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Mari (Cuneiform: 𒈠𒌷𒆠, ma-ri ki, modern Tell Hariri; Arabic: تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates River western bank, some 120 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. It flourished as a trade center and hegemonic state between ...
The Hill Mari assisted with the Russian conquest, while most of the Meadow Mari continued to back the Kazan Tatars. [23] Mari resistance continued in what is known in Russian historiography as the "Cheremis Wars", which lasted until 1584. [23] The heaviest periods of fighting occurred during 1553–1557, 1570–1572 and 1581–1584. [23]
Bolshaya Kokshaga River. The Republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along and mostly to the north of the Volga River.The swampy Mari Depression is in the west of the Republic, contrasted by hillier landscapes in the east where the highest point of the Republic (at 278 metres (912 ft) [14]) is located.
Mari (Greek: Μαρί; Turkish: Tatlısu or Mari) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 5 km west of Zygi. The village was largely populated by Turkish Cypriots before 1974. [ 2 ] In Turkish, it is known as Tatlısu ("sweet water").
The country's capital city, the City of San Marino, is located atop Monte Titano, while its largest settlement is Dogana, within the municipality of Serravalle. San Marino's official language is Italian. The country derives its name from Saint Marinus, a stonemason from the then-Roman island of Rab in present-day Croatia.
Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari region.Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and before 1919 was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk (Царевококшайск), between 1919 and 1927 also as Krasnokokshaysk (Краснококшайск) both after the Malaya Kokshaga River and is known as Charla (Чарла) amongst the Mari ...
Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...
The Royal Palace of Mari was the royal residence of the rulers of the ancient kingdom of Mari in eastern Syria. Situated centrally amidst Syria , Babylon , Levant , and other Mesopotamian city-states, Mari acted as the “middle-man” to these larger, powerful kingdoms. [ 2 ]