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	Amazon.ca: Between the Rivers: Books: Harry Turtledove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The young merchant Sharur, the city's ruler Kimash, and a foreign thief named Habbazu form an unlikely alliance to steal a talisman that holds the power of the most hostile gods and thus to free Gibil in particular and people in general from the whims of the gods.
		Sharur was walking back toward his family's shop and home on the Street of Smiths when a fever demon that had been basking on a broken mud brick soaking up heat sprang at him, its batlike wings glistening in the sun. Read the first page
		Between the Rivers is the story of Sharur, son of a master trader from a city called Gibil, in a semi-fantastical Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization.
	www.amazon.ca /Between-Rivers-Harry-Turtledove/dp/0812545206 (1621 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Between the Rivers
		Sharur of Gibil leaves his home city for a trade mission to the lands of Alashkurrut, vowing to return with profits to pay the bride-price for his intended, Ningal.
		Sharur's quest to re-establish Gibil as a trade power stems as much from that as from his devotion to his city.
		When the novel opens, Sharur has no question in his mind that self-rule is better than god-rule.
	www.sfsite.com /04a/bet30.htm (998 words)

	Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan. The Land of Arts)
		"Sharur" dancing group has experience of performing of this traditional yallyh-dances at numerous international folklore festivals, including festivals in Baku, Moscow, Germany, Hungary, Polonia.
		Born in Sharur county's village of Kosajan, he lived in XVIII century and was known for his specific artistic manner.
		This fact confirms that the ashygh-performing art in the Sharur county always was being kept on a very high creative level.
	azerbaijan.aznet.org /azerbaijan/nakh_mus.html (398 words)

	Ninurta \| Encyclopedia of Religion
		But the weapon Sharur says that the attitude of the Kur is not completely hostile.
		Sharur, believing that the monster is no less powerful than the god, is afraid of a straight fight between Ninurta and Asag and advises Ninurta not to attack.
		Sharur returns to Enlil, Ninurta's father, asking him to intervene on behalf of his son, who is in difficulty.
	www.bookrags.com /research/ninurta-eorl-10 (493 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Sharur
		Sharur you are one of the real workhorses here in the AAR forum and very deserving of this honor.
		Sharur has not written or completed his own AAR, for those who think you have to write great or make great completed AARs to be a part of this forum.
		Sharur is a perfect example of someone who has not made his own AAR, but has added his own touch to the forum making it that much more enjoyable for all of us.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=46293 (1960 words)

	Azerbaijan Development Gateway
		There are 74 historical monuments on the territory of the Sharur district.
		Sharur region is known for its mineral springs, gypsum, travertine and so on.
		The basis of the economy of the region is agriculture specialised in vine growing, grain growing, cultivation of tobacco and vegetable growing.
	www.gateway.az /cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e3e (118 words)

	Ninurta - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
		Ninurta´s character is known to be tempestuous, and Jacobsen says that this is due to his identification as an ancient thunder god viewed as the personification of the spring storms which brought life to the land.
		Sharur warns Ninurta that Asag is taking control of the eastern border districts and plotting to snatch away kingship.
		Sharur goes ahead and comes back with a warning: although Ninurta has conquered monsters in the past, Asag is like none of his previous opponents.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /gods/lords/lordninurta.html (2009 words)

	Between the Rivers by Harry Turtledove (Hardcover)
		Young Sharur is the scion of a merchant family in the city of Gibil, loyal - he thinks - to his city's god, Engibil, and to that god's human deputies.
		But like his fellows in Gibil, Sharur is less interested in gods than in progress in invention and trade.
		Then, on a routine trading expedition, he learns that the gods of the other cities, resentful of Engibil's relaxed attitude toward his people, are uniting to punish Gibil and squelch the growing power of human creativity, epitomized by the city-state's easygoing ways.
	www.clarkesworldbooks.com /book_0312862024.html (114 words)

	[ Nahchivan in the Bronze Age (Abbas Seyidov) ]
		The Ovchular tepe settlement is situated to the north of the Dize village of Sharur district, on the left bank of Arpachay (the Arpa river).
		The Makhta I (Makhta Kultepe) mound site is situated in the western end of the Makhta village of Sharur district, at a distance of 2 km to the left of the Araz river, on a non-natural hill 1.5-2 m high.
		The Ashaghy Dasharkh settlement is situated in Sharur district on the right bank of the Aladdin river, in the centre of a village of the same name.
	www.egyptologie.be /elm_2000_nachivan_seyidov2.htm (5519 words)

	CNN - Review: 'Between the Rivers' - April 19, 1999
		The son of a wealthy merchant, Sharur, leads a caravan toward the mountains.
		At every stop along the route, Sharur is blocked from conducting commerce.
		Sharur is a clever young man. A touch too clever at times.
	www.cnn.com /books/reviews/9904/19/between.rivers/index.html (638 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Between the Rivers by Harry Turtledove
		Young Sharur is the scion of a merchant family in the city of Gibil, loyal--he thinks--to his city's god, Engibil, and to that god's human deputies.
		Sharur was walking back toward his family's shop and home on the Street of Smiths when a fever demon that had been basking on a broken mud brick soaking up heat sprang at him, its batlike wings glistening in the sun.
		A farmer coming at him leading a donkey with baskets of beans tied to its back made him squeeze up against the front wall of one of the two-story mud-brick homes lining both sides of the street: a prosperous home, because that front wall was whitewashed.
	www.fictionwise.com /servlet/mw?t=book&bi=5597&id=52221 (847 words)

	Trayle > Sharur travel guide
		Located on the western part of the Nakhchivan autonomous republic, Sharur is a recent town, developed with the construction of the railway that used to go northwest into Armenia.
		Just across the railway, 2km south of Sharur is the town of Yengijar, an interesting old town with some ancient mosques, the abandoned old baths and a nice, if not busy, bazaar.
		Yengijar's former importance was lost to Sharur, conveniently built by the railway.
	www.trayle.com /destinations/destination/sharur (246 words)

	Nakhchivan travel guide
		Over two thirds of the land are rocky slopes and deserts, therefore the area of the arable lands is quite limited.
		The main crops - cotton and tobacco - are cultivated in the PriAraz plain, near of Sharur and Nakhchivan city.
		Horned and small cattle are bred everywhere, especially in environs of Sharur and Nakhchivan.
	www.world66.com /europe/azerbaijan/naxcivan (1195 words)

	Nature of Nakhchivan \| Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan Travel Blog
		This field is allocated in Sharur region territory in 3 km from Shahtakhti village in northwest direction.
		This field is allocated in Sharur region in 1 km from Garabag village northwest direction.
		Sharur springs are placed on Sadarak village northwest direction at the upper part of road.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=natigltd&tweb_tripID=nakhchivan&tweb_entryID=1139290440&tweb_PID=ctravel (3467 words)

	The Serene Dragon : Sumeria - Kur / Asag / Asakku v Ninurta
		Ninurta is the hero and his weapon is called Sharur and it takes on a life of its own.
		Eventually, Sharur talks Ninurta into attacking the dragon Kur (for reasons unknown), and Ninurta does go after the dragon.
		Sharur again convinces Ninurta to go to battle and he does.
	www.theserenedragon.net /Tales/sumeria-kur.html (403 words)

	Harry Turtledove: Between the Rivers
		While Between the Rivers has the feel of Mesopotamia, it is set in a world modeled after that region and period, not in our own world's timeline.
		Sharur of Gibil leaves his home city for a trade mission to the lands of Alashkurrut, vowing to return with profits to pay the brideprice for his intended, Ningal.
		As his quest and travails continue, he never loses this belief, but he slowly becomes aware of some of the problems inherent in self-determinism even as he tries to maintain the status quo of Gibil and help foreignors learn to overthrow the powers of their own gods.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/between.html (774 words)

	Abunakkashii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	abunakkashii.blogspot.com (141 words)

	Amazon.de: Between the Rivers: English Books: Harry Turtledove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Young merchant's son Sharur of the city Gibil hopes to marry the lovely and willing Ningal, earning the bride-price out of profits from his family's trading caravan to Alashkurru, where Gibil's matchless bronze weapons are much in demand.
		If Sharur can obtain the cup, his power to bargain with the gods themselves will be immense.
		And if the gods of Alashkurru have put their power into an everyday object, Sharur wonders, maybe other gods have done the same, and thereby also rendered themselves vulnerable.
	www.amazon.de /Between-Rivers-Harry-Turtledove/dp/0312862024 (909 words)

	Dragons of the Ancient World
		After a hymnal introduction, the story begins with an address to Ninurta by Sharur, his personified weapon.
		For some reason not stated in the text available, Sharur has set its mind against the dragon, Kur.
		In its speech, Sharur urged Ninurta to attack and destroy Kur.
	www.richeast.org /htwm/dragons/dragons.html (2006 words)

	Azerbaijan Elections 2005
		Attacks on political candidates and opposition activists, closure of political party offices, expulsion of foreign and local journalists, political arrests and other means of intimidation and pressure tactics have been reported in NAR; especially in the town of Sharur.
		YAP is the strongest local political party, with the full support of the government of Nakhchivan.
		Sharur and Sadarak, two agricultural regions, suffer from water supply problems and difficulties with irrigation.
	www.eurasianet.org /azerbaijan/map/constituency1.html (649 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Sharur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Not only is it a pleasure to have you back on the forum after a break you had, I want you to know from me personally how much I appreciate all of the time and extra effort you have put forth to get involved, create, enjoy and write in this writers community.
		The human race has evolved few more definitive means of proving one's superiority over an enemy than by battering him to death and eating him, or by burning his habitation, ravaging his crops and raping his wife.
		...her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by Divine Providence that I, Sharur, was never to complete an AAR.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46293 (2628 words)

	Exploits of Ninurta - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
		In it, Ninurta is feasting with the other gods, when he receives bad news from Sharur - his mace and loyal weapon, whose name means Smasher of Thousands, an artifact capable to move around independently and to communicate with the gods.
		Sharur, once again having gone ahead, comes back with a warning: although Ninurta had conquered monsters in the past, Asag was like none of his previous opponents.
		Massive landslides and rocks are flung at him, the Earth trembling and crumbling, and thus Ninurta is forced to retreat.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /myths/texts/ninurta/exploitninurta.htm (6321 words)

	LUDISM - Le site des jeux de société
		Sharur est un jeu de conquête aux mécanismes épurés.
		Le nombre de joueurs, mêlé à la répartition des espèces toujours différente donnent à Sharur de multiples combinaisons de jeu, lui procurant ainsi une bonne durée de vie.
		Sharur est un jeu de combat qui ravira les amateurs de jeux épurés au hasard limité.
	ludism.free.fr /jeu.php?id=106 (666 words)

	Culture and Art in Nakhchivan \| Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan Travel Blog
		Sharur district history Regional Museum — in 1978 having been established by social requirements that museum started its activity as a state entity since February 1, 1982.
		Having taken activity in Shakhbuz region, “Zurnachilar” trio, “Tulum players” collectives, “Hodu-hodu” folklore group, in Sharur area “Sharur yallisi” and consisting of aged men “Nurani” yalli collective, in Djulfa region “Djopudu”, “Illuziya games”, “Lolo” folklore collective, in Babek region “Zabul” and “Saz players” set, they take part closely in developing and agitation of folk music.
		This is a type of dances called Yalli, which was born in Sharur region.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=natigltd&tweb_tripID=nakhchivan&tweb_entryID=1139290740&tweb_PID=tpod (2480 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was also decided that the territory of the former Sharur-Daralagez uyezd (which had a solid Azeri majority) would be attached to Nakhichevan.
		Additionally, a strip of Sharur's territory would be ceded to Turkey, allowing it to share a border with Azerbaijan.
		Moreover, Turkey and Russia became a guarantor of Nakhichevan's status.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Treaty_of_Kars (402 words)

	Detail Page
		The Sumerian story tells how Ninurta battled Agag, a spirit of nature (possibly a mighty tree) that led a rebellious rabble of plants and stones in an invasion of Ninurta's territory.
		With the help of his talking weapon, Sharur, he defeats Agag by using rain to quell a dust-storm whipped up by his enemy.
		Next (in what may originally have been a separate tale), Ninurta raises up foothills to make rain flow south into the Tigris so farmers can thereby use its waters to irrigate their fields.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MESP0696 (232 words)

	The Treaty of Kars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Naxcievan Territory (Sharur) Assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan as per the treaty of Kars
		In turn, Turkey returned the area of Alexandropol to Soviet Armenia and dropped all the claims to Sharur (Naxcivan area) under the condition that the area is not to be incorporated into Armenia but becomes a Muslim-dominated autonomy within Azerbaijani SSR.
		The territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan was also supposed to be resolved in order to keep both Soviet puppet-states under Moscow umbrella.
	www.atlas-of-conflicts.com /areas/armenia-and-karabakh/treaty_kars.php (692 words)

	Fantasy
		Except in Gibil, where the lazy god Engibil has allowed the people to make their own decisions, which has led to the invention of writing, metal working and skepticism.
		Young Sharur is the scion of a merchant family in the city of Gibil.
		When it becomes apparent that the gods of other cities are plotting against Gibil, it's up to Sharur to save his beloved city.
	www.tnrdlib.bc.ca /rr-indexes/fa-37.html (701 words)

	Between the Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a story of the conflict between the cleverness of men, and the fading power of gods.
		Full Review: The young merchant Sharur, trying to trade up enough profit to marry the beauteous Ningal encounters the hostility of the old gods and their worshippers, as well as rising ambitious of his city's ruler.
		When a crucial artifact is discovered by accident during a trading expedition, Sharur's intelligence and courage is put to the test as he races to save his city from foreign invasion as well as the too-helpful patronage of the local god.
	home.sprynet.com /~dbrukman/Between-the-Rivers.html (296 words)

	Internews Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It has been two days now that sale of oppositional newspapers was banned in Sharur district of Nakhchyvan autonomous republic.
		Azhdar Jafarbeyli, representative of Our Azerbaijan block for the Sharur district, said this to regional correspondent of TURAN.
		Hasanov, head of Sharur police in turn has denied reported prohibition of sale of oppositional newspapers.
	www.internews.az /eng/news/2003/august.shtml (1161 words)

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