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Black Axe. The Black Axe, also known as the Neo Black Movement of Africa or the NBM of Africa, is an international confraternity founded at the University of Benin in Nigeria as part of the Pan African movement. Its aims include the promotion and advancement of African culture and arts globally by striving to revive, retain, and modify where ...
The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of August 2024, it has 1,008,980 articles, 1,329,125 registered users, and 91,496 files, and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It passed 1,000 articles on 16 December 2004, and 200,000 on 10 July 2012.
The Alanian language, as spoken by the Alans from about the 5th to the 11th centuries AD, formed a dialect directly descended from the earlier Scytho-Sarmatian languages, and forming in its turn the ancestor of the Ossetian language. Byzantine Greek authors recorded only a few fragments of this language. [69]
The Persians (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ən z / PUR-zhənz or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ən z / PUR-shənz) are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.
Aswaran. Sasanian silverware, showing a combat between two noble horsemen wearing scale armor, cuirass, chaps, and equipped with kontos, swords, quivers and arrows. The Aswārān (singular aswār ), also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. [ 1]
The tabarzin (saddle axe) ( Persian: تبرزین; sometimes translated "saddle-hatchet") is the traditional battle axe of Persia ( Iran ). It bears one or two crescent-shaped blades. The long form of the tabar was about seven feet long, while a shorter version was about three feet long. What makes the Persian axe unique is the very thin handle ...
Black Axe may refer to: Black Axe (organized crime group), a Nigerian international criminal organization. Black Axe (comic book), a comic book series published by Marvel UK. Mouse Guard: Black Axe, a Mouse Guard comic book mini-series. Category: Disambiguation pages.
Derived from an Iranian verbal root sak-, "go, roam" (related to "seek") and thus meaning "nomad" was the term Sakā, from which came the names: Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣𐎠 Sakā, used by the ancient Persians to designate all nomads of the Eurasian steppe, including the Pontic Scythians [ 26] Ancient Greek: Σάκαι Sákai.