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Homs
City (pop., 1994 est.: 644,000), central Syria. Located near the Orontes River, as Emesa it contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal and was the birthplace of the priest-king Elagabalus, who became Roman emperor in AD 218. The emperor Aurelian defeated Queen Zenobia of Palmyra here in 272. It was taken in 636 by the Muslims, who renamed it Hims. In 1516 it passed into Ottoman hands, where it remained until the creation of Syria after World War I. Homs is a thriving agricultural market center, and has oil and sugar refineries. It is the central link between the interior cities and the Mediterranean coast.
Khnum
Ancient Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and procreation. Worshiped as early as 2800 BC, he was represented as a ram with twisting horns or as a man with a ram's head. He was believed to have created humankind from clay like a potter. His main temple was at Elephantine, near present-day Aswan, and he formed a triad of deities with the goddesses Satis and Anukis. Khnum also had an important cult at Esna, south of Thebes.
Khons
Ancient Egyptian moon god. He was the son of the god Amon and the goddess Mut. He was usually depicted as a young man wearing a lunar disk and a rearing cobra on his head. He was also associated with baboons and was sometimes equated with Thoth, another moon god. In the late New Kingdom (c.1100 BC) a major temple was built for Khons in the Karnak complex at Thebes.
Khorasan
Province (pop., 1986: 5,280,000), NE Iran. Its capital is Mashhad. Under Arab rule in early times, it encompassed a vast territory incl. what is now S Turkmenistan and N Afghanistan. It was overrun by Muslims c.650. It was conquered c.1220 by Genghis Khan and c.1380 by Timur. Its current frontiers were defined in 1881, and it now occupies an area of 121,887 sq mi (315,687 sq km). Its population is composed of many racial groups as a result of numerous invasions over the centuries. The languages spoken are Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish. The province gives its name to the handcrafted Khorasan carpet.
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