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Map of the area ruled by the Turabays The Turabay dynasty was a family of Bedouin emirs who governed the district of Lajjun in northern Palestine during Ottoman rule in the 16th–17th centuries. The family's forebears had served as chiefs of Jezreel Valley during Mamluk rule in the late 15th century. During the Ottoman conquest of the region in 1516–1517, the family aided Ottoman sultan Selim I. The Ottomans kept them as guardians of the strategic Via Maris and Damascus–Jerusalem highways and rewarded them with tax farms. Although in the 17th century several of their emirs lived in towns, the Turabays largely remained nomads, camping with their tribesmen near Caesarea in the winters and the plain of Acre in the summers. The eastward migration of their tribesmen to the Jordan Valley, Ottoman centralization, and falling tax revenues brought about their political decline and they were permanently stripped of office in 1677. Descendants of the family continue to live in the area. (Full article...) Recently featured: Outer Wilds Battle of Winwick Kes (Star Trek) Archive By email More featured articles About
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Paul Verhoeven, director, in 2016 Total Recall is a 1990 American science-fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven (pictured). Based on a 1966 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside. It tells the story of Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) and the shadow organization that tries to prevent him from recovering memories of his past as a Martian secret agent. Schwarzenegger convinced Carolco Pictures to develop the film with him as the star, after the project had lingered in development hell at multiple studios over sixteen years. The film was one of the most expensive ever made at the time, and became the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year. Reviewers liked its themes of identity and questioning reality, but criticized content perceived as vulgar and violent. The practical special effects were well received, earning the film an Academy Award, and the score by Jerry Goldsmith has been praised as one of his best works. (Full article...) Recently featured: Turabay dynasty Outer Wilds Battle of Winwick Archive By email More featured articles About

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August 21 Mona Lisa 1689 – Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland. 1789 – The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa. 1911 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later. 1944 – World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy. 2007 – BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form. Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (d. 1271) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1762) Thomas S. Monson (b. 1927) Frederick Seguier Drake (d. 1974) More anniversaries: August 20 August 21 August 22 Archive By email List of days of the year
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August 22: Madras Day in Chennai, India (1639) Reconstruction of Fort Stanwix 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured). 1864 – Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict. 1914 – First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners. 1961 – Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 2012 – A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and the Pokomo in Kenya's Tana River District resulted in at least 52 deaths. Jan Kochanowski (d. 1584) Thomas Tredgold (b. 1788) Madame Nhu (b. 1924) Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (b. 1934) More anniversaries: August 21 August 22 August 23 Archive By email List of days of the year

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