User:Briangotts

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This user [1] an administrator on the English Wikipedia.	US This user uses American English.
This user is a member of the Judaism WikiProject.	en This user is a native speaker of English.
This user is a member of the Jewish History Wikiproject.	en-me-3 This wiȝt knoweth Englysshe ful wel.
This user is a member of the Military history WikiProject.	he-2 משתמש זה מסוגל לתרום ברמה בינונית של עברית.
This user is a member of the Middle Ages WikiProject.	sco-2 This uiser can contreibute wi a middlin level o Scots.
d'oh This user is a member of WikiProject The Simpsons.	es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
This user is a member of the Archaeology WikiProject.	hu-1 Ez a szerkesztő alapszinten beszéli a magyar nyelvet.
This user is a member of WikiProject Central Asia.	yi-1 דער באַניצער האָט תּוך־ידיעה פֿון ייִדיש.
This user is an afficianado of Eurasian nomads.	ang-1 Þes brūcere cann forðian mid grundlicgendre mǽðe Englisces.
This user is an afficianado of Norse sagas.	... This user would like to know all existing languages.
This user is a member of the Classical Greece and Rome WikiProject.	Hebr-5 ש This user has full understanding of the Hebrew alphabet.
This user is a member of the WikiProject Assyria.	Cyrl-3 я This user has an advanced understanding of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Runr-2 Þ This user has an intermediate understanding of the Runic alphabet.
	Grek-2 Ω This user has an intermediate understanding of the Greek alphabet.
	Phnx-2 Δ This user has an intermediate understanding of the Phoenician/Canaanite/Ancient Hebrew script.
	Orkh-1 Ч This user has a basic understanding of the Orkhon script.

Contents 1 Wiki-Info 2 About Me 3 Barnstars 4 Contributions 4.1 Works in Progress 4.2 To be improved 4.3 Featured articles sponsored 4.4 Articles initiated or substantially re-written 4.4.1 Israelite and Jewish history 4.4.1.1 General 4.4.1.2 Tanakh (c. 1600-500 CE) 4.4.1.3 Classical age (c. 500 BCE-100 CE) 4.4.1.4 Samaritan history and culture 4.4.1.5 Mishnaic and Talmudic periods (c. 100-500 CE) 4.4.1.6 Gaonic period and Middle Ages (c. 500-1300 CE) 4.4.1.7 Karaism 4.4.1.8 Renaissance and early modern periods (c. 1300-1800 CE) 4.4.1.9 Modern times (c. 1800 CE-present) 4.4.1.10 Disambig pages 4.4.2 Khazars 4.4.3 Ancient Mediterranean and Middle East 4.4.4 Eurasian Nomads 4.4.5 Historians 4.4.6 Middle Ages 4.4.7 Norse and Viking history and literature 4.4.8 Miscellaneous 4.5 Collaborative Projects 4.6 Editing 4.6.1 Categories 4.7 Images I've added 5 Favorite Users 6 Misc.

[edit] Wiki-Info

A few good links:

• How to edit a page
• Editing tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style
• Interiot's edit counter

[edit] 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.

[edit] Barnstars

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For your excellent work on Sviatoslav I of Kiev, please keep it up! Khoikhoi 21:40, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

		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)

[edit] Contributions

This user has written or significantly contributed to 3 featured article(s) on Wikipedia.

This user has significantly contributed to 4 Good Articles on Wikipedia.

This user has authored 4 DYK articles on Wikipedia.

• My first edit ever
• My first edit as a logged-in user
• The vote on my adminship

[edit] 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
• User:Briangotts/Biridya
• User:Briangotts/Milkilu
• User:Briangotts/Shuwardata
• User:Briangotts/Zurata

[edit] 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

[edit] Featured articles sponsored

• Radhanites (Featured article of the day on February 1, 2006)
• Sviatoslav I of Kiev (Featured article of the day on February 26, 2007)
• Rus' Khaganate

[edit] Articles initiated or substantially re-written

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

[edit] Israelite and Jewish history

[edit] General

Hakham, Hakham Bashi, Krymchak, Togarmah, Unetanneh Tokef, Zadok (High Priest)

[edit] Tanakh (c. 1600-500 CE)

Amminadab (Ammon), Baruch ben Neriah, Chilion and Mahlon, Kenites, Pahath-Moab

[edit] 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, Nittai of Arbela, Simeon bar Ezron, Simeon ben Shetach

[edit] Samaritan history and culture

Andronicus ben Meshullam, Baba Rabba, Julianus ben Sabar,

[edit] Mishnaic 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

[edit] Gaonic 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, 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Modern times (c. 1800 CE-present)

Chaim Nahum, David Reubeni, Ferdinand Joachimstal, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Julius Stern, Markus Horovitz, Moses Montefiore, Süsskind Raschkow, Yakir Gueron, Yakir Jerusalem.

[edit] Disambig pages

Aaron ben Joseph, Amminadab, Dosetai, Hanun, Isaac Israeli, Jacob ben Reuben, Kagan, Onias

[edit] 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 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),

[edit] 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, 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.

[edit] Eurasian Nomads

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.

[edit] Historians

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.

[edit] Middle Ages

Abd 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.

[edit] Norse and Viking history and literature

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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'

[edit] Editing

Those interested in my edits should see my contributions.

[edit] 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:Khazar military history, Category:Khazar rulers, Category:Khazar studies, Category:Khazar titles, and Category:Khazar towns.
• Other Categories I have started or substantially expanded:

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 units and formations, 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.

[edit] Images I've added

Image:13thcenturyrabbis.jpg, Image:Agrippa II.jpg, Image:Ahimaaz ben Paltiel.jpg, Image:Alexander Aramaic coin.jpg, Image:AlgerianJew.jpg, Image:Amarna letter.jpg, Image:Argyros map.png, Image:Balankab.jpg, Image:1st Baron Rothschild.jpg , Image:Bayeux raven banner 1.png, Image:Bayeux raven banner 2.png, Image:Bring the Jubilee.png, Image:Bukharan2.jpg, Image:Bukharan3.jpg, Image:Bukharan girl.jpg, Image:Cochin Jews.jpg, Image:Dalriada.jpg, Image:Early Rus.png, Image:Edom.PNG, Image:Ethiopian Jewish woman.jpg, Image:Fiat Lux Canticle map.png, Image:Faisal-Weizmann map.png, Image:Fitzp.PNG, Image:FrenchJews2.jpg, Image:Frenchsanhedrin1.jpg, Image:Frenchsanhedrin2.jpg, Image:Ge-Hinnom.jpg, Image:Gerizim2.jpg, Image:GermanJews1.jpg, Image:GermanJews2.jpg, Image:Gokturkut.jpg, Image:Hephthalite.jpg, Image:Herod coin1.jpg, Image:Hrafnsmerki.png, Image:Host desecration1.jpg, Image:In the Presence of Mine Enemies.png, Image:Jews in Jerusalem 1895.jpg, Image:Jews of Fez.jpg, Image:JosephRabban.jpg, Image:Kaifeng synagogue.jpg, Image:Khazar coin.jpg, Image:Khazar_1.gif, Image:Khazar1.png, Image:Khazarfall.png, Image:Khazarfall1.png, Image:Kohanim.jpg, Image:Levant 800.png, Image:Luzzu.jpg, Image:Luzzu1.jpg, Image:Malta anti-EU.JPG, Image:Malta Knights.jpg, Image:MayerRothschild.jpg , Image:Molcho.jpg, Image:Montefiore100.jpg, Image:Montefioretomb.jpg, Image:Moroccan Kabbalah.jpg, Image:Mountain_jew.JPG, Image:Olaf Cuaran coin.gif, Image:Moroccan Jewish women.jpg, Image:MtnJew3.jpg, Image:PolishHebrewCoins1.jpg, Image:PolishJews3.jpg, Image:Premongol.png, Image:Radhanites.png, Image:Rothschild family tree.png, Image:Rus Caspian.png, Image:Samaritans.jpg, Image:Sarkel.jpg, Image:Scotch regions.png, Image:Shabbatai1.jpg, Image:Shabbatai2.jpg, Image:Shabbatai3.jpg, Image:Tang dynasty1.PNG, Image:Tarxien fat lady.JPG, Image:Tunisian Jews.jpg, Image:Tunisian Jewish Cemetary.jpg Image:SwabianJew.jpg, Image:Temple inscription in greek.jpg, Image:Uyghur Khaganate.png, Image:V04p036001.jpg, Image:Valletta.jpg, Image:Varangian routes.png, Image:Viking expansion.png, Image:Vinland flag.gif, Image:World 2000 BCE.png, Image:World 1000 BCE.png, Image:World 500 BCE.png, Image:World 323 BCE.png, Image:World 200 BCE.PNG.

See also Category:Maps by User:Briangotts; Category:Historical maps by User:Briangotts; Category:Fictional maps by User:Briangotts

[edit] 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:

• User:Berig (Talk)
• User:Ghirlandajo (Talk)
• User:Guy Montag (Talk)
• User:Humus sapiens (Talk)
• User:Isomorphic (Talk)
• User:IZAK (Talk)
• User:Jayjg (Talk)
• User:Khoikhoi (Talk)
• User:Obsidian (Talk)
• User:Pecher (Talk)
• User:Slimvirgin (Talk)
• User:TShilo12 (Talk)
• User:Untifler (Talk)
• User:Wiglaf (Talk)
• User:Xaxafrad (Talk)

[edit] Misc.

• Portal:Judaism/New article announcements
• Portal:Israel/New article announcements
• WP:JEWISH-HIST/New