The Oldest Cultural and Trade City of the Mount Ararat Region: Doğubayazıt

CONTENTS PREFACE THE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION IN ANTIQUITY KALUS CASTLE AND THE KURGANS GODS, MOUNTAINS AND TEMPLES THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS: THE RESULTS OF A CHALLENGING EXPLORATION OF THE TURKISH-IRANIAN BORDER IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS POSSIBLY RELATED TO NOAH’S ARK MOUNT ARARAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY ÜZENGİLİ SITE - CANDIDATE FOR NOAH’S ARK INTEGRATION OF GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR, LIDAR, AND EMPIRICAL FIELD STUDIES: A MULTIFACETED ANALYSIS COMPARING 1987 AND 2019 FIELD STUDIES OF THE DURUPINAR BOAT FORMATION KNOWN AS “NOAH’S ARK” THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME ARARAT THE FORMATION AND MECHANISMS OF THE GREAT TELÇEKER EARTHFLOW WHICH ALSO MOVED NOAH’S ARK!, MOUNT ARARAT, EASTERN TURKEY SEISMIC ACTIVITY OF AĞRI CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS THE CASE FOR AĞRI DAĞI/MASIS AS BIBLICAL MT. ARARAT MOUNT ARARAT: THE MOUNTAIN THAT HAS UNITED AND KEPT CULTURES ALIVE THROUGHOUT HISTORY THE LESSONS OF GENESIS 6-9: WHAT THE BIBLE’S FLOOD NARRATIVE MEANS FOR ALL PEOPLE THE PROVERBS, PLAUDITS, OATHS AND CURSES SAID ABOUT MOUNT ARARAT AND NOAH’S FLOOD BY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEASTERN ANATOLIAN REGION THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNT ARARAT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF FAITH TOURISM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SILK AND SPICE TRADE ROUTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL ISTORY AND ECONOMY OF MOUNT ARARAT REGIONS HARABA PAZAR FORTRESS: A DEFENCE STRUCTURE FROM THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGE TO THE WEST OF MOUNT ARARAT ÇİÇEKLİ FORTRESS AND TOMB BELONGING TO THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGE, IĞDIR-TUZLUCA THE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION AT THE SKIRT OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNTAIN ARARAT DURING THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE THE REGION OF MOUNT ARARAT IN THE EARLY IRON AGE THE PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ROCK SALT AND THE PLACE OF SALT IN FOLK LITERATURE IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION A PLAN FOR A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO INVESTIGATE THE 2008 AĞRI DAĞI FIND KORHAN: AN IMPORTANT FORTRESS AND CITY OF THE EARLY IRON AGE AND URARTIAN KINGDOM AT THE NORTHEASTERN FOOT OF GREATER MOUNT ARARAT TRADITIONAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES IN DOĞUBAYAZIT, LOCATED AT THE SOUTH-WEST OF MOUNT ARARAT AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE URARTU IRRIGATION FACILITIES DISCOVERED IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION SURVEYS OF MONUMENTAL URARTIAN ROCK SIGNS IN ARARAT MOUNT REGION NATURE AND BIOTOURISM POTENTIAL OF AĞRI PROVINCE THE FERHAT IRRIGATION CANAL THE LEGENDS OF MOUNT AĞRI (ARARAT) THE TALES OF MOUNT ARARAT VERSES AND POEMS ABOUT MOUNT ARARAT, THE FLOOD AND NOAH’S ARK ASHURE (NOAH’S PUDDING): ANATOLIA’S OLDEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC DISH ABDİGÖR (BLIND ABDI) MEATBALLS: MOUNT ARARAT AND ANATOLIA’S OLDEST DIET FOOD THE DISAPPEARING DISHES IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION’S TRADITIONAL CUISINE