near the Caspian Sea

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• Caspian Sea — As captured by …   Wikipedia

• Caspian Sea —    The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest enclosed body of water, technically categorizing it as a lake. The sea is intercontinental in nature, separating Europe from Asia, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 1 …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Caspian Sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland body of water in the world. ab. 169,000 sq. mi. (438,000 sq. km); 85 ft. (26 m) below sea level. * * * Inland salt lake between Europe and Asia, bordering Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan,… …   Universalium

• Caspian — can refer to:*The Caspian Sea *The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea *The Caspian region, the loosely defined area surrounding the Caspian Sea *The Caspian languages, Collection of languages and dialects of caspian people.… …   Wikipedia

• Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests — The Caspian and Hyrcanian Mixed Forests ecoregion is an area of lush lowland and montane forests covering about 55,000 square kilometers near the southern shores of the Caspian Sea.ettingIn southeast Azerbaijan, this ecoregion includes the… …   Wikipedia

• The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Slavs —     The Slavs     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs     I. NAME     A. Slavs     At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Caspian Tiger — Taxobox name = Caspian Tiger status = EX image width = 200px image caption = A captive Caspian Tiger, Berlin Zoo 1899 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Felidae genus = Panthera species = P. tigris… …   Wikipedia

• Caspian Seal — Taxobox name = Caspian Seal image width = 300px status = EN trend = unknown status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora subordo = Pinnipedia familia = Phocidae genus = Pusa species = P. caspica… …   Wikipedia

• THE MIDDLE AGES — …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Cyrus the Great in the Qur'an — Dhul Qarnayn (Arabic for the two horned ) is mentioned in the Qur an. The story of Dhul Qarnayn appears in sixteen verses of the Qur an, specifically the 16 verses (Al Kahf). There is extensive ongoing debate on who exactly was the historical… …   Wikipedia