Karak
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The term Karak can refer to:
- Karak, Pakistan, a city in Pakistan.
- Karak DistrictKarak DistrictKarak is a district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi - it is 123 km from the provincial capital Peshawar...
, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa previously called (NWFP Province), Pakistan. - Al KarakAl KarakKarak is a city in Jordan that is known for the famous crusader castle Kerak. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria...
(alternative spelling Al Kerak), a city in Jordan that contains a famous Crusader castle. - Siege of KerakSiege of KerakThe Siege of Kerak took place in 1183, with Saladin's forces attacking and being repelled from the Crusader stronghold.- Prelude :Kerak was the stronghold of Raynald of Châtillon, Lord of Oultrejordain, 124 km South of Amman. The fortress was built in 1142 by Pagan the Butler, Lord of Montreal...
, famous Crusader-era siege of the castle conducted by Saladin. - Karak NuhKarak NuhKarak is a village in Lebanon. Karak contains a sarcophagus claimed by the locals to be the tomb of Noah....
, a village in the Beqaa ValleyBeqaa ValleyThe Beqaa Valley is a fertile valley in east Lebanon. For the Romans, the Beqaa Valley was a major agricultural source, and today it remains Lebanon’s most important farming region...
, LebanonLebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
. - KarakKarak (mascot)Karak was the mascot for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was modelled on a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, a threatened species within the host country, Australia....
, a mascot in form of Red-tailed Black Cockatoo at the 18th Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006. - Karak Expressway, a highway in Malaysia.
- Karak, PahangKarak, PahangKarak is a small town in Pahang, Malaysia. It is well-known as a rest town of Federal route from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan...
, a town in Malaysia. - GayaGaya confederacyGaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is 42–532 CE...
, a confederacy in southern Korea (42 - 562 CE)