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Koresh (other)
Koresh may refer to: * Cyrus, a given name ** Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE) * Cyrus Teed, American spiritualist (1839–1908) * David Koresh (b. Vernon Howell; 1959–1993), American religious leader of a former Branch Davidian sect * Köräş, various folk wrestling styles of Central Asia See also * Koreshi, a surname * Cyrus (other) * Koreshk (other) * Quraysh (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus
Cyrus () is a Persian-language masculine given name. It is historically best known as the name of several List of monarchs of Iran, Persian kings, most notably including Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BC. It remains widespread among Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians, particularly in Zoroastrianism in India, India, and is also relatively common in the Anglophone world. Etymology Cyrus, as a word in English, is the Latinized form of the Greek language, Greek wikt:Κῦρος, Κῦρος, ''Kȳros'', from Old Persian ''Kūruš''. According to the inscriptions, the name is reflected in Elamite ''Kuraš'', Akkadian language, Babylonian ''Ku(r)-raš/-ra-áš'' and Imperial Aramaic ''kwrš''. The modern Persian form of the name is ''Kourosh, Kūroš''. The etymology of Cyrus has been and continues to be a topic of discussion amongst historians, linguists, and scholars of Iranology. The Old Persian name "kuruš" has been interpreted in various forms such as "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus The Great
Cyrus II of Persia ( ; 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanding vastly across most of West Asia and much of Central Asia to create what would soon become the List of largest empires#Timeline of largest empires at the time, largest empire in history at the time. The Achaemenid Empire's greatest territorial extent was achieved under Darius the Great, whose rule stretched from Southeast Europe in the west to the Indus Valley in the east. After absorbing the Median Empire, Cyrus conquered Lydia and eventually the Neo-Babylonian Empire, granting him control of Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent, respectively. He also led a major expedition into Central Asia, where his army brought "into subjection every nation wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Teed
Cyrus Reed Teed (October 18, 1839 – December 22, 1908) was a United States, U.S. eclectic medicine, eclectic physician and alchemy, alchemist turned pseudoscience, pseudoscientific religious leader and self-proclaimed messiah. In 1869, claiming revelation, divine inspiration, Teed took on the name Cyrus, Koresh and proposed a new set of scientific and religious ideas which he called Koreshanity, including the belief in the existence of a concave, or "cellular", Hollow Earth cosmology positing that the sky, humanity, and the surface of the Earth exist on the inside of a universe-encompassing sphere. In New York in the 1870s, he founded the Koreshan Unity, a commune whose rule of conduct was based on his teachings. Other similar communities were established in Chicago and San Francisco. After 1894, the group concentrated itself in the small Florida town of Estero, Florida, Estero, seeking to build a "New Jerusalem" in that locale, peaking at 250 residents during the first decade o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Koresh
David Koresh (; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader. who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet. His apocalyptic Biblical teachings, including interpretations of the Book of Revelation and the Seven Seals, attracted various followers. Coming from a dysfunctional background, Koresh was a member and later a leader of the Branch Davidians, a movement originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside Waco, Texas. There, Koresh competed for dominance with another leader, Benjamin Roden's son George, until Koresh and his followers took over Mount Carmel in 1987. In the early 1990s, he became subject to allegations about polygamy and child sexual abuse by former Branch Davidian associates. Further allegations related to the Branch Davidians' stockpiling of weapons led the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köräş
Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia. Köräş wrestlers (Turkish:Güreş, ''köräşçelär''; , ''küreščiler'') use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet. The wrestling is the main competition at the folk festival Sabantuy. The sport is called ' in Azerbaijani, ' in Bashkir, ' in Chuvash, ' in Kazakh, ' in Kyrgyz, ' in Shor, ' in Tatar, ' in Turkish, ' in Turkmen, and ' in Uzbek, all derived from Old Turkic ''küreş''. History The first official All-USSR koresh championship took place in Kazan in 1928 and was followed by the first TASSR (Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) national championship in 1949. Since 1956, regular Tatar Köräş competitions have been organized in honor of the national hero and poet Musa Cälil. At the turn of 1950 and 1960, the Soviet ''Federation of freestyle wrestling, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreshi
Koreshi is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Erlind Koreshi (born 1987), Albanian footballer * Vath Koreshi (1936–2006), Albanian writer and screenwriter See also *Koresh (other) Koresh may refer to: * Cyrus, a given name ** Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE) * Cyrus Teed, American spiritualist (1839–1908) * David Koresh (b. Vernon Howell; 1959–1993), American religious leader of a former Branch Davidian sect * Körä ... {{surname Albanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus (other)
Cyrus is a masculine given name. Cyrus may also refer to: Films * ''Cyrus'' (2010 film) * '' Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer'' or just ''Cyrus'', 2010 thriller horror film People with the name As a mononym * Cyrus I of Anshan, i.e. Cyrus I of Persia, King of Anshan in Persia from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC * Cyrus the Great, i.e. Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600–530 BC), the founder of the Achaemenid Empire * Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis, Persian prince and general * Cyrus and John, Christian saints, venerated as martyrs, particularly by the Coptic Church * Cyrus of Alexandria (died 642), Melchite patriarch of the Egyptian see of Alexandria in the 7th century, one of the authors of Monothelism, and the last Byzantine prefect of Egypt * Cyrus of Panopolis, full name Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (floruit 426–441), a senior East Roman official, epic poet, philosopher and a lover of Greek arts * Cyrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreshk (other)
Koreshk or Kareshk or Kereshk () may refer to: * Kareshk, Kerman (كرشك - ''Kareshk'') * Kareshk, Razavi Khorasan (كرشك - ''Kareshk'') * Koreshk, South Khorasan (كرشك - ''Koreshk'') * Kareshk, South Khorasan (كارشك - ''Kāreshk'') See also *Koresh (other) Koresh may refer to: * Cyrus, a given name ** Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE) * Cyrus Teed, American spiritualist (1839–1908) * David Koresh (b. Vernon Howell; 1959–1993), American religious leader of a former Branch Davidian sect * Körä ... * Quraysh (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
