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Wikipedia has become hopelessly politicized, as evidenced most recently by the unwarranted persecution of [[User:Jayjg]]. This coupled with the recent rampage by deletionist cadres whose idea of enhancing the project is deleting the hard work of others based on their own limited notions of notability, has convinced me that this project is no longer a good use of my free time. I may continue to make minor adjustments to existing articles but do not intend to add any new content. I will not be checking my talk page regularly but invite those with whom I've developed correspondences to continue to contact me via email.

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==Wiki-Info==

A few good links: 
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Editing tutorial]]
*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate Interiot's edit counter]

==About Me==

My true passion is history. My primary areas of interest are [[Jewish history]], Eurasian [[nomads]], [[Iceland]]ic [[sagas]] and the history of the [[Middle East]] and [[Eastern Europe]].

I once played a game of [[Go (board game)|Go]] with a guy who claimed to have a [[Shusaku number]] of 14. Since I'm not very good at Go, and understand very few of its rules, the game lasted about ten minutes and I was horribly defeated. Nonetheless, my shusaku number is 15...

I have made my own [[tafl]] board.

==Sub-pages==
[[User:Briangotts/maps]]

==Barnstars==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your excellent work on [[Sviatoslav I of Kiev]], please keep it up! <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">[[User:Khoikhoi|Khoi]][[User talk:Khoikhoi|khoi]]</span> 21:40, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For past and continued hard work illuminating (pre)historical territory in historical context, via numerous [[:Category:Historical maps by User:Briangotts|top-quality maps]]. [[User:Xaxafrad|Xaxafrad]] 21:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC) 
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{{award2|image=Ccross.svg|color=white|size=100px|topic=The Black Cross of St. Declan|text=You, [[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]], are awarded the Black Cross of St. Declan for going medieval on our asses with your excellent work on articles of [[Dark Ages]] and [[Middle Ages]] interest. ''De réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin'' - "It takes time to build castles" [[User:Ciarán of Clonmacnoise|Ciarán of Clonmacnoise]] 05:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC) }}

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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I, Odin Rex, hereby grant you the Snorri Award for your work in Germanic articles . 09 April 2007. [[User:King Óðinn The Aesir|King Óðinn The Aesir]] 20:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Awarded to Brian for superlative work on historical articles. '''[[User:Blnguyen|Blnguyen]]'''  ([[User talk:Blnguyen|bananabucket]]) 02:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I have been thinking of giving you an award for a long time because of your extensive quality work on articles relating to the middle ages in both Northern and Eastern Europe. ''Þú ert manna mestr óníðingr''.--[[User:Berig|Berig]] ([[User talk:Berig|talk]]) 17:52, 24 November 2007 (UTC) 
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the [[Wikipedia:Four Award|Four Award]] for your work from beginning to end on '''[[Rus' Khaganate]]'''. [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|C]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|BIO]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:FOUR]]) </small> 02:43, 21 August 2011 (UTC) 
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'''Norse history and culture'''<br />
Thank you for donating quality articles such as [[Rus' Khaganate]] and [[Kylfings]], for starting the project [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Norse history and culture|Norse history and culture]], for covering Israelite and Jewish history, for related images, - repeating: you are an [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious|awesome Wikipedian]]!

--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 07:41, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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==Contributions==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiev&diff=prev&oldid=8766851 My first edit ever]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spacing_Guild&diff=prev&oldid=9793080 My first edit as a logged-in user]
*[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Briangotts|The vote on my adminship]]

===Works in Progress===
See [[User:Briangotts/Wiglaf Norse articles]] for links to Norse myth and history articles by [[User:Wiglaf]], who has now left Wikipedia. I keep them for reference in case I need to use or improve one of them.

*[[User:Briangotts/Rus template]]
===Maps===
*[[User:Briangotts/maps]]
===To be created===
*[[Biridya]]
*[[Zurata]]

===To be improved===
*[[Abimelech (Judges)]]
*[[Adiabene]]
*[[Agrippa II]]
*[[Aroer]]
*[[Bashan]]
*[[Batrun]]
*[[Genesis Rabba]] and other midrashic collections.
*[[Gershom ben Judah]]
*[[Jabin]]
*[[Moses de Leon]]
*[[Tomyris]]

===WikiProjects founded===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Norse history and culture]]

===Featured articles sponsored===
*[[Radhanites]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/February_1%2C_2006 Featured article of the day on February 1, 2006])
*[[Sviatoslav I of Kiev]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/February_26%2C_2007 Featured article of the day on February 26, 2007])
*[[Rus' Khaganate]]
*[[Sargon of Akkad]]
*[[Gunnhild Mother of Kings]]

===WikiProjects initiated===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Norse history and culture]]

===Articles initiated or substantially re-written===
*Articles I have either started or substantially re-written on Wikipedia include (grouped into occasionally overlapping categories):

====[[Israelite]] and [[Jewish history]]====
[[Image:Mountain_jew.JPG|thumb|150px|right|One tough old [[Mountain Jews|Jewish fellow]], [[Daghestan]], c.1900]]
=====General=====
:[[Hakham]], [[Hakham Bashi]], [[Krymchak]], [[Togarmah]], [[Unetanneh Tokef]], [[Zadok (High Priest)]]
=====[[Tanakh]] (c. 1600-500 CE)=====
:[[Amminadab (Ammon)]], [[Baruch ben Neriah]], [[Chilion and Mahlon]], [[Jewish temple at Elephantine]], [[Kenites]], [[Pahath-Moab]]
=====[[Classical age]] (c. 500 BCE-100 CE)=====
:[[Alabarch]], [[Antigonus of Sokho]], [[Antigonus the Hasmonean]], [[Boethusians]], [[Dathema]], [[Hall of Hewn Stones]], [[Hyrcanus II]], [[Jose ben Yochanan]], [[Joshua ben Perachyah]], [[Land of Onias]], [[Nittai of Arbela]], [[Onias I]], [[Onias II]], [[Onias III]], [[Onias IV]], [[Simeon bar Ezron]], [[Simeon ben Shetach]], [[Tomb of Daniel]]
=====[[Samaritan]] history and culture=====
:[[Andronicus ben Meshullam]], [[Baba Rabba]], [[Book of Joshua (Samaritan)]], [[Julianus ben Sabar]], 
=====[[Mishna]]ic and [[Talmudic]] periods (c. 100-500 CE)=====
:[[Abba the Surgeon]], [[Anilai and Asinai]], [[Bar Kappara]], [[Bebai ben Abaye]], [[Eliezer ben Jose]], [[Hiyya bar Abba]], [[Jose ben Abin]], [[Jose the Galilean]], [[Me'asha]], [[Resh Lakish]], [[Sama bar Raqta]]
=====[[Gaon]]ic period and [[Middle Ages]] (c. 500-1300 CE)=====
:[[Aaron of York]], [[Abraham ibn Daud]], [[Abraham of Aragon]], [[Abraham Prochownik]], [[Abu al-Bayan ibn al-Mudawwar]], [[Abu Haftzah Yazid]], [[Ahimaaz ben Paltiel]], [[Amnon of Mainz]], [[Amram of Mainz]], [[Asher ben Meshullam]], [[Bahiel ben Moses]], [[Banu Qurayza]], [[Brutakhi]], [[Da'ud Abu al-Fadl]], [[Daniel al-Kumisi]], [[David ben Boaz]], [[Dodai ben Nahman]], [[Elias of London]], [[Ephraim ibn al-Za'faran]], [[Hagin ben Moses]], [[Hasdai ibn Shaprut]], [[Huyayy ibn Akhtab]], [[Isaac ben Ezra]], [[Isaac of Norwich]], [[Jacob ben Reuben (rabbi)]], [[Jacob of London]], [[Jehoshaphat ben Saul]], [[Joseph ibn Plat]], [[Joseph Rabban]], [[Josippon]], [[Judah ben David Hayyuj]], [[Judah ibn Ezra]], [[Kahina]], [[Masarjawaih]], [[Menahem ben Saruq]], [[Meshullam ben Jacob]], [[Moses ben Hanoch]], [[Moses of Kiev]], [[Nahshon]], [[Nehardea]], [[Petachiah of Ratisbon]], [[Petrus Alphonsi]], [[Presbyter Judaeorum]], [[Radhanite]], [[Red Jews]], [[Sa'ad al-Dawla]], [[Sefer ha-Qabbalah]], [[Solomon Bahiel ben Moses ]], [[Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier]], [[Talmudic Academies in Babylonia]], [[Zerahiah the Greek]]
=====[[Karaism]]=====
:[[Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople]], [[Aaron ben Joseph of Nicomedia]], [[Benjamin Aga]], [[Benjamin Nahawandi]], [[Boaz ben Jehoshaphat]], [[Chufut Kale]], [[Crimean Karaites]], [[Elijah Bashyazi]], [[Hasdai ben Hezekiah]], [[Hasun ben Mashiach]], [[Hezekiah ben Solomon]], [[Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite)]], [[Joshua ben Judah]], [[Judah Hadassi]], [[Levi ben Japheth]], [[Mourners of Zion]], [[Saul ben Anan]], [[Seraya Shapshal]], [[Simcha Babovitch]], [[Jacob Qirqisani]], [[Mordecai ben Nissan]], [[Mordecai Sultansky]], [[Saul ben Anan]], [[Solomon ben David]], [[Solomon ben Hasdai]]
=====[[Renaissance]] and early modern periods (c. 1300-1800 CE)=====
:[[Azariah dei Rossi]], [[Bikhakhanim]], [[Ghisolfi]], [[Isaac Israeli ben Joseph]], [[Jacob ben Reuben ibn Zur]], [[Jacob Castello]], [[Khozi Kokos]], [[Ma'aseh Toviyyah]], [[Miguel de Barrios]], [[Moses de Leon ]], [[Moses Nagari ]], [[Tobias Cohn]], [[Solomon Molcho]], [[Tobias Cohn]]
=====Modern times (c. 1800 CE-present)=====
:[[Aaron Karfunkel]], [[Chaim Nahum]], [[David Levi (Italy)]], [[David Reubeni]], [[Ferdinand Joachimstal]], [[Hirsh Glick]], [[Julius Friedrich Cohnheim]], [[Julius Stern]], [[Markus Horovitz]], [[Moses Montefiore]], [[Süsskind Raschkow]], [[Yakir Gueron]], [[Yakir Jerusalem]], ''[[Zog Nit Keynmol]]''.

=====Disambig pages=====
:[[Aaron ben Joseph]], [[Amminadab]], [[Dosetai]], [[Hanun]], [[Isaac Israeli]], [[Jacob ben Reuben]], [[Kagan]], [[Onias]]

====[[Khazars]]====
:[[Aaron II (Khazar)]], [[Arsiyah]], [[Ashina]], [[Babaghuq]], [[Baghatur]], [[Barjik]], [[Battle of Balanjar (650s)]], [[Battle of Balanjar (723)]], [[Battle of Balanjar (730s)]], [[Battle of Marj Ardebil]], [[Battle of Mosul (731)]], [[Benjamin (Khazar)]], [[Bihar (Khazar)]], [[Bulan]], [[Bulan (Khazar)]], [[Bulanids]], [[Busir|Busir Glavan]], [[David of Taman]], [[Georgius Tzul]], [[Jawyshyghr]], [[Joseph (Khazar)]], [[Hazer Tarkhan]], [[Irbis (Khazar)]], [[K'o-sa]], [[Khagan Bek]], [[Khalga and Kaban]], [[Khamlidj]], [[Khazar-Arab Wars]], [[Khazar language]], [[Khazar Correspondence]], [[Khazars]], [[Khazars in fiction]], [[Khvaliskoye]], [[Khvalisy]], [[Kievian Letter]], [[Kozar]], [[Kündür]], [[Mandgelis Document]], [[Menahem (Khazar)]], [[Obadiah (Khazar)]], [[Ras Tarkhan]], [[Saltovo-Mayaki]], [[Sambalut]], [[Samiran]], [[Schechter Letter]], [[Tmutarakan]], [[Tzitzak]], [[Yitzhak ha-Sangari]], [[Zachariah (Khazar)]],

====Ancient [[Mediterranean]] and [[Middle East]]====
:[[Abdi-Heba]], [[al-Kutbay]], [[al-Qaum]], [[Alalus]], [[Ammon (nation)]], [[Aram Rehob]], [[Aranzahas]], [[Aristodemus (Spartan)]], [[Artinis]], [[Aserdus]], [[Ashtar-Chemosh]], [[Astabis]], [[Atirat]], [[Avith]], [[Ba'al Hermon]], [[Baal-hanan ben Achbor]], [[Baasha ben Ruhubi]], [[Beder]], [[Bela ben Beor]], [[Biryawaza]], [[Chemosh-nadab]], [[Cuthah]], [[Dhiban]], [[Dhu-shara]], [[Dienekes]], [[Dinhabah]], [[Edom]], [[Elah (Edom)]], [[Elkunirsa]], [[Ellel]], [[Emim]], [[Geshur]], [[Hadad ben Bedad]], [[Halki]], [[Hannahannas]], [[Hanwasuit]], [[Hazzi]], [[Hebat]], [[Hepit]], [[Hissalel]], [[Humban]], [[Husham (Edomite king)]], [[Hutena]], [[Irsirra]], [[Istanu]], [[Jabru]], [[Jarri]], [[Jebusite]], [[Jetheth]], [[Jobab ben Zerah]], [[Kaasḥalta]], [[Kamrusepa]], [[Kaus]], [[Ḳaus-gabri]], [[Ḳaus-malaka]], [[Kazalla]], [[Khaldi (god)]], [[King's Highway (ancient)]], [[Kotar]], [[Kusuh]], [[Labaya]], [[Lahurati]], [[Macedonian cubit]], [[Magdiel]], [[Malik-rammu]], [[Mibzar]], [[Midian]], [[Moab]], [[Muẓuri]], [[Nahundi]], [[Napir]], [[Ninsusinak]], [[Pado'el]], [[Pau (Edom)]], [[Pinikir]], [[Pinon (Edom)]], [[Pirwa]], [[Polemon (Cilicia)]], [[Pontic Greeks]], [[Posca]], [[Rib-Hadda]], [[Ruhubi]], [[Ruldaiu]], [[Selardi]], [[Shanip]], [[Shobi]], [[Siwini]], [[Theispas]], [[Timotheus (Ammon)]], [[Tjeker]], [[Samlah of Masrekah]], [[Sargon of Akkad]], [[Saul (Edomite king)]], [[Teman (Edom)]], [[Ubelluris]], [[Upelluri]], [[Wadi Zered]], [[Wenamun]], [[Wurrukatte]],  [[Yahu-Bihdi]], [[Yitzhak Dorbelo]], [[Yuya]], [[Zedek]], and [[Zobah]].

====[[Eurasia]]n [[Nomad]]s====
:[[Ai Toyon]], [[Ak Ana]], [[Alp Ilutuer]], [[Altan Telgey]], [[Anapel]], [[Arsan Duolai]], [[Aspandiat]], [[Aysyt]], [[Bai Baiania]], [[Bai-Ulgan]], [[Barsils]], [[Berendei]], [[Buga]], [[Bugady Musun]], [[Buri-sad]], [[Cherniye Klobuki]], [[Codex Cumanicus]], [[Djagfar tarikhy]], [[Dulo]], [[Elteber]], [[Erlik]], [[Esege]], [[Eskeri]], [[Etugen]], [[Gurkhan]], [[Hinkon]], [[Issedones]], [[K'daai]], [[Kara Khan]], [[Kende]], [[Kereit]], [[Khalyzians]], [[Khazz]], [[Khursun]], [[Khusaw]], [[Kini'je]], [[Kuara]], [[Kudarkin]], [[Ku'urkil]], [[Lebedias]], [[Mayin]], [[Merkit]], [[Mo-ho sad]], [[Nga]], [[Nu'tenut]], [[Numi-Torem]], [[Old Turkic]], [[Oshlaq-ay]], [[Pliska]], [[Pugu]], [[Rhoxolani]], [[Shaubarak]], [[Tarkhan]], [[Tashtyk culture]], [[Tasius]], [[Todote]], [[Tomam]], [[Torkil]], [[Toko'yoto]], [[Tong Yabghu]], [[Tudun]], [[Tung-ak]], [[Ulugh Kun]], [[Umay]], [[Ustrusana]], [[Wasilla (god)]], [[Wasterzhi]], [[Xaya Iccita]], [[Yer-sub]], and [[Zonget]].

====[[Historian]]s====
:[[Abraham Firkovitch]], [[András Róna-Tas]], [[Charles Barbier de Meynard]], [[Elkan Nathan Adler]], [[Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute]], [[Hillel Noah Maggid]], [[Jonathan Shepard ]], [[Louis Rabinowitz]], [[Moshe Gil]], [[Peter Benjamin Golden]], [[Raphael Patai]] and [[Roman K. Kovalev]].

====[[Middle Ages]]====
[[Image:Malta Knights.jpg|thumb|350px|left|[[Knights of Malta]]. Reenactment, [[Valletta]], May 2005]]
:[[Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah]], [[al-Djarrah ibn Abdullah]], [[al-Fadhl ibn Muhammad]], [[Babung]], [[Bank of Saint George (Genoa)]], [[Book of Roads and Kingdoms]], [[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (al-Bakri)]], [[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (ibn Khordadbeh)]],  [[Christian of Stavelot]], [[Crimean Goths]], [[Eudoxia Epiphania]], [[Gazaria]], [[Georgios Kedrenos]], [[ibn Khordadbeh]], [[John of Gothia]], [[Mangup]]/Doros, [[Marada]], [[Mardaites]], [[Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik]], [[Oleg of Novgorod]], [[Palazzo San Giorgio]], [[Rus' Khaganate]], [[Salman ibn Rabiah]], [[Sus al-Aksa]], [[Sviatoslav I of Kiev]].

====[[Norse]] and [[Viking]] history and [[Norse sagas|literature]]====
[[Atgeir]], [[Bjalfi]], [[Eyvind Lambi]], [[Gunnhild Mother of Kings]], [[Hallbera Ulfsdattir ]], [[Hallbjorn Halftroll]], [[Jomsvikings]], [[Hrafn Haengsson]], [[Kari Solmundarson]], [[Kerthialfad]], [[Ketil Flatnose]], [[Ketil Trout]], [[Ketil Trout (Iceland)]], [[Kjotve the Rich]], [[Kveldulf Bjalfasson]], [[Kylfings]], [[Olaf Feilan]], [[Olaf the Red]], [[Olaf the White]], [[Olaf the Peacock]], [[Olaf the Red]], [[Olvir Hnufa]], [[Quickfire]], [[Raven banner]], [[Ringarike]], [[Sigurd Syr]], [[Thorkel of Namdalen]], [[Thorolf Kveldulfsson]], [[Thorstein the Red]], [[Ubbe Ragnarsson]], [[Ulf the Brave]], [[Vagn Åkesson]], [[Viking Club]]

====Miscellaneous====
:[[Aide]], [[Anchorhead (game)]], [[Astrakhan State University]], [[Bank of Saint George (Genoa)]], [[Barzapharnes]], [[Brethren of the Coast]], [[Committee of 100 (Delaware)]], [[Cottyto]], [[Djall]], [[Eate]], [[Ekhi]], [[Douglas Morton Dunlop]], ''[[Fitzpatrick's War]]'', [[Lurbira]], [[Luzzu]], [[Maju]], [[Marek Halter]], [[Mari (Basque)]], [[Orko (Basque)]], [[Ostri]], [[Pedro de Aranda]], [[Perendi]], [[Prende]], [[Priestly caste]], [[Salau Aliyev]], [[Shamkhal]], [[Shurdi]], [[Taman peninsula]], [[Tazenda]], "[[The Man Who Came Early]]", ''[[The Martian General's Daughter]]'', [[Tomor]], [[Verbti]], and [[Yaun-Goicoa]].

===Collaborative Projects===
Thanks to all those who have subsequently helped to edit and improve these!!

*I've worked with [[User:Untifler]], a classy gentleman-scholar of [[Tatar]] extraction, to improve and consolidate articles on [[Battle of Kazan (1774)]], [[Kimek Khanate]], [[Sabirs]], [[Suars]], and the [[Suar Duchy]].
*I've worked with [[User:Berig]] and [[User:Wiglaf]] on a number of [[Norse]]-related projects, such as [[Jomsvikings]].
*I've worked with [[User:Beit Or]] and [[User:Ghirlandajo]] on a number of [[Khazar]]- and [[Russian]] history articles, such as [[Sviatoslav I of Kiev]] and [[Rus' Khaganate]], and the templates [[:Template:Gardariki]], [[:Template:Khazaria]], and [[User:Briangotts/Rus template|Template:Kievan Rus']]

===Editing===
:''Those interested in my edits should see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Briangotts my contributions].''

====Categories====
*I think Categories are an important Wikipedia tool. I've put together the [[:Category:Iranian peoples]], [[:Category:Eurasian shamanism]] and [[:Category:Mongol peoples]] and grouped them together with [[:Category:Turkic peoples]] and others under the [[:Category:Eurasian nomads]]. I also grouped the [[Samaritan]]-related articles into the [[:Category:Samaritan culture and history]], and articles related to Khazar history and studies under [[:Category:Khazars]], [[:Category:Khazar diplomacy and documents]], [[:Category:Khazar generals]], [[:Category:Military history of the Khazars]], [[:Category:Khazar rulers]], [[:Category:Khazar studies]], [[:Category:Khazar titles]], and [[:Category:Khazar towns]].
*Other Categories I have started or substantially expanded: 
:[[:Category:Akkadians]], [[:Category:Arabian deities]], [[:Category:Aramaeans]], [[:Category:Baltic deities]], [[:Category:Basque and Iberian deities]], [[:Category:Bosporan Kingdom]], [[:Category:Canaan]], [[:Category:Crimea]], [[:Category:Chaldeans]], [[:Category:Crimean Goths]], [[:Category:Crimean Tatars]], [[:Category:Dacian deities]], [[:Category:Edom]], [[:Category:Elamite deities]], [[:Category:Exilarchs]], [[:Category:Göktürks]], [[:Category:Hasmoneans]], [[:Category:Herodian dynasty]], [[:Category:Historical maps by William R. Shepherd]], [[:Category:Hittite deities]], [[:Category:Hurrian deities]], [[:Category:Hyborian Age fictional deities]], [[:Category:Jewish Encyclopedia images]], [[:Category:Karaite exilarchs]], [[:Category:Kipchaks]], [[:Category:Mercenaries]], [[:Category:Mercenary units and formations]], [[:Category:Moab]], [[:Category:Norse history and culture]], [[:Category:Oghuz Turks]], [[:Category:Phoenicia]], [[:Category:Phoenician colonies]], [[:Category:Siberian deities]], [[:Category:Thracian deities]], [[:Category:Urartian deities]], [[:Category:Viking Age settlements]] and [[:Category:West Semitic deities]].

===Images I've added===
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