Talk:Cappadocia

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Is there any sense of who the Cappadocians were? I'd assume they were Indo-Europeans, but was their language an Anatolian language, suggesting affinity to the Hittites and other aboriginal inhabitants of the area, or more closely related to Phrygian and Armenian, and thus of more recent arrival? Are there theories about this? john k 7 July 2005 21:01 (UTC)

Why is there no mention about the Greeks of Cappadocia or its late history? Petros The Greek 11:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

You should add something, just use the edit button. dml 13:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

This is doubtless trivial, but in the Simpsons, it is mentioned that the Cappadocians considered being Chief Hydrological Engineer a 'calling.' Is this simply random, or is there some historical in-joke? Tenthweb 19:21, 05 October 2005 (GMT)

The Simpsons reference is indeed a bit of a historical joke, being that the landscape of Cappadocia would make moving water from one place to another quite difficult. Thus, hydrological engineering would be a "calling" in that region. I find this Simpsons quote to be one of the funniest things I've ever heard on television. Sideshow Bob to his brother: "Cecil, no civilization in history has ever considered chief Hydrological Engineer a calling." [Cecil clears his throat] "Yes, yes, the Cappadocians; fine." kirkesque 16:10, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

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Excerpt from Simpsons Episode

"The Brother From Another Series (#4F14)"

CECIL: "I suppose I should thank you, it led me to my true calling."

SIDESHOW BOB: "Cecil, no civilization in history has ever considered Chief Hydrological Engineer a 'calling'."

(Cecil glares at Bob, and clears his throat)

SIDESHOW BOB: "Yes, yes, the Cappadocians, fine."

I do not see why this should be in the article. Thus we could list all funny quotes or all mentions of Cappadocia. This is something to joke about on the TALK page but it is certainly not an encyclopedia material... --Teemeah Gül Bahçesi 10:48, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

MANY articles have a "Cultural References" section that refer to times/places that the subject of a particular article have appeared in books/TV/movies etc. In this case, the general format would probably be something like: In the Simpson's episode "Brother from Another Series" the Cappadocians are acknowldged as the only "civilization in history that has ever considered Chief Hydrological Engineer a 'calling'."

I think it should be returned to the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.15.115.165 (talk) 18:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC).

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Methinks there should be more information about this in the article. Jachra 01:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

history

I just overlooked the map of Cappadocia, and it looks like during its time the Hurrian state of Kizzuwatna would have covered part of Cappadocia, so maybe we should add this to the history...?

Nearly a copyvio?

Although this edit regarding Tigranes the Great was acknowledged as a quotation, it may be too long to be a legitimate use. (The original is here) . Trimmed and inserted into its correct chronological order. Source citation expanded. Old Moonraker 07:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)