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

CONTENTSPREFACETHE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION IN ANTIQUITYKALUS CASTLE AND THE KURGANSGODS, MOUNTAINS AND TEMPLESTHE QUEST FOR ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS: THE RESULTS OF A CHALLENGINGEXPLORATION OF THE TURKISH-IRANIAN BORDER IN SEARCH OF ANCIENTINSCRIPTIONS POSSIBLY RELATED TO NOAH'S ARKMOUNT ARARAT THROUGHOUT HISTORYÜZENGİLİ SITE - CANDIDATE FOR NOAH'S ARKINTEGRATION OF GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR, LIDAR, ANDEMPIRICAL FIELD STUDIES: A MULTIFACETED ANALYSIS COMPARING1987 AND 2019 FIELD STUDIES OF THE DURUPINAR BOAT FORMATIONKNOWN AS "NOAH'S ARK"THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME ARARATTHE FORMATION AND MECHANISMS OF THE GREAT TELÇEKEREARTHFLOW WHICH ALSO MOVED NOAH'S ARK!, MOUNT ARARAT,EASTERN TURKEYSEISMIC ACTIVITY OF AĞRI CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGSTHE CASE FOR AĞRI DAĞI/MASIS AS BIBLICAL MT. ARARATMOUNT ARARAT: THE MOUNTAIN THAT HAS UNITED AND KEPTCULTURES ALIVE THROUGHOUT HISTORYTHE LESSONS OF GENESIS 6-9: WHAT THE BIBLE'S FLOOD NARRATIVEMEANS FOR ALL PEOPLETHE PROVERBS, PLAUDITS, OATHS AND CURSES SAID ABOUTMOUNT ARARAT AND NOAH'S FLOOD BY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEASTERNANATOLIAN REGIONTHE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNT ARARATAND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF FAITH TOURISMTHE IMPORTANCE OF THE SILK AND SPICE TRADE ROUTE IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL ISTORY AND ECONOMY OFMOUNT ARARAT REGIONSHARABA PAZAR FORTRESS: A DEFENCE STRUCTURE FROM THE LATEBRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGE TO THE WEST OF MOUNT ARARATÇİÇEKLİ FORTRESS AND TOMB BELONGING TO THE LATE BRONZE ANDEARLY IRON AGE, IĞDIR-TUZLUCATHE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION AT THE SKIRT OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OFMOUNTAIN ARARAT DURING THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGETHE 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 ARCHITECTURA...