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  2. Curonians - Wikipedia

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    The Kursenieki are also sometimes known as Curonians. Curonian lands by the start of 13th century. The Curonians or Kurs (Latvian: kurši; Lithuanian: kuršiai) were a medieval Baltic [1] tribe living on the shores of the Baltic Sea in the 5th–16th centuries, in what are now western parts of Latvia and Lithuania.

  3. Kurdish tribes - Wikipedia

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    Kurdish tribes in Armenia and Georgia consist of Yazidis who arrived in Caucasus from the regions of Van, Kars and Dogubayazit during two main waves of migrations, the first wave taking place during the Russo-Ottoman wars of 19th century (1828–1829 and 1879–1882) and the second wave taking place during World War 1, especially during and after the Armenian genocide where Yazidis were also ...

  4. Kurds - Wikipedia

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    However, in the 19th and 20th century various travel logs tell of Kurdish Christian tribes, as well as Kurdish Muslim tribes who had substantial Christian populations living amongst them. A significant number of these were allegedly originally Armenian or Assyrian , [ 80 ] and it has been recorded that a small number of Christian traditions ...

  5. Kursi - Wikipedia

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    Kursi may refer to: Throne (Arabic: كرسي, romanized: kursi) Kursi, local name for the Curonians, a Baltic tribe; Kursi, Harju County, village in Kuusalu Parish, ...

  6. Gergesa - Wikipedia

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    Kursi National Park Map of Roman Israel showing Gadara and Gerasa Gergesa , also Gergasa ( Γέργεσα in Byzantine greek ) or the Country of the Gergesenes , is a place on the eastern ( Golan Heights ) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa .

  7. Kursi, Sea of Galilee - Wikipedia

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    Kursi (Medieval Greek: Κυρσοί, Hebrew: כורסי, Arabic: الكرسي) is an archaeological site in the Golan Heights containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus' "Miracle of the Swine". [1] Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park.

  8. Minahasan people - Wikipedia

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    In 670, the leaders of the different tribes, who all spoke different languages, met by a stone known as Watu Pinawetengan. ... Chair in Indonesian is kursi, in Manado ...

  9. Turkic peoples - Wikipedia

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    The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages. [37] [38]According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia, [39] potentially in the Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.