Old Assyrian Empire to place the settlement along the southern bend of the Kızılırmak River. Alişar Hüyük, which has also been suggested as a location, is an archeological site near the present-day village of Alişar. Alişar Hüyük was occupied from the Copper Age (c. 5000 BC — c. 3300 BC) then well into the Bronze Age (c. 3300 BC – c. 1200 BC.) A number of Hittite-era cuneiform tablets written in the Old Assyrian cuneiform script of the Cappadocia-type have been found here. Mention in those tablets of “Ankuwa” has caused speculation that the archaeological site is the Ankuwa mentioned in other Hittite
Flirting Around seven winners produced by the Kentucky-bred mare Happy Flirt, herself the winners of three minor races. Happy Flirt's dam Saracen Flirt was also the ancestor of the St Leger winner Mutafaweq. Before he began his racing career he was acquired by the Japanese owner-breeder Zenya Yoshida and sent into training with Robert Carver in France. He was ridden in most of his races by the French jockey Gerard Thiboeuf After winning on his debut over 1200 metres, Flirting Around was moved up in class and distance for the Group Two Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte over 1400 metres in which he finished