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Shah Abbas’ European Spies – The Secret Embassy
In my first article, I described the geopolitical scene on the eve of Shah Abbas sending an embassy to Europe,[1] and in the previous ...
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In my first article, I described the geopolitical scene on the eve of Shah Abbas sending an embassy to Europe,[1] and in the previous ...
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We ended the last article with the scandal between the Ottoman ambassador Mehmet Agha and Shah Abbas. We will start this article from ...
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Sayat-Nova was an 18th-century ashiq[1]of Armenian origin who is believed to have been a minstrel at the court of Georgian king Irakli ...
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Towards the end of the 16th century, Europe, a continent of political and religious upheaval, became a center of intrigue and ...
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The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) is one of the rarest species of Azerbaijani ornithofauna. With a population estimated ...
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Central Asia has historically occupied a special place in China’s foreign policy. Dynasties of ancient China for many centuries ...
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Much has been written about the difficulties of developing a strategy for Baku’s urban development in the post-Soviet period. Drawing ...
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The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been ongoing for over 30 years and appears to be coming to a head. Following the ...
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The democratizing effect of the internet came under extensive attention on the eve of the popular revolts in Egypt and Tunisia, during ...
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The Turanian tiger (also known as the Caspian tiger, Hyrcanian tiger, Mazandaran tiger, Caucasian tiger, and Talysh tiger), is a large ...
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In October 2022, the Union of Azerbaijani Writers (Azərbaycan Yazıçılar Birliyi—AYB) [1] held its controversial XIII Congress at the ...
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Invasive species are one of the main contributors to biodiversity loss across the globe. They are known not just for reducing native ...
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Seven decades after his death, the phantom of Stalin still haunts Georgia. And it does so because various forces, inside and outside ...
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Elections in an authoritarian system tend to be unfree and unfair. Because of that the opposition is faced with two options, both of ...
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A difficulty in acquiring basic arithmetic skills unrelated to low intelligence and/or poor schooling is called dyscalculia (Kaufmann ...
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For centuries, history has been utilized as a tool for political propaganda. However, in the twentieth century, it transformed from a ...
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Azerbaijan has announced that the special quarantine regime will remain in effect through April 2, 2024, accompanied by the closure of ...
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The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study and its results are widely used to analyze and compare ...
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Baku’s foreign policy has entered a period of mystery for several months now. Two main lines have very clearly manifested ...
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On a sultry August day, sometime in the middle of the last decade, I happened to be walking up the narrow pathway of the Alamut castle,
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On 19 September, shortly after Azerbaijan’s 24-hour military operation launched in Karabakh, the leader of the unrecognized ...
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According to the latest census conducted in 2019, 94,8 percent of the population are Azerbaijanis, while the remaining 5,1 percent are ...
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Urmia Lake is the largest wetland in Iran, but it is rapidly shrinking. As the water level dropped from 1277 meter in 1995 to 1270 ...
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Feminist thought, feminist approaches and feminist demonstrations have become a global trend that transcends the local, regional and ...
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