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• Nowruz
  ...owruz+persian+new+year+origin&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s|quote=Nowruz, an ancient spring festival of Persian origin (and the Zoroastrian New Year's day)...}} ...] ''luč''.<ref>Andrew L. Sihler ('''1995''') ''New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin'', New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press</ref><ref>Julius Pok
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• Kazakhstan
  The name "Kazakh" comes from the [[Old Turkic language|ancient Turkic]] word ''qaz'', "to wander", reflecting the Kazakhs' [[Eurasian noma [[File:Ancient Taraz Kazakhstan.jpg|thumb|right|Artistic depiction of medieval [[Taraz]] s
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• Kumis
  ...finally goat's milk...";<ref>{{cite book | author=Humphrey, John W | title=Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook | publisher=Routledge | isbn = 0-415-061 Archaeological investigations of the [[Botai culture]] of ancient [[Kazakhstan]] have revealed traces of milk in bowls from the site of [[Bot
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• Kashk
  * [[Gachas]], a [[Lathyrus]] gruel consumed since ancient times in parts of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] * [[Keşkek]], a related meat-and-grain stew in Iranian, Turkish and Greek cuisines
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• Ukrainians
  :[[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church]] – 14.7% ...stern region known as [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]], one of the [[Eastern Rite Catholic Churches|Eastern Rite
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• Gagauz people
  ...sex chromosome]], Gagauzes are most proximal to Macedonians, followed by [[Greek Macedonia]]ns apart from [[Thessaloniki]], and others such as [[Bulgarians] ...Jireček mention that the Gagauz in Bulgaria tended to register either as Greek because of their religion (clearly an outcome of the Ottoman millet-system)
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• Russians
  ...]]'' starts its records.<ref>The ''Primary Chronicle'' is a history of the Ancient Rus' from around 850 to 1110, originally compiled in Kiev about 1113</ref> ...outlined by the [[Nicene Creed]], Orthodox [[Fasting#Eastern Orthodoxy and Greek-Catholicism|fasts]], military service, and practices including [[Baptism|wa
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• History of Xinjiang
  In ancient China, the area was known as "Xiyu" or "[[Western Regions]]", a name that b ...tion could accord well with a Caucasoid population beyond the frontiers of Ancient China and some scholars have identified these Whites as Yuezhi." J. P. Mall
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• Uyghurs
  ...ancient people who inhabited the region, but research into the genetics of ancient Tarim mummies and their links with modern Uyghurs remain controversial, bot ...a of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia'' said "the Uigur are the most ancient of Turkish tribes, and formerly inhabited a part of Chinese Tartary (Xinjia
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• Dzungarian Gate
  ...[[Hyperborea]].<ref>J. P. Mallory and Victor H. Mair, ''The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West'', Thames & Hu ...>Adrienne Mayor, Peter Dodson, ''The first fossil hunters: paleontology in Greek and Roman times'', Princeton University Press, 2001, [https://books.google.
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• Taraz
  ...st cities in Kazakhstan and in [[Transoxania]], build and populated by the ancient [[Sogdians]], Taraz celebrated its official 2000th anniversary (recognized ...in the [[Talas River]] valley, supporting Taraz's claim to being the most ancient city in Kazakhstan. The history of the city is composed of several historic
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• Ural River
  ...έσις}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=McCrindle|first1=John Watson|title=Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy|date=1885|publisher=Thacker, Spink|location=B
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• Ural Mountains in Nazi planning
  ...t times]] the concept of "Europe" was limited to the southern tip of the [[Greek peninsula]], and was then "brought into confusion" by the expanding borders
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• Syr Darya
  ...several sources, including those relating to [[Alexander the Great]]. The Greek preserves the [[Old Persian]] name ''Yakhsha Arta'' ("True Pearl"), perhaps ...aced a garrison in the City of [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] ([[Cyropolis]] in Greek), which he then renamed after himself [[Alexandria Eschate]] – "the farth
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• Symphysops
  ''Symphysops'' is the combination of the Ancient Greek σύν (syn) "together", φύσις (physis) "growth" and ὄψις (opsis)
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• Silk Road
  ...Chinese Academy of Sciences|isbn=9812833560|dead-url=|access-date=|edition=Ancient Glass Research along the Silk Road, World Scientific}}</ref> to the Mediter ...com/2012/12/treasures-of-ancient-altai-nomads-revealed/|title=Treasures of Ancient Altai Nomads Revealed - The Astana Times|date=2012-12-10|newspaper=The Asta
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• White-tailed eagle
  ...> The name ''Haliaeetus'' is [[New Latin]] for "sea-eagle", from [[Ancient Greek]] ''hali-'', "sea-" and ''aetos'', "eagle". The specific ''albicilla'', "wh ...ene]] (c. 10&nbsp;[[mya (unit)|mya]]) at the latest, possibly (if the most ancient fossil record is correctly assigned to this genus) as early as the early or
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• Pallas's sandgrouse
  ...an zoologist [[Peter Simon Pallas]]. The scientific name is from [[Ancient Greek]]. The genus ''Syrrhaptes'' is from ''surrhaptos'', "sewn together" (the fe
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• Grey partridge
  ...me is the [[Latin]] for "partridge", and is itself derived from [[Ancient Greek]] ''perdix''.<ref name= job90>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A
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• Terek sandpiper
  ...is area.<ref name=Carnaby2009/> The genus name ''Xenus'' is from [[Ancient Greek]] ''xenos'' stranger, and ''cinereus'' is [[Latin]] for "ash-grey" from ''c
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• Pallas's gull
  ...s ''[[Larus]]''.<ref name=Pons2005/> The scientific name is from [[Ancient Greek]]. ''Ichthyaetus'' is from ''ikhthus'', "fish", and ''aetos'', "eagle".<ref
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• Black lark
  ...elanocorypha'' is from ''melas'', "black", and ''koruphos'' a term used by ancient writers for a now unknown bird, but here confused with ''korudos'', "lark".
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• Montagu's harrier
  ...bly the [[hen harrier]], and ''pygargus'' is [[Modern Latin]] derived from Greek ''pugargos'', from ''puge'',"rump" and ''argos'', "shining white". The spec
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• Bactrian camel
  ...why this species is critically endangered</ref> Their name comes from the ancient historical region of [[Bactria]].<ref name="netindustries">{{cite web|url=h ...ticated Bactrian camel has served as a [[pack animal]] in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought, and high altitudes, it enabled
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• Eurasian wolf
  ...mythology|Slavic]], [[Turkic mythology|Turkic]], [[Greek mythology|ancient Greek]], [[Roman mythology|Roman]], and [[Thracians|Thracian]] cultures, whilst h ...ions of the Slavic sun god [[Dažbog]]. Also, the [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]]s associated wolves with their own sun god [[Apollo]].
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• Battle of Zhizhi
  ...nne Mayor|title=The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rboWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA424#v=onepage ..."[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17579807 Testing the Hypothesis of an Ancient Roman Soldier Origin of the Liqian People in Northwest China: a Y-Chromosom
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• Wusun
  ...22, 2014 |title=The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8kmAQAAMAAJ |location= |publ ...eyblank, “Why Tocharians?”, ''Central Asia and non-Chinese peoples of ancient China'', vol. 1. Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing,
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• Saka
  ...or Scythian sons) by the Persians.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} The [[ancient Assyrians|Assyrians]], of the time of [[Esarhaddon]], record campaigning ag ...Greeks]] as the [[Cimmerians]], were closely associated with the Sakas. In ancient [[Hebrew]] texts, the ''Ashkuz'' (''[[Ashkenaz]]'') are considered to be a
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• Sasanian Empire
  *[[Koine Greek|Greek]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) and regional){{sfn|Daryaee|2 ...[[Persian culture|Iranian civilization]]. Persia influenced [[Culture of ancient Rome|Roman culture]] considerably during the Sasanian period.<ref name="J.
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• Taman Peninsula
  ...te">[http://www.dainst.org/index_679f6b74bb1f14a184730017f0000011_en.html "Greek colonization in the northern Black Sea area"]. German Archaeological Instit ...m a chain of islands into today's peninsula. In ancient times the [[Pontic Greek]] colonies of [[Hermonassa]] and [[Phanagoria]] stood on the peninsula, as
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• Kuzari
  ...is based upon science only. He holds that the wisdom of [[Greek philosophy|Greek philosophers]] lacked that divine support with which the Israelite prophets ...f the [[astronomy|astronomical]] and [[medicine|medical]] knowledge of the ancient Hebrews.
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• Khazars in fiction
  ...reči'' (Belgrade: Prosveta, 1984). Also translated into French, Russian, Greek, Korean, Danish, Dutch, Romanian, Czech, Hebrew, Swedish, and other languag A children's novel about Khazaria. The Ancient Storyteller of Kalim, [[Morocco]] takes his avid listeners on an exciting j
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• Khazars
  ...er'', the onus of proof is certainly on him. He must show that a number of ancient manuscripts, which appear to contain references to the correspondence, have ...ring of European Jews with the populations that reside on opposite ends of ancient Khazaria: Armenians, Georgians, and Azerbaijani Jews".</ref> The evidence f
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