe near Hafik , and Maltepe near Sivas all show destruction during this time. The great trading city of Kanesh Level 2 was also ..., Cerkes . Further west near the Dardanelles the two large mounds of Korpruoren and Tavsanli , west ... more details
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