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City (pop., 1997: 226,965), eastern Turkey, on the eastern shore of Lake Van .
The ruins of stone buildings there date from the 8th century BC, when it was the chief centre of the kingdom of Urartu . After the fall of Nineveh (612 BC), it was occupied in succession by the Medes, the kings of Pontus, Arabs (7th century AD), and Armenians (8th century AD). It fell to the Seljūq dynasty after 1071 AD and to the Ottoman Empire in 1543. Russian forces held it (1915–17) during World War I. It has a large Kurdish population. It once had a large Armenian population that was brutally expelled following the war (see Armenian massacres ). Van is a shipping point for hides, grains, fruits, and vegetables.
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Beethoven Ludwig van
Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
Jerome van Aken
Jeroen van Aken
Brooks Van Wyck
Cliburn Van
Diemen Anthony van
Doesburg Theo van
Eyck Jan van
Goes Hugo van der
Gogh Vincent Willem van
Goyen Jan Josephszoon van
Helmont Jan Baptista van
Edda van Heemstra Hepburn Ruston
Johan Maurits van Nassau
Le Van Duyet
Leeuwenhoek Antonie van
Lucas Huyghszoon van Leyden
Mander Karel van
Meegeren Han van
Henricus Antonius van Meegeren
Mies van der Rohe Ludwig
Oldenbarnevelt Johan van
Ostade Adriaen van
Phan Van San
Quine Willard Van Orman
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Ruisdael Jacob Isaakszoon van
Ruysdael Salomon van
Scorel Jan van
Isabella Van Wagener
Turkish van cat
Van Allen radiation belts
Van Buren Martin
Van Cortlandt Stephanus
Van de Graaff Robert Jemison
van der Waals Johannes Diederik
van der Waals forces
{{link=Van Der Zee James Augustus Joseph">Van Der Zee James Augustus Joseph
Van Doren Carl Clinton and Mark
Van Dyck Sir Anthony
Van Dyke Dick
Richard Wayne Van Dyke
Van Heusen Jimmy
Van Lake
Velde Henri van de
Velde Willem van de the Elder
Andries van Wesel
Vondel Joost van den
Weyden Rogier van der
Jan van Wynkyn
Honthorst Gerrit van
Maurits prince van Oranje count van Nassau