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Tadmor (documentary Film)
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Tadmor or Tadmur is an ancient Semitic name, and may refer to Places *Tadmor, the native name of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria *Tadmor, the native name of Palmyra (modern), Syria *Tadmur District, Syria * Tadmor Castle in Palmyra *Tadmor Prison Palmyra * Tadmor, Ohio a former town in the United States * Tadmor River in New Zealand *Tadmor, Texas Surname *Eitan Tadmor, American mathematician *Erez Tadmor, Israeli film director *, Israeli publicist and political activist *Hayim Tadmor, Israeli assyriologist *Naomi Tadmor, British historian *Zehev Tadmor Israeli chemical engineer Other *Tadmor (planet), the exoplanet ''Gamma Cephei Ab'' See also * * *Tadmore, Saskatchewan Tadmore is a hamlet within the Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is likely named for ancient Palmyra in Syria, whose local name is ''Tadmor'' (Arabic: Tadmur). Demographics In the 2021 Census of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BCE. Palmyra changed hands on a number of occasions between different empires before becoming a subject of the Roman Empire in the first century CE. The city grew wealthy from caravan (travellers), trade caravans; the Palmyrenes became renowned as merchants who established colonies along the Silk Road and operated throughout the Roman Empire. Palmyra's wealth enabled the construction of monumental projects, such as the Great Colonnade at Palmyra, Great Colonnade, the Temple of Bel, and the distinctive tower tombs. Ethnically, the Palmyrenes combined elements of Amorites, Arameans, and Arabs. Socially structured around kinship and clans, Palmyra's inhabitants spoke Palmyrene Aramaic, a variety of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmyra (modern)
Palmyra (; ; Palmyrene: ''Tadmor'') is a city in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located in an oasis in the middle of the Syrian Desert northeast of Damascus and southwest of the Euphrates River. The ruins of ancient Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are situated about southwest of the modern city centre. Relatively isolated, the nearest localities include Arak to the east, Al-Sukhnah further to the northeast, Tiyas to the west and al-Qaryatayn to the southwest. Palmyra is the administrative centre of the Tadmur District and the Tadmur Subdistrict. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the city had a population of 51,323 and the subdistrict a population of 55,062 in the 2004 census. In English and other European languages, the ancient and modern cities are commonly known as "Palmyra". The name "Palmyra" appeared during the early first century AD, in the works of Pliny the Elder, and was used throughout the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadmur District
Tadmur District () is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Tadmur, near ancient Palmyra Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti .../Tadmor. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 76,942. Sub-districts The district of Tadmur is divided into two sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): * Tadmur Subdistrict (ناحية تدمر): population 55,062. * Al-Sukhnah Subdistrct (ناحية السخنة): population 21,880. References Districts of Homs Governorate {{HomsSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmyra Castle
Palmyra Castle, also known as Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle () or Tadmur Castle, is a castle overlooking Palmyra in the province of Homs, Syria. The castle is thought to have been built by the Mamluks in the 13th century on a high hill overlooking the historic site of Palmyra, and is named for the Druze emir Fakhr-al-Din II, who extended the Druze domains to the region of Palmyra during the 16th century. The site of the castle and Palmyra in 1980 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of the monumental ruins of a great city, which was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. The site was designated a national monument in Syria and a buffer zone was established in 2007. The castle lying on raised bedrock was a well defended position for a fortification with thick and high walls, which was also surrounded by a moat that had only one access available through a drawbridge. The historic site was placed on the list of World Heritage Sites in Dange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadmor Prison
Tadmor prison () was located in Palmyra (''Tadmor'' in Arabic) in the deserts of eastern Syria approximately 200 kilometers northeast of Damascus. It was also referred to as the ''Desert Prison''. Tadmor prison was known for harsh conditions, extensive human rights abuse, torture and summary executions. A 2001 report by Amnesty International called it a source of "despair, torture and degrading treatment." It was captured and destroyed by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in May 2015. History Founding The structures were originally built as military barracks by the French Mandate forces. Prison massacre During the 1980s, Tadmor prison housed thousands of Syrian prisoners, both political and criminal and it was also the scene of the June 27, 1980 ''Tadmor Prison massacre'' of prisoners by Rifaat al-Assad, the day after the Syrian branch of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood narrowly failed in an attempt to assassinate his brother, president Hafez al-Assad. Members of units of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadmor, Ohio
Tadmor is an extinct town in Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the .... Its location, , is now within the Vandalia city limits. History A post office called Tadmer was established in 1867, the name was changed to Tadmor in 1884, and the post office closed in 1917. Besides the post office, Tadmor had a station on the Dayton and Michigan Railroad. References Geography of Montgomery County, Ohio Ghost towns in Ohio {{MontgomeryCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadmor River
The Tadmor River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally north from its sources in the Hope Range to reach the Motueka River three kilometres northwest of Tapawera. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River (New Zealand), Ada River * Adams River (New Zealand), Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri R ... References Rivers of the Tasman District Rivers of New Zealand Rivers of Kahurangi National Park {{Tasman-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadmor, Texas
Tadmor is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 67 in 2000. History The area was first settled in the 1830s and was named after the biblical town of Tadmor. A post office was established at Tadmor in 1885 and remained in operation until 1914. In the mid-1890s, it had two general stores and a cotton gin with a poopulation of 25 inhabitants. Its population was 67 in 2000. Geography Tadmor is located on Farm to Market Road 227, northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County. Education Two schools opened in Tadmor sometime before 1900, with one for White students and the other for Black students. They closed sometime after the 1930s. Today, the community is served by the Kennard Independent School District Kennard Independent School District is a public school district based in Kennard, Texas, United States. It has two campuses - Kennard High School (grades 7-12) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eitan Tadmor
Eitan Tadmor (; born May 4, 1954) is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. His work has featured contributions to the theory and computation of Partial differential equations with diverse applications to shock wave, kinetic transport, incompressible flows, image processing, and self-organized collective dynamics. Academic biography Tadmor completed his mathematical studies (BSc, 1973, MSc, 1975, PhD, 1978) at Tel-Aviv University. In 1980–1982 he was a Bateman Research Instructor in Caltech. He returned to his alma mater, and held professorship positions at Tel-Aviv University during 1983–1998, where he chaired the Department of Applied Mathematics (1991–1993). He moved to UCLA (1995–2002), where he was the founding co-director of the NSF Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) (1999–2001). In 2002 he joined the University of Maryland, College Park, serving as the founding Director of the university Center for Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erez Tadmor
Erez Tadmor (; born January 18, 1974) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He is a winner of the Ophir Award and has been nominated for several more. Selected filmography *2001: ''Mosh'' () *2004: ''Strangers'', a short later made into the 2007 full feature *: List of Sundance Film Festival award winners, 2004 Sundance Film Festival winner, Audience Award, Short Filmmaking *2005: , documentary about the popular Israeli singer Josie Katz *2006: ("Offside"): two Israeli reservists on patrol and two armed Palestinians stand in front of each other separated by the Gaza–Israel barrier, but a transistor radio broadcasting the soccer world cup final match unites them for some time *2007: ''Strangers (2007 Israeli film), Strangers'' *2009: ''A Matter of Size'' *2014: Magic Men Miami Jewish Film Festival *:An Israeli magician, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayim Tadmor
Hayim Tadmor (born Frumstein) (; November 18, 1923, Harbin, China–December 11, 2005, Jerusalem) was a leading Israeli Assyriologist. As a student of Benno Landsberger and Sidney Smith, his knowledge was grounded in immediate knowledge and experience that went back to the earliest years of Assyriology. Early life and education Hayim Tadmor was born in Harbin, Manchuria, as Hayim Frumstein. His father, David, a fur trader, relocated to Manchuria once the trans-Siberian railway had been extended, having also travelled to Canada. In 1935, after his father’s death, Hayim emigrated with his mother to Mandatory Palestine, and completed his schooling in Jerusalem while also providing for his mother, working as a tutor in Mathematics and Hebrew Grammar. In 1943 he started his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specialising in Classics, Jewish History of the First and Second Temple periods, and Biblical History, which he studied with Benjamin Mazar. At the same time, he serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Tadmor
Naomi Tadmor is professor of history, Lancaster University with interests in British social and cultural history and modern Jewish history. She is fellow of the Royal Historical Society and served on its council (2012-2016). In 2019 she was elected chair of the international Social History Society ''Cultural and Social History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering cultural and social history published by Routledge five times a year on behalf of the Social History Society. It was established in 2004. Abstracting and indexing The j ... to serve until 2022. Books *2024: ''The settlement of the poor in England c. 1660-1780: law, society, and state formation'' *2010: ''The social universe of the English Bible: scripture, society, and culture in early modern England'', *:Influence of English translations of the Bible onto the early modern English society and culture [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
