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Hyrcania (other)
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Hyrcania or Hyrkania may refer to : ;Geography *Hyrcania, a historical region south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran ** Hyrcanian civilization ** Hyrcanian Ocean, the Caspian Sea **Hyrcanian forests, a large forest zone on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran and Azerbaijan * Hyrcania (fortress), ruined Judaean fortress in the West Bank * Hyrcania (Lydia), a town of ancient Lydia ;Fictional geography * Hyrkania (Conan), a fictional location in Robert E. Howard's Conan mythos *Hyrkania, a fictional location in Marvel Comic's Red Sonja mythos See also * Gorgan (other) * Hercynia (other) * Hyrcanus (other) Hyrcanus may refer to * John Hyrcanus, Jewish High Priest, 134–104 BCE * Hyrcanus II, King of Judea, 67–66 BCE * Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus, prominent sage in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE * Hyrcanus, the son of Tobias, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcania
Hyrcania (; ''Hyrkanía'', Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 ''Varkâna'',Lendering (1996) Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 ''Gurgān'', Akkadian: ''Urqananu'') is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran and Turkmenistan, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east. The region served as a satrapy (province) of the Median Empire, a sub-province of the Achaemenid Empire, and a province within its successors, the Seleucid, Arsacid and Sasanian empires. Hyrcania bordered Parthia to the east (later known as Abarshahr), Dihistan to the north, Media to the south and Mardia to the west. Etymology ''Hyrcania'' () is the Greek name for the region, a borrowing from the Old Persian ''Verkâna'' as recorded in Darius the Great's Behistun Inscription (522 BC), as well as in other Old Persian cuneiform inscriptions. ''Verkā'' means "wolf" in Old Iranian, cf. Avestan ''vəhrkō'', Gilaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcanian Civilization
Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is bordered clockwise by Russia (across the sea), Golestan Province, Golestan, Semnan Province, Semnan, Tehran Province, Tehran, Alborz Province, Alborz, Qazvin Province, Qazvin, and Gilan Province, Gilan Provinces. Mazandaran, founded in 1937, covers an area of 23,842 km2. The province has diverse natural resources, notably large offshore reservoirs of oil and natural gas. The diverse natural habitats of the province include plains, prairies, forests and rainforest stretching from the sandy beaches of the Caspian Sea to the rugged and snowcapped Alborz sierra, including Mount Damavand, one of the highest Summit, peaks and volcanoes in Asia. Mazandaran is a major producer of Fish farming, farmed fish, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcanian Ocean
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau. It covers a surface area of (excluding the highly saline lagoon of Garabogazköl to its east), an area approximately equal to that of Japan, with a volume of . It has a salinity of approximately 1.2% (12 g/L), about a third of the salinity of average seawater. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The name of the Caspian Sea is derived from the ancient Iranic Caspi people. The sea stretches from north to south, with an average width of . Its gross coverage is and the surface is about belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcanian Forests
The Hyrcanian forests (; ) are a zone of lush lowland and montane forests covering about near the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran and Azerbaijan. The forest is named after the ancient region of Hyrcania. The World Wide Fund for Nature refers to the ecoregion as the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests. Since 5 July 2019, the Hyrcanian Forests have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In September 2023, the heritage site expanded to incorporate portions of the forest located in Azerbaijan. Geography In Iran, the Hyrcanian ecoregion comprises a long strip along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and the northern slopes of the Alborz mountains. It covers parts of five provinces, from east to west: North Khorasan, Golestan ( being its south and southwest plus eastern regions of the Gorgan plain), Mazandaran, Gilan and Ardabil. The Golestan National Park spans the boundary of Golestan and Mazandaran provinces. In the Mazandaran province, where the Hyrcanian forest is est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcania (fortress)
Hyrcania (; Arabic: خربة المرد "Khirbet el-Mird"; ') was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. It was built by Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus or his son Alexander Jannaeus in the 2nd or 1st century BCE (in the Hellenistic part of the Second Temple period). Initially destroyed by Gabinius, the fortress was rebuilt and greatly expanded by King Herod (r. 37–4 BCE; Roman period). After Herod executed his son Antipater, he was interred there. After Herod's death Hyrcania was abandoned, only to be resettled during the Byzantine period, when a late-5th century monastery named Kastellion was established on the ruined fortress, which remained active until the early 9th century. There was a short-lived attempt by monks to rebuild in the 1920s–30s.Wright, G. R. H., and J. T. Milik"The Archaeological Remains al El Mird in the Wilderness of Judaea."'' Biblica'', vol. 42, no. 1, 1961, pp. 1–27. The ancient ruins can still be seen today. The site is located on an isolat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrcania (Lydia)
Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis, also known as Hyrcania (), was a Roman and Byzantine-era city and bishopric in ancient Lydia, now in western Turkey. It was situated in the Hyrcanian plain (τὸ Ὑρκάνιον πεδίον), which is said to have derived its name from a colony of Hyrcanians being settled here by the Persians. They were afterwards mingled with some Macedonians, who also settled in this district, whence they are called by Pliny the Elder and Tacitus "Macedones Hyrcani." The city minted its own coins. Its site is located west of Halit Paşa in Asiatic Turkey, south of Çamlıyurt. The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. Known bishops include: * Asyncritus *John, attendee at First Council of Constantinople *Eustathius *Dionysius fl.1157Michel Le Quien Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian. Biography Le Quien studied at , Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrkania (Conan)
The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian. The word "Hyborian" is derived from the legendary northern land of the ancient Greeks, Hyperborea, and it is rendered as such in the earliest draft of Howard's essay "The Hyborian Age". Howard described the Hyborian Age taking place sometime after the sinking of Atlantis and before the beginning of recorded ancient history. Most later editors and adaptors such as L. Sprague de Camp and Roy Thomas placed the Hyborian Age around 10,000 BC. More recently, Dale Rippke proposed that the Hyborian Age should be placed further in the past, around 32,500 BC, prior to the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum. Rippke's date, however, has since been disputed by Jeffrey Shanks, who argues for the more traditional placement at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. Howard had an intense love for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sonja
Red Sonja is a sword-and-sorcery character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. A warrior from the Hyborian Age of Earth-616, partnered with Conan the Barbarian, she is reborn in modern times when her descendant/reincarnation Mary Jane "MJ" Watson attains her sword. Marvel Comics published stories featuring Red Sonja until 1986, and returned to the character for a one-shot story in 1995. In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing stories of the heroine, during which the original Sonja was killed and replaced by a "reincarnation"; in 2007, Dynamite teamed with Marvel to publish '' Spider-Man/Red Sonja'', where Mary Jane became Red Sonja once more. The series was rebooted by writer Gail Simone in 2013, telling an altered version of Red Sonja's early life story via flashbacks. Subsequent writers of ''Red Sonja'' have included Amy Chu, Mark Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgan (other)
Gorgan () is a city in Golestan Province, Iran. Gorgan may also refer to: Iran * Gorgan, Kermanshah, village in Kermanshah Province, Iran * Gorgan, Markazi, village in Markazi Province, Iran * other name for German, Iran, village in Kharqan Rural District, Bastam District, Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran * Gorgan-e Bitaraf, another village in Kharqan Rural District, Bastam District, Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran * Gorgan County, in Golestan Province, Iran * Gorganrud River, a river in northeastern Iran * Great Wall of Gorgan, ancient defensive fortifications located near the above-named Gorgan in Golestan Province Romania * Gorgan, a village in the commune Cenade, Alba County, Romania * Gorgan (river), a tributary of the Cozd in Brașov County, Romania See also * Astarabad (other), former name of Gorgan city in Iran and related terms * Gorgani (other) * Gürgan, village in Baku, Azerbaijan * Hyrcania (other) Hyrcania or Hyrkania ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercynia (other)
Hercynia is a name for the ancient Hercynian Forest. Hercynia or Hercynian may also refer to: *458 Hercynia, an asteroid *Hercynian orogeny, a synonym for the Variscan orogeny The Variscan orogeny, or Hercynian orogeny, was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea. Nomenclature The name ''Varis ... of the Carboniferous *Hercynian massifs, part of the Massif Central of France *, a journal published by the Universities and Landesbibliothek of Sachsen-Anhalt, which covers ecology and environmental biology *''Hercynia'', a junior synonym of the ant genus ''Wasmannia'' *Hercuniates, a tribe of ancient Hercynia See also * Hyrcania (other) *Perkwunos, a possibly related ancient Celtic word {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
