J. J. Manissadijan
J. J. Manissadjian (1862–1942) was a botanist who lived in the Ottoman Empire. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, he emigrated to the United States. Life Manissadjian mother, Katharina "Katherine" Margarete Barbara Klein, was Germany, German and his father, Barsam J Manissadjian, was Armenians, Armenian. He studied natural history at the Humboldt University at Berlin. In 1890, he became ''Professor of Botany'' at the American Anatolia College in Merzifon, Anatolia College in Merzifon, Marsovan (also spelled Mersiwan) in Paphlagonia in Northeastern Anatolia, where he founded a museum. Manissadijan collected plants from the Southern Black Sea region, where he discovered several new species of bulbous plants that were later published by the Austrian Botanist Josef Franz Freyn. In 1893, he wrote ''Lehrbücher des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin Band 11: Mürsid-i lisan-y 'Osmani. Lehrbuch der modernen osmanischen Sprache'', it has been reprinted many times. ...
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Niksar
Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It was settled by many empires, being once the capital city of the province. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of the North-Anatolia" due to its production of many kinds of fruits and vegetables except citrus fruits. On May 2, 2018, Niksar was included in the World Heritage tentative list. History Niksar has been ruled by the Hittite, Persian, Greek, Pontic, Roman, Byzantine, Danishmend, Seljuk and Ottoman Empires. It has always been an important place in Anatolia because of its location, climate and productive farmland. It was known as Cabira in the Hellenistic period ( in Greek). It was one of the favourite residences of Mithridates the Great, who built a palace there, and later of King Polemon I and his successors.Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907, ''s.v.'' Neocaesarea In 72 or 71 BCE, the Battle of Cabira during the Third Mithridatic War took place at Cabira, and the city pa ...
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