2007-07-26 06:55:47 · 13 answers · asked by Cassie C 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
They originated at exactly the same time .
Orca the Hun , conquered the land previously known as Sparrow in 1087 after a long and bloody war .
During his victory speech he asked his dishevelled army what the new land shoudl be called , unaware that a large chicken type creature had landed on his shoulder .
A clamour arose in the crowd which could have led to some civil unrest so Orca quickley went to unlock his sacred crowd pacifier , but alas , the lock was jammed .
His closest advisor , Sir Barrack the Bald , suggested turning the key . Orca misheard him and , thinking it was a name suggestion , hastily named the country TURKEY in an attempt to calm things down .
The crowd misunderstood and thought he was naming the bird .
Orca went on to lived a long and happy life in Turkey surrounded by Turkeys .
2007-07-26 10:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by clintwestwood 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well the country has been along a while under different names but the turkey, which is a bird and not an animal has been around the longest.
2007-07-28 11:01:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern birds evolved some 10000 years ago or earlier. Turkey, the country happened in only recent times. It was the center of the Ottoman Empire, but was it called Turkey then?
2016-05-19 01:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by kristy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey the animal
2007-07-26 07:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by Sally 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The country.
Thanksgiving History
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopa) is native to North America and was a staple in the Native American diet. It was imported to Europe in the early part of the 16th century by the Spaniards via Turkey (the country.) It was confused in those early times with the Guinea fowl which also arrived via Turkey, and both birds were called turkeys in those days. When it was assigned its latin name in the 18th century, the name turkey still stuck. Native Americans called it peru with no reference to the country of the same name.
2007-07-26 07:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Menehune 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only a turkey would think of a question like this.
2007-07-26 08:18:07 · answer #6 · answered by Michael T 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The animal, pretty much all animal species predate human civilization
answer #2:
it doesn't matter when Europeans started to encounter the animal or named it, the two species of turkey still existed before Thanksgiving.
2007-07-26 06:59:00 · answer #7 · answered by yo yo yo 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Turkey the bird of course, the country turkey is a new country and it is here like about not even hundred year, and its lands are Greeks and Armenians lands, so definitely the bird was here first...!
2007-07-26 09:46:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Turkey the country wasn't always called Turkey.
The animal wasn't called a turkey 'til the Brits showed up.
So I say Turkey the country was in exisatnce first.
2007-07-26 08:45:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Of course the bird was first. Then the turks came and started killing Armenians to get the land.
2007-07-27 12:44:50 · answer #10 · answered by Soccermaster 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋