Mountains of Ararat of Ararat. Sir Walter Raleigh devotes several chapters of his "Historie of the World" (1614) to an argument that in ancient times the mountains of Ararat were understood to include not only those of Armenia, but also all of the taller mountain ranges extending into Asia. He maintains that since Armenia is not actually located east of Shinar, the ark must have landed somewhere in the Orient. Mountains of Ararat In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew , Tiberian "", Septuagint: ) is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to
Racism in Turkey taken into exile, depopulating the province in 1937-38. According to the Dersimi, many tribesmen were shot dead after surrendering, and women and children were locked into haysheds which were then set on fire. According to McDowall, 40,000 people were killed. According to Kurdish Diaspora sources, over 70,000 people were killed. The Zilan massacre of 1930, was a massacre of the Kurdish residents of Turkey during the Ararat rebellion, in which 800-1500 armed men participated. According to the daily "Cumhuriyet" dated July 16, 1930, about 15,000 people were killed and Zilan River was filled with dead bodies as far as its