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From the supplier: Azerbaijan's contemporary literature is informed by two major political factors. One is the Soviet invasion and the other is state control of communications through censorship. However, the writers managed to subvert Soviet control through the coded language of symbols, metaphors, allegories and parables. The writers in both the colonial and postcolonial periods used the historical novel to criticize the regime and to assert their cultural identity. However, although the postcolonial writers are already free to express themselves, their literary discourse are still inhibited.

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Title: Past, present, future, and postcolonial discourse in modern Azerbaijan literature.(Literatures of Central Asia)
Author: Shouleh Vatanabadi
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1996
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: v70Issue: n3Page: p493(5)

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 529 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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Chapters: Nicaragua, Ériu, List of Country Name Etymologies, History of the Name Azerbaijan, Names of the Irish State, Names of China, Names of Korea, Afghan, Name of Canada, Rus, Names of Germany, Names of Burma, Name of Ukraine, Names of India, Names of Japan, Name of Iran, Name of Romania, Name of the Philippines, Name of Mexico, Netherlands, Name of Georgia, Name of France, Names of Sri Lanka, Name of Poland, Name of the Czech Republic, Albania, Name of Greece, Name of Armenia, Free State, Etymology of Scotland, Name of Lithuania, Name of Syria, Name of Austria, Name of Turkey, Name of Croatia, People's Republic, Rzeczpospolita, Britain, Names of Maldives, Name of Argentina, Names of Kosovo, Names for Iceland, Name of Moldova, Jamahiriya, Name of Sweden, Name of Brazil, Name of Cambodia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 413. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics no longer exist as sovereign political entities. Afghanistan: "Land of Afghans," Afghan from the Sanskrit tribal name Avaka () meaning "horseman", as the country was noted for its fine breed of horses; and the Persian suffix -stan meaning "land". Said tribal name Avaka was apparently used in reference to the Kambojas in antiquity. The Arabic Afn () is an adaptation of the Prakrit form Avagn () as first used by Varahamihira in his Bhat Sahit in the 6th century AD. Since the Middle Ages, "Afghan" has been used as a synonym for Pashtun.Åland (autonomous province of Finland): "Land water," from the Germanic root *ahw-, cognate with Latin aqua. The Finnish name Ahvenanmaa (Land of the Perch) is partly borrowed, partly folk-etymologized from Germanic.Albania: From medie...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=153829 ... Read more

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Chapters: Azerbaijan State Oil Academy Shootings, Pogrom of Armenians in Baku, 2000 Baku Earthquake, Baku Air Defence Army, Baku Khanate, Baku Polytechnicum, Kozma Spassky-Avtonomov, Baku City Executive Committee, 1842 Baku Earthquake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting (Azeri: Azrbaycan Dövlt Neft Akademiyasnda terror hadissi) occurred on April 30, 2009 at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA), a public university in Baku. 12 people were killed (students and staff members including the Deputy Principal of the institution) by an armed assailant and several others were wounded. A joint statement by the Azerbaijan Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office identified the perpetrator as 29-year-old Farda Gadirov, a Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent. Two buses of special forces had arrived at the scene. According to Ehsan Zahidov, a spokesman for Interior Ministry, the special troops conducted an operation while people reportedly having been held hostage were released. Three cartridge belts with capacity of forty and seventy one bullets along with two magazines were taken from Gadirov's body. Gadirov attacked the second building of the ASOA. First he killed a security guard and a cleaner as he entered the building, before opening fire on students and lecturers. Then while climbing from the first floor to the sixth, he shot people indiscriminately mainly in the head along the way. A witness said one student had tried to stop him but was also shot in the head. A witness reported seeing two gunmen. Terrorism was suspected. The gunman barricaded himself in the Academy and police cordoned off the building. 12 people were killed and 13 wounded. Gadirov then shot himself, when he saw the police were ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22626430 ... Read more

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Endowed with a large wealth of oil and situated in a strategic position at the crossroads of diverse influences, Azerbaijan occupies a special place among the independent republics that emerged from the break-up of the USSR.

This book focuses on the Soviet and post-Soviet Azerbaijan, presenting in a compact manner the main issues of the history, as well as the roots of the current trends in the politics, economy, and culture of Azerbaijan.

Divided into eight chapters, it includes:

• an introduction to the main historical issues in the preceding century of the Russian rule
• broad treatment of the post-Soviet period and contemporary Azerbaijani politics
• the process of the Soviet imperial decline from the stand point of the periphery.
• the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and its impact on the political life of the country
• Azerbaijani politics from the time of attempted bloodless revolution under the rule of the People’s Front to the end of the period of stability imposed by Haidar Aliyev's regime
• newly independent Azerbaijan facing the outside world
• questions relevant to the Azerbaijani national identity and its formation
• the present condition of the country's economy.

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A Purely Biased Book
It is a shame that Thomas Goltz, a once respected journalist, must cave in to the pressures of the Azerbaijani and Turkish interest groups by writing such frivolous and disingenuous lies. The unabashed bias with which this book is written only exacerbates the problems with how the Nagorno Karabakh people's independence movement is told and framed in the West.

An abysmal adventure in journalism and narrative history
Thomas Goltz claims that he has something most journalists don't: guts. Guts, Goltz insists, is something journalists lack when it comes to presenting controversial facts, often leading to the intentional obfuscation and disinformation that is then widely parroted by readers and politicians alike. Unfortunately, after reading Mr. Goltz's book, it becomes painfully obvious that this journalist is perhaps the worst individual to be dictating the morals and ethics that other journalists should be abiding by.

Goltz prides himself as being one of the most objective journalists to report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1988-1994) that raged on in the South Caucasus between the Armenian populated region Nagorno-Karabakh and its 70 year long tormentor, Azerbaijan, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. And at first glance, it indeed is evident that Goltz likes to bash the Azerbaijani side for corruption, selfishness, and a lack of patriotism during the war years, in an admittedly well-writtennarrative prose.

Goltz's main mission, though not explicitly stated in the book, is to "break" the myth that the Armenians were the victims of the Nagorno-Karbakah war. Presenting a relatively sanitized version of the events, Goltz shows the Armenians as a haughty, disingenuous, advantage-taking group of people, backed by a monolithic diaspora dispersed throughout the globe, that is intent on retaking territory that once belonged to it, at the expense of the poor, beleaguered nation of Azerbaijan. Thus, in interactions with them, the Armenians are presented with damaging adjectives and adverbs that are strewn around the text: an Armenian says something with a disingenuous and evil "smirk", with the guilty pleasure on the announcement of a coup in Baku, with apprehension when supposedly confronted with the "truth" in public. Gone are any mention of the brutal Armenian massacres by the Azerbaijanis in Baku and Sumgait and unsourced Armenian brutality towards Azerbaijanis is overemphasized. In reality, Goltz assembles his own frivolous strawmen and then proceeds to knock them down, from everything to supposedly adequate hospitals in Armenia (at a time when Armenia was perhaps in even worse condition than Azerbaijan) to supposed media manipulation in the United States. Not once does the reader ever encounter an Armenian whom Goltz is sympathetic to, his biases lying squarely with the Azerbaijan camp.

Goltz is correct in respect to journalist having guts. But for a journalist who is known as "Tommy the Turk" for his own pro-Turkish proclivities, Goltz clearly demonstrates that the same ethics that he enjoys to lecture other journalists on is not even respected by him. Taking a side in a debate is often inevitable when journalists enter a warzone and it becomes very difficult at times parting fact from fiction. Goltz may pretend that he is an objective journalist but to the careful observer that he is simply attempting to put a more humane face to Azerbaijan and, in the process, sacrificing his own credibility as an individual who is duty-bound to uphold the truth.

so who is biased here?
It is interesting to see that negative reviews are either from Armenians or Russians (their allies in the war) or anonymous customers, presumably Armenians as well. Well, I am happy and proud to say that I am an Azeri. I could but won't (is this the right place really?) bring as many documented examples of the genocide of Azeris by Armenians (so Hojaly nevere happenned, or it happened but was actually executed by Azeris themselves, or the bodies were actually of Armenians killed by Azeris...?). I suppose each is entitled to their 'objective' opinion on the book and the conflict, but the attemps to rewrite history (including, co-incidentally and rather amuzingly, prior history of the Azeri nation) are not made by the author of this book - they are made by these reviewers who forget one simple fact: that 20% of Azerbaijan's territory is still occupied by Armenia (not the other way around!), including territories other than Nagorny Karabah (which is where my mother and many generations of her predecessors are from), and that over 1 million of Azeris were made refugees from their historic homeland. They use this review board as a platform to launch hateful and degrading remarks about Azerbaijan and the Azeri people, clearly revealing little more than their own blinding and blindingly obvious bias in the matter. Whoever is on their side is right and telling the full truth - the rest are liars, spies, etc

Fascinating
Reading this book while visiting a friend in Azerbaijan, I could not put it down.The incredible history of this small country and the current issues both told in a very entertaining narrative that can't be found anywhere else.

A solid historic book
This is one of the rare historic books reflecting the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict from both sides. It is reach in historic and political facts, and also reflects the author's own eyewitness of the war.

Also in this book, Mr. Goltz makes it clear in the book his unfriendly relations with Azerbaijani government, and criticizes the structure of the gorevnment, and it's adiministration which lead to series of strategic mistakes. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3796 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Advances in technology continue to accelerate the pace at which people and companies are doing business with entities in foreign countries. As a result, the demand for comprehensive, up-to-date economic information about foreign companies has increased as well. The Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies satisfies this immediate need and provides a thorough understanding of the current and historical economic development of foreign nations. Clearly arranged by country within broad geographic regions, the Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies provides accurate, in-depth analysis of each country's economic environment, reliable statistics on the country's current economic conditions and trends and key demographics of the nation's citizens. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2699 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Included are detailed entries on 13 major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, and entries on 28 religious subgroups, such as Shi'ites or Baptists.Provides Date of Origin, Dietary Practices, Number of Followers, Social Aspects, Controversial Issues, Major Theologians and Authors, Cultural Impact, Houses of Worship, Holy Places, What is Sacred, Rituals, Rites of Passage, Festivals and Holidays, Membership, Social Justice, Modes of Dress and Founder.Also includes significant religions in 193 countries that detail History, Political Impact, Other Religions, Religious Tolerance and more. ... Read more

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At one time, the worldwide fame of the ruins at Baalbek drew huge numbers of tourist crowds. In the present day, a trip to Baalbek is extremely difficult and considerably dangerous. Luckily, the former curator of the site, Michel M. Alouf, made his years of research available in this heavily illustrated work. The massive multi-level platform found at Baalbek, is believed by some scientists to be one of the "only" prediluvial sites that survived the flood. At a much later time, it became very well known to the Romans, who desecrated the site to build their magnificent temples. In fact, the largest Roman temples ever built were not in Rome, but were found at Baalbek. One of the most puzzling aspects of the ruins at Baalbek are the 1,000-plus ton stones which formed part of the original temple platform. A recent visit to the site allowed inspection of these large stones, and of the one at the quarry (pictured on the cover), where new measurements were taken which revealed the largest and most precisely cut stone at the Trilithon may weigh in at over 1,500 tons. The largest modern cranes in the world would have difficulty in lifting, let alone moving, these massive limestone blocks, and yet there they sit. These stones, and many other aspects of this important historical site are described at length in this handy reference guide. ... Read more

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A historical document
Even though this book was intended to be a tourist guide, it can now be considered a historical document. First written in 1890 and updated several times, the last being in 1935, the book describes the famous Lebanese city of Baalbek during that period.
Michel Alouf, a Greek Catholic from Baalbek, was also a skilled archeologist whose work is one of a kind. More important than the archeological description of the Baalbek ruins, is the rare description of the city of Baalbek during the early twentieth century. One would be surprised to learn that this city, today predominantly inhabited by Shiites, once had a considerable Christian minority.
Alouf also did his best in trying to trace the origins of the name of Baalbek, known as Heliopolis to the Greeks and Romans. He summarizes historic sources that mention the city and describe it.
Today on bookstore shelves, one cannot find such works on such a historically remarkable place. All works on Baalbek focus on the political situation of the city ever since it was dominated by the Hezbollah group. However, this book describes the topography, architecture and socioeconomic situation of Baalbek and its surrounding villages at the time, albeit briefly. A reader cannot but notice how Baalbek, now a hotbed of Shiite radicals, was once a marvelous work of architecture, art and science.
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The Azerbaijan crisis of 1946 represented a landmark in the early stages of the Cold War and played a major role in shaping the future course of Iran's political development. In this book, Louise L'Estrange Fawcett presents the first comprehensive study of the five year struggle for control of Iran which culminated in the crisis of 1946. In the first part, Dr Fawcett examines the causes, course and consequences of the Azerbaijan crisis from an Iranian perspective. She then looks at the policies of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain, and the impact of these policies not only on Iran, but also on the relationship between these three war-time allies. Dr Fawcett convincingly argues that the Iranian crisis was a far more complex affair than has hitherto been realised. It brought into play the competitive and often conflicting relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, and also between Britain and the two superpowers. ... Read more

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A timely re-issue
This is an excellent monograph recommended for serious students of middle eastern history and great power politics.Her examination of the motives behind the behavior of the great powers in Iran during and after the second world war is quite thorough and her argument is convincing.She also shows great familiarity with Persian political history.This was a worthy re-issue by Cambridge University Press. ... Read more

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When Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union, the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabagh followed suit. Before long, pogrom and war were the order of the day, resulting in thousands of Armenian and Azeri casualties. This book examines the history of mountainous Karabagh, the ancient Artsakh of the Armenians, and assesses the mass of archaeological material and documentary evidence supporting the conflicting Azeri and Armenian claims. The authors follow the populations of the area from antiquity through periods of Mongol, Turkmen and Persian occupation, on to Turkey's and Russia's entry onto the scene, the period of Bolshevik rule, perestroika and, finally, the war with Azerbaijan. The book highlights the Armenian culture of the enclave, traces Karabagh's demographic evolution and situates the current hostilities firmly in the regional context in terms of the interests of neighbouring Russia, Iran and Turkey. The picture that emerges is one of a clash of nationalistic passions and Russian economic, military and diplomatic calculation. ... Read more

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insightful, somewhat biased but what book isn't?
Although I admit this book tends to side with the Armenians on particular occasions, I strongly believe that it gives an accurate account of what happened and in the process, provides some insightful and clear-cut information that you may not be able to find in many other books about this subject. Anyone doing research on this issue should read this book, at least parts depending on what you are researching. As for those of you who think that this book is not worth your time because it is bias toward the Armenians, try reading Audrey Altstadt's "Azerbaijani Turks" - now there's a piece of propaganda. I admit that Chorbaijian's book could have been a little bit more objective, but let's face it - the Turks annihilated over 1 million Armenians not too long ago. I think he's entitled to some hard feelings. As for Russian and supposedly Armenian mistreatment of Azerbaijanis during the colonial and Soviet period - yes, Russians and Armenians sat in a lot of high places. BUT, if it wasn't for the Armenians and Russians who helped develop the country, Azerbaijan would look a lot like Afghanistan right now. Moreover, the fact there was NO systematic persecution of Turks or Azerbaijanis by Armenians in Azerbaijan OR Armenia, which had a considerable Azerbaijani minority at the time, gives a little insight into who's the more civilized, no? I myself am an Armenian refugee from Azerbaijan, and if you think Armenians are not allowed to have any hard feelings about ethnic cleansing, you should think twice about reading this book.

Completely portrays one side of the issue
This book consumed three days of my time and I had a hard time trying to mire what seemed like an attempt at writing a historical account of a tragic eventin such a fairy tale style.This however is one of the lessegregious comments about this book.The most crucial criticism about thisbook is its total one sided portrayal of a so called "oppressed"group of Karabagh Armenians. I find this account of this conflictdisturbing to say the least.And having lived in Azerbaijan ( a UScitizen) I can tell you from the Azeri point of view that the so called"Karabagh Freedom Fighters" were more like the Karabagh ( incohorts with their russian provacateurs) agressors.I am not going towaste my time like other reviewers going into the academic context of thisconflict to support my criticism of this book. Anyone who reads this bookand immediately elicits any sympathetic feelings about the KarabaghArmenians ought to take a two day trip the boundry regions of Karabagh andsay hello to the Armenian snipers who take joyous potshots at innocentkids. The author never mentions the agressive nature of the KarabaghArmenians. Nor does he mention that Armenians during the Soviet regime inBaku and before the revolution almost dominated higher positions in theBaku government and professional positions-thanks to the help of theircolonial masters the Russians.

The author poorly utilizes 1,000+ yearhistorical accounts to justify the actions of the Karabagh Armenians.Allaccounts are of course footnoted by Armenian scholars.

Overall, this booklacks any balance and crediblity, especially since the author is ofArmenian origin. To have someone such as Chorbaijan produce a book whichmay have an adverse long-term effect on millions of people, specificallythe 565,000 Azeris whose lands are being used as buffer ( ie-kill zones)zones, is a complete act of propaganda.This book is even more dangerousas it sits on the shelves of some congressman who is completely blindsidedby certain lobbying groups who have an interest in this whole conflict.

Historically Accurate, Thorough & Objective.
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DATE:3-19-2000, 5:16 PM EST, WAMESIT...

ITEM:THE CAUCASIAN KNOT: THE HISTORY AND GEOPOLITICS OF NAGORNO-KARABAGH (POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA)

Dear Reader,

... If people want to know andunderstand the historical truth (NOT the historically-revised propaganda ofcertain powerful political entities) about Armenians and Armenia ingeneral, and the ancient Armenian region of what is now called"Nagorno-Karabagh" in particular, then this is a very valuablebook to read.

... Every sinle statement is backed-up with academicreferences in the notes section of the book. It is NOT light reading - andnot intended to be. But, if you are the kind of person who likes to"dig deep" into a topic, you can dig no deeper than this book: itis a substantial tome to be reckoned with! The authors are ALL highlyacclaimed scholars and researchers in their respective fields, and it isquite clear that each of them knows their history and knows what they aretalking about - big time. The "mass-media" regular-press has NOTfully informed the general public about the total truth of the Armenianstruggle that has been taking place in Nagorno-Karabagh! A lot of this hasto do withthe oil that is coming out of the Caspian Sea throughAzerbaijan, as well as the fact that Turkey is both a close NATO ally ofthe United States and Israel.

... This mountainous, sacred, rich, andbeautiful part of ancient "Hayastan" - the Armenian name forArmenia - is sincerely desirous of its reunification back with themotherland, back to its original state before the Soviet Union, underStalin, "assigned" its geographic placement within the politicalborders of Azerbaijan for reasons that suited the Soviet Union more than itsuited its Armenian ancient inhabitants. These people have lived here, asArmenians, since the times of the ancient Urartian Kingdom - WAY BEFORE TheAzeris, The Russians, and The Turks laid claim to this area.

... Like thestruggles for independence taking place in Northern Ireland, in Palestine,in Tibet, on the island of Cyprus, and with The Kurds, the Armenian peopleof Nagorno-Karabagh want their national, geographic, and political autonomyback. Reading this book will prove to you that the Armenian people deserveit. It is theirs; it belongs to them - and with them it should stay.

...Please, do NOT read this book if you wish to remain ignorant about thisimportant matter or to remain deceived about the historical truth of thesituation in Nagorno-Karabagh! It may open your eyes.

Very Biased
Unfortunately, the author could not present the objective view of the conflict in Garabakh and follows an extremely biased attitude.

It is a known fact that Armenia always was an aggressive state for last 150 years and, in fact, was created as a result of migration of Armenians intoTranscaucasia. That trend was accompanied by extermination and ethniccleansing of the native inhabitants of the region - Azeris, Kurds, Turks,Georgians, Jews and others. The success of Armenians was solely due to thesupport of Russia which tried to increase its grip on that land byestablishing and artificially created, loyal base. But author,unfortunately, tried to picture a completely opposite chronology of events,misrepresenting Armenians as "ancient people of Caucasus".

Thestruggle for Garabakh, the ancient heartland of Caucasian Albania(Albanians of Caucasus were the ancestors of modern Azerbaijanis) presentsanother era of Armenian aggression. The massacres committed by Armenianarmy against Azerbaijani population of Garabakh and Armenian Republic is amuch bigger ethnic cleansing campaign than Kosovo or East Timor. And tryingto justify that crime, by distorting history and misleading the reader, isthe main fault of this book. At least, the fact of Armenian migration 150years ago into Garabakh and the following blood-bath against Azerbaijanisand their repeat in 1988-94 can not be ignored.

Controversial text.
The main theme of this book is the conflict in Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan which still goes on. Unfortunately, the author failed to show all sides of the story and is definitely biased towards the Armenianside. In fact, the Armenian side is actually the aggressor in this war andis the side that virtually expelled all Azerbaijani population of Zangezur,Goyche, and Karabakh from their homeland, thus completing an unprecedentedethnic cleansing campaign. Therefore, it is sad that L. Chorbajian et, altry to "forget" this fact and support the openly racist policy ofArmenian side.

Not only the modern conflict is pictured from a wrongangle, but the entire history of the region is "rewritten". Forexample, ancient Azerbaijani lands of Karabakh and Zangezur were depictedas "historically Armenian", and the Armenians who first migratedinto Caucasus about 250 years ago were claimed to be "the oldestnation" in this part of the world. Such unprofessional remarks arevery dangerous considering the already unstable relations and ethnictensions in Caucasus.

I hope the readers of this book will try to gatherenough information from independent sources and look at the issue from thatperspective. In any case, I wish the authors of "Caucasian Knot"to add little objectivity to their future works. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ateshgah of Baku, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Azerbaijan State Museum of History, Rinay, Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Baku Ateshgah (Azerbaijani: from Persian: Atashgh) or "Fire Temple" is a castle-like religious structure in Surakhani, a suburb of greater Baku, Azerbaijan. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned after 1883 when oil and gas plants were established in the vicinity. The complex was turned into a museum in 1975 and now receives 15,000 visitors a year. It was nominated for World Heritage Site status in 1998 and was declared a state historical-architectural reserve by decree of the Azeri President on 19 December 2007. The toponym Ateshgah/Atashgah (Persian and Azerbaijani pronunciation) or Ateshgyakh/Atashgyakh (Russian pronunciation) literally means "home of fire." The Persian-origin term atesh () means fire, and is present in several languages as a Persian loan-word including in Azerbaijani and Hindustani. Gah () derives from Middle Persian and means "throne" or "bed". The name refers to the fact that the site is situated atop a now-exhausted natural gas field, which once caused natural fires to spontaneously burn there as the gas emerged from seven natural surface vents. Today, the fires in the complex are fed by gas piped in from Baku, and are only turned on for the benefit of visitors. Local legend associates the temple at Surakhany with the Fire temples of Zoroastrianism, but this is presumably based on the general identification of any "home of fire" (the common meaning of atashgah) as a Zoroastrian place of worship. While the wo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4505414 ... Read more

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Title: Azerbaijan: the hidden faces of Islam. (Reconsiderations).
Author: Tadeusz Swietochowski
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 19Issue: 3Page: 69(8)

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the World, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2577 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A compilation of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. ... Read more

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Azerbaijani people. History of Azerbaijan, History of Iran, Oghuz languages, Origin of the Azeris, Turkification, Demographics of Azerbaijan, Demographics of Iran, Iranian Azeris, Azeris in Georgia (country), Azeri and other Turkic peoples in Armenia, Azeris in Russia, Azerbaijani culture, Culture of Iran, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani literature, Religion in Azerbaijan, Islam in Azerbaijan, Christianity in Azerbaijan, Islam in Iran, Music of Azerbaijan, Music of Iran, Azerbaijan national football team, Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Women in Azerbaijan, Iranian women, History of the name Azerbaijan ... Read more

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This is just a Wikipedia article printed and being sold for exobirant prices by nonscholars
This book, like all books by this publisher and authors, is just a ripoff from Wikipedia, with all the Wikipedia texts and images, often reprinted in poor quality, with missing images and special characters. It is much better to read the original Wikipedia online -- better quality, and, well, free, as opposed to the exobirant sums charged by Alphascript Publishing. Moreover, Dr. Muller that is raving reviews at many of these books (there are now thousands of these books on everything from Azerbaijan to capoeira), is actually a 100% shareholder of the publishing company Alphascript Publishing. It is not clear under what right they list 3 "editors" for these books, namely John McBrewster, Frederic P. Miller, and Agnes F. Vandome, as these people are not scholars, not academics, not experts in the field they "publish" about, and are basically completely unknown. ... Read more

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Azerbaijani culture. History of Azerbaijan, Caucasian Albania, Caliphate, Shirvanshah, Safavid dynasty, Qajar dynasty, Seljuq dynasty, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Armenian?Azerbaijani War, March Days, Battle of Baku, Architecture of Azerbaijan, Cinema of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani cuisine, Azerbaijani dances, Azerbaijani rug, Karabakh carpet, Azerbaijani language, Music of Azerbaijan, Ashik, Religion in Azerbaijan, Islam in Azerbaijan, Church of Caucasian Albania, Azerbaijani Jews ... Read more

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History of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan, Origin of the Azeris,Azari Language, Caucasian Albania, Caliphate, Rashidun,Muslim conquests, Umayyad Caliphate, Khalid ibn al-Walid,'Amr ibn al-'As , Arab conquest of Armenia, Muslimconquestof Syria,Islamic conquest of Persia, Islamicconquest ofAfghanistan,History of Arabs in Afghanistan, Muslimconquestin the Indian subcontinent, Umayyad invasion of Hispania,Muhammad bin Qasim, Shirvanshah,Safavid dynasty, Qajardynasty, Seljuq dynasty, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic,Armenian?Azerbaijani War, March Days, Battle of Baku,Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Not a research book at all - sham and weak book
This book is the collection of Azerbaijan related entries at Wikipedia. Authors did nothing - no research, no study of Azerbaijan and related issues. Wikipedia articles related to the history in general, and history of Azerbaijan in particularly contain numerous blatant errors. Plus, this book is not worth to pay money while you can check Wikipedia online.

Historians and students, beware
This book is NOT a serious source of information for scholars, students or people simply curious about Azerbaijani history. It was not put together by scholars, historians, or people who are at all knowledgeable about the history of Azerbaijan.

This volume is literally a bunch of articles literally copied and pasted off Wikipedia literally as is, with literally no clean-up of text or anything else. Literally. The text is very clunky since it was not cleaned up or formatted properly. You can see arrows where on Wikipedia there were links, as well as 'citation needed' and other html markup. Foreign language text along with symbols (i.e. certain math symbols and the like) are also missing from the printed text in this book.

There's nothing with with Wikipedia itself. It's a lovely source of free information, but it needs to be taken with a grain of salt due to vandals and people posting - intentionally or not - inaccurate information. To exacerbate the problem, the original subject of this book actually only makes up part of this volume, so you get a lot of stuff that you don't need but still have to pay for. If you've read Wikipedia, you are familiar with how some words within the article provide links to other articles (for those curious and wishing to expand their research/reading) and while this can be helpful, not all of the links within any particular Wikipedia article are too relevant to the original subject matter. There is also often a list of other articles at the bottom of any Wikipedia article that are 'See also...' but these articles vary in relevance. Sadly, the 'editors' of this book simply click these links and copy and paste these articles, whether or not they're truly relevant (or even related) to the original subject matter.

The pictures within this book are also poor-quality, shrunk down from their original versions on Wikipedia and made black-and-white. Diagrams and other technical images therefore become near impossible to read or study. The size of the actual book itself isn't very large, and is about the size of a larger-size paperback, and the text itself is actually hard to read on top of being poorly formatted (some pages actually have rather large gaps/blank spaces)

You're better off reading the original article(s) about Azerbaijan history on Wikipedia for free, and if you wish for longer and more relevant books on history, you can look right here on Amazon for books written and edited by people who are genuinely passionate and knowledgeable about the history of Azerbaijan. ... Read more