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About Me
My true passion is history. My primary areas of interest are Jewish history , Eurasian nomads , Icelandic sagas and the history of the Middle East and Eastern Europe .
I once played a game of 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.
Barnstars
The Mapmaker's Barnstar
For past and continued hard work illuminating (pre)historical territory in historical context, via numerous top-quality maps . Xaxafrad 21:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
The Black Cross of St. Declan
You, 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" Ciarán of Clonmacnoise 05:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Contributions
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.
To be improved
Featured articles sponsored
Articles initiated or substantially re-written
Articles I have either started or substantially re-written on Wikipedia include (grouped into occasionally overlapping categories): File:Mountain jew.JPG One tough old Jewish fellow , Daghestan , c.1900
General
Hakham , Hakham Bashi , Krymchak , Togarmah , Unetanneh Tokef , Zadok (High Priest) Amminadab (Ammon) , Baruch ben Neriah , Chilion and Mahlon , Kenites , Pahath-Moab Alabarch , Antigonus of Sokho , Antigonus the Hasmonean , Boethusians , Dathema , Hall of Hewn Stones , Hyrcanus II , Jose ben Yochanan , Joshua ben Perachyah , Nittai of Arbela , Simeon bar Ezron , Simeon ben Shetach Andronicus ben Meshullam , Baba Rabba , Julianus ben Sabar ,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 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 , 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 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 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
Chaim Nahum , David Reubeni , Ferdinand Joachimstal , Julius Friedrich Cohnheim , Julius Stern , Markus Horovitz , Moses Montefiore , Süsskind Raschkow , Yakir Gueron , Yakir Jerusalem .
Disambig pages
Aaron ben Joseph , Amminadab , Dosetai , Hanun , Isaac Israeli , Jacob ben Reuben , Kagan , Onias 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 Glavan , David of Taman , Georgius Tzul , Jawyshyghr , Joseph (Khazar) , Hazer Tarkhan , 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) ,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 , 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 , Rib-Hadda , Ruhubi , Ruldaiu , Selardi , Shanip , Shobi , Siwini , Theispas , Timotheus (Ammon) , Tjeker , Samlah of Masrekah , Saul (Edomite king) , Teman (Edom) , Ubelluris , Upelluri , Wadi Zered , Wenamun , Wurrukatte , Yahu-Bihdi , Yitzhak Dorbelo , Yuya , Zedek , and Zobah .Ai Toyon , Ak Ana , Alp Ilutuer , Altan Telgey , Anapel , Arsan Duolai , Aspandiat , Aysyt , Bai Baiania , Bai-Ulgan , Barsils , Berendei , Buga , Bugady Musun , 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 , Ku'urkil , Lebedias , Mayin , Merkit , Nga , Nu'tenut , Numi-Torem , Old Turkic , Oshlaq-ay , Pliska , Pugu , Rhoxolani , Shaubarak , Tarkhan , Tashtyk culture , Tasius , Todote , Tomam , Torkil , Toko'yoto , Tudun , Tung-ak , Ulugh Kun , Umay , Ustrusana , Wasilla (god) , Wasterzhi , Xaya Iccita , Yer-sub , and Zonget .Abraham Firkovitch , 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 .Knights of Malta . Reenactment, Valletta , May 2005Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah , al-Djarrah ibn Abdullah , al-Fadhl ibn Muhammad , Babung , Book of Roads and Kingdoms , Book of Roads and Kingdoms (al-Bakri) , Book of Roads and Kingdoms (ibn Khordadbeh) , Christian of Stavelot , Crimean Goths , Gazaria , Georgios Kedrenos , ibn Khordadbeh , John of Gothia , Mangup /Doros, Marada , Mardaites , Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik , Oleg of Novgorod , Rus' Khaganate , Salman ibn Rabiah , Sus al-Aksa , Sviatoslav I of Kiev .Jomsvikings , Kerthialfad , Ketil Flatnose , Ketil Trout , Ketil Trout (Iceland) , Kjotve the Rich , Olaf the White , Raven banner , Ringarike , Sigurd Syr , Thorstein the Red , Ubbe Ragnarsson , Vagn Åkesson
Miscellaneous
Aide , Anchorhead (game) , Astrakhan State University , Bank of Saint George (Genoa) , 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 , 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 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 Template:Kievan Rus'
Editing
Those interested in my edits should see my contributions .
Categories
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:Hasmoneans , Category:Herodian dynasty , Category:Historical maps by William R. Shepherd , Category:Hittite deities , Category:Hurrian deities , Category:Illyrian deities , Category:Jewish Encyclopedia images , Category:Kipchaks , Category:Mercenaries , Category:Mercenary groups , Category:Moab , Category:Phoenicia , Category:Phoenician colonies , Category:Scythian and Sarmatian deities , Category:Siberian deities , Category:Thracian deities , Category:Urartian deities , and Category:West Semitic deities .
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See also Category:Maps by User:Briangotts ; Category:Historical maps by User:Briangotts ; Category:Fictional maps by User:Briangotts
Favorite Users
Something as monumental as Wikipedia could only be possible through the efforts of thousands of dedicated editors. For me, it's been a pleasure to work with a number of people on various articles. Check out their user pages, listed here in alphabetic order:
Misc.
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