Subj: ZENDA II (Vol III,#7 ; 3/31/97) Date: 97-03-31 02:39:42 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (ZENDA) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com Aadaar 24, 6746 March 24, 1997 ***** ***** * * **** ** * * ** * * * * * * *** * * * * * ****** * * * ** * * * * ***** ***** * * **** * * Volume III, Issue 7 A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency -Section 2 of 2- =========================================================================== Z I G G U R A T =========================================================================== LE TIGRE ET L'EUPHRATE Une unite reelle, qui n'exclut cependant pas des differences regionales, marque le bassin: elle provient pour une bonne part du reseau hydrographique qui prend source dans les hautes montagnes de l'Armenie; la fonte des neiges provoque des crues de printemps capables d'inonder les valees et le baspays et qui sont redoutees, car elles surviennent alors que la recolte est deja sour pied; les habitants ont donc du tres tot se defendre contre ce danger. L'Euphrate, qui coule longtemps dans les montagnes, est plus lent et moins nerveux que le Tigre; les deux fleuves sont grossis de quileques affluents de rive gauche, le Balikh, le Khabur, le grand et le petit Zab, la Diyala, qui jouent tous un role important dans les relations du bassin avec son environement, car ils penetrent parfois profondement dans les massifs. A cette unite, creee par le relief et l'hydorgraphie qui individualisent la Mesopotamie de l'ensemble de son evnironement, vient s'ajouter une caractersitique commune a l'ensemble du bassin: l'extreme pauvrete en matieres premieres. Si l'on fait abstraction de l'argile, partout presente a profusion, et qui, alliee a l'eau qu'il convient de domestiquer, devient source de richesse agricole et materiau de base de la vie quotidienne, on ne trouve aucune ressource importante: pratiquement pas de pierre, tres peu de bois, sauf celui du palmier, lequel est utilise aussi pour se dattes, ses fibres et ses palmes. Le roseau, omnipresent dans les marais du sud et le long des canaux. joua un role considereable, mais il ne peut remplacer le bois. Jean-Claude Margueron France -------------------------------- Am 6. April werden wir noch einmal unser Neujahr feiern, diesmal mit Kaffee, Kuchen und viele andere Ueberaschungen. Bei dieser Gelegenheit wird Frau Adrin Takhsh einen Vortrag ueber die Zeremonien im alten assyrien halten. Beginn: 17:00 in den ABGAD Raeumlichkeiten in Wiesbaden (die genaue Adresse, nexte Woche) -------------------------------- David Yonan's Konzert: Sonntag den 20. Juli 1997 um 11:00 David Yonan spielt Geige Mathaeikirchstrasse 1 Berlin im Musikinstrumenten Museum Berlin, Curt-Sachs Saal (dierekt neben der Philharmonie) =========================================================================== C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T S =========================================================================== Thru Apr 6 The Ain Ghazal Exhibit Smithsonian Institute Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Washington D.C. AAA of Southern CA (818) 506-7577 Thru April 27 Masterpieces from the Pierpot Morgan Library: A collection of relics 3300 B.C. to 1800 B.C. Cylindrical Seals From Uruk, Akkadian, Babylonia and Assyria California Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park, San Francisco. (415)863-3330 Thru Fall 1997 Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur 2650-2550 B.C. Third Floor -------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 5 NEC Meeting of the Assyrian American National Fed. Eden's Banquets (Assyrian Social Hall) 10:00 am Hotel Information: Radisson Hotel 4500 West Touhy Lincolnwood 1-800-333-3333 Apr 9 Recent Excavations at Gordion, Turkey: An Achaemenid Persian Imperial Town in Central Anatolia Lecturer: T.C. Young, Jr. Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada 8:00 p.m Apr 11-13 Big Bear Ski Trip Skiing, hiking, Mountain biking, etc. Assyrian Student Union Big Bear Trip Members $40 non-members $65 Includes lodging, transportation, and 1st night's food. Contact Sargon Gewargis: fishtale@juno.com s8913705@mail.themall.net Apr 24 Beginning of Settled Village Life in Eastern Anatolia Dr. Michael Rosenberg Associate Professor, University of Delaware 6:00 p.m. Reception Follows Rainey Auditorium Free (215) 898-4890 May 4 "Near Eastern Archeology" Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy University of California, San Diego Location: Westchester, New York Call Hugo Vandenwall Bake (914) 472-0874 May 5 "Near Eastern Archeology" Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy University of California, San Diego Location: Tufts University, Boston Call Jodi Magness (617) 628-5000 x2680 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classicsDept/aia.html May 23-26 Assyrian State Convention of California Turlock, California May 24 A C N C '97 The Third Assyrian Community Networking Conference The Assyrian State Convention of California Turlock, California Organized by The Assyrian Community Networking Society Jul 20 A Concert by the Assyrian Violinist, David Yonan Mathaeikirchstrasse 1 Musikinstrumenten Museum, Curt-Sachs Saal Berlin 11:00 am Aug 26-Sept 2 Assyrian American National Convention Hyatt Regency Dearborn Fairlane Town Center Detroit, Michigan All Single,double,triple,quad rooms: $95 per day Reservations: (313) 982-6880 Reservations must be made by August 7. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E N T R A C T E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Kha B'Neesan 6747 Festival Victorian Assyrian Communities 12 noon - 7:00 pm Moonee Ponds Community Centre Cnr Mt Alexander & Pascoe Vale Roads, Moonee Ponds Adults $5 Family $20 (2 Adults & 4 children) Apr 5 Kha b'Neesan Dance Party Chicago Apr 6 Kha b'Neesan Parade Chicago 1:00-3:00 pm A Dinner in Honor of Nemrod Simono Assyrian Scholar of the Modern Assyrian Language The Assyrian Academic Society Edens Banquet Hall Pulaski- Chicago 6:00 p.m. $20.00 847-537-1684 aas@wwa.com New Year Celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany &/lecture: "The New Year Ceremonies in Ancient Assyria Speaker: Adrin Takhsh 5:00 pm ADBGAD, Wiesbaden Apr 26 A Cocktail Dance Party 5th Anniversary of the Assyrians Around the World TV Program Entertainers: Julian Jindo Julian & Janan Band from San Diego Hyatt Hotel 1740 North First Street San Jose, California (408) 993-1234 $20.00 Tickets: Etminan Market & United Foods --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E L L I G E N T S I A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO Assyrian Athletic Club Soccer Development Program Ages 7-14 7:45-9:45 pm Mondays Warren Park Gymnasium Western Avenue & Devon Street HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1997-98 Syriac Classes Taught by Dr. J.F. Coakley Elementary Syriac Instructor: J. F. Coakley Basic Syriac grammar and syntax with selected readings from the Syriac Bible and other early texts. Readings in Syriac I Historical and theological texts, and early poetry Readings in Syriac II Special attention to exegetical texts and to reading manuscripts. MODESTO Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at Modesto Junior College 1:00 pm Fridays Founders Hall 108 Modesto, U.S.A. NORTH HOLLYWOOD Assyrian Boy Scouts Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 9:30am to 12:30pm Sundays Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com (818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm Assyrian Student Union California State University, Northridge Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 6:00pm Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com (818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm SAN JOSE Nisibin School Assyrian Language Classes Ages 5-14 10:00-1:00 pm Saturdays AAA of San Jose BETA 20000 Almaden Road Raabie Nimrod Simono's Intermediate Grammar Class AAA of San Jose BETA ONLY IN MARCH Class Days Vary (Contact ZENDA for more information) Maestro Nebu Issabey's Nineveh Choir Practice AAA of San Jose BETA 8:00 pm Thursdays TORONTO Nisibis School 10:30-1:30 Saturdays The Church of the East Toronto, Canada =========================================================================== A S S Y R I A N S U R F I N G P O S T S =========================================================================== The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project http://asmar.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/CAD/CAD.html =========================================================================== P U M P UP THE V O L U M E =========================================================================== English Modern Assyrian Ambassador mshaad/raa [M] Trip khzooq/ya [M] ___________________________________________________________________________ F = Feminine M = Masculine P = Plural =========================================================================== B A C K TO THE F U T U R E =========================================================================== B.C. (1208) This date marks the beginning of the Assyrian Dark Ages which lasted over 250 years. << The Dark Centuries, Parpola >> A.D. (1862) Sir Henry Rawlinson discovers a major Eponym List in which a complete list of every Assyrian ruler or governor was given from 911 BC down to 660 BC. =========================================================================== L I T E R A T U S =========================================================================== That Night I heard the angels sing on that mystical night when you gazed at the sky with your heavenly face and whispered to the moon about your dream a small kingdom, a prince and a white horse... you wonder how I knew ! ask the moon for I was there on that October night when the lovebird wrote about you on a falling leaf and the winds gently brushed it to me... I looked up and there was your image carved in a single white cloud I tried to reach for you but you were so far away I cried, did you hear me my princess! I might not be a prince but a lost knight I am and I might not have a kingdom but who needs that as long as I have your eyes and those are the whole world to me... Frederick Aprim =========================================================================== T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y =========================================================================== April 1, 1886: born in Tsibili, Georgia, Professor Sargis Osipov, an Assyrian linguist and scholar who collaborated with German orientalists at the turn of the century. =========================================================================== B R A V O =========================================================================== THE ASSYRIANS OF CHICAGO Next Sunday afternoon, April 6, from 1 to 3 pm (Central Standard Time/Chicago) Assyrians of Chicago will take their Assyrian pride to the streets of Chicago. Currently as many as 100,000 Assyrians live here. Along a designated route the Assyrian floats (mobile wooden stages) will move in a choreographed procession to mark the arrival of the Assyrian Year 6747. This annual event has become the largest and the most visible demonstration of the Assyrian pride in Diaspora. =========================================================================== the D I R E C T O R Y =========================================================================== ZNAD (Assyrian Democratic Organization) ZNAM (Archeology Magazine) ZNAP (Associated Press International) ZNBN (Bet-Nahrain Inc/ KBSV-TV "AssyriaVision") ZNDA (Zenda: zenda@ix.netcom.com) ZNMN (San Jose Mercury News) ZNNQ (Nabu Quarterly) ZNNV (Nineveh Magazine) ZNRU (Reuters) ZNSJ (San Jose Mercury News) ZNTM (Time Magazine) ZNUP (United Press International) ZNUS (US News & World Report) =========================================================================== W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A =========================================================================== Zenda welcomes our new on-line subscribers from: CORPORATE ACCOUNTS Access Communications UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Chicago, Illinois =========================================================================== S A L U T E =========================================================================== Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals & organizations whose contributions appear in this issue: Albert Gabrial Hollister, California Zaineb Istrabadi New York Ashur Simon Malek Ontario, Canada Christoph Aktas Sunnyvale, California Firas Jatou Chicago, Illinois and the following individual(s) for introducing ZENDA to our new readers: Albert Gabrial Hollister, California --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Mon Mar 31 01:37:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: from dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.12]) by emin45.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-2.0.0) with ESMTP id BAA26381; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:37:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA00856; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:10:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from unknown(139.87.92.208) by dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma028673; Sun Mar 30 22:02:52 1997 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970330200316.006d099c@popd.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@popd.ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 20:03:16 -0800 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: ZENDA Subject: ZENDA II (Vol III,#7 ; 3/31/97) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"