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The Shamram Canal and King Menua
Among King Menua’s many achievements are his irrigation projects. The most striking of these is the Menua Canal, known locally as the Shamram Canal. According to one legend the canal was built by Shamuramat, queen of Babylonia, to immortalise her love for Menua, the name of the canal deriving from [...]
Aug 19th, 2008 | Filed under Culturel Details Of Van
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King Rusa and the Mounted Nomads
Sarduri II was succeeded by his son, Rusa in 734 B.C. The fact that few inscriptions survive from the reign of King Rusa mean that our knowledge of it is limited. Two of the three important inscriptions dating from Rusa’s reign are in the northern lands around Lake Gökçe, the [...]
Aug 15th, 2008 | Filed under Culturel Details Of Van
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