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Belek is a neighbourhood in the Serik district in Turkey's Antalya Province. [1] As of 2022, it had a population of 9,102. [ 2 ] Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganization , it was a town ( Belde ).
A god named Bel was the chief-god of Palmyra, Syria in pre-Hellenistic times; the deity was worshipped alongside the gods Aglibol and Yarhibol. [3] He was originally known as Bol, [4] after the Northwestern Semitic word Ba'al [5] (usually used to refer to the god Hadad), until the cult of Bel-Marduk spread to Palmyra; by 213 BC, Bol was renamed to Bel. [4]
In 1124, he was invited to defend Tyre, the only port the Muslims used in Syria against the attacking Crusaders.In the meantime, Belek was besieging Manbij, after he imprisoned its emir Hassan al-Ba'labakki ibn Gümüshtigin who pledged allegiance to Joscelin I, [6] in which he managed to capture the city but the castle was still controlled by the defenders led by Hassan's brother Isa. [7]
Belek is a town in Serik district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Belek may also refer to: Bełek , a village in Grójec County, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
Antalya [a] is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. [3] Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, [4] Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Taurus Mountains.
Mongoose, a small carnivorous mammal from southern Eurasia or Africa, known for killing snakes; probably ultimately from a Dravidian language, with spelling influenced by the English word goose [31] Mung , a type of bean; ultimately from Sanskrit mudga (मुद्ग), which is the name of the bean and the plant, perhaps via Tamil mūngu ...
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
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