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Amberd, the Glossary

Amberd (Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress located above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia.^[1]

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10th century in Armenia
10th-century fortifications
Archaeological sites in Armenia
Buildings and structures in Aragatsotn Province
Castles in Armenia
Forts in Armenia
Tourist attractions in Aragatsotn Province

Afsharid dynasty

The Afsharid dynasty (افشاریان) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Nader Shah of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire.

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Alp Arslan

Alp Arslan, born Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty.

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Ani

Ani (Անի; Ἄνιον, Ánion; Abnicum; Anı) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.

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Aragatsotn Province

Aragatsotn (Արագածոտն) is a province (marz) of Armenia.

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Ararat Plain

The Ararat Plain (translit), called Iğdır Plain in Turkey (Iğdır Ovası), is one of the largest plains of the Armenian Highlands.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: Կիլիկիոյ Հայոց Թագաւորութիւն), also known as Cilician Armenia (Կիլիկեան Հայաստան,, Հայկական Կիլիկիա), Lesser Armenia, Little Armenia or New Armenia, and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia (Կիլիկիայի հայկական իշխանութիւն), was an Armenian state formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia.

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Armenian National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia) is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Armenia.

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Ashot II of Armenia

Ashot II the Iron (Աշոտ Բ) was king of the Bagratid kingdom of Armenia from 914 to 929.

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Ashot IV of Armenia

Ashot IV (Աշոտ Դ, died c. 1040–41), surnamed Kaj, i.e. "the Brave, the Valiant", was the younger son of King Gagik I of Armenia.

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Ayrarat

Ayrarat was the central province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, located in the plain of the upper Aras River.

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Bagratid Armenia

Bagratid Armenia was an independent Armenian state established by Ashot I Bagratuni of the Bagratuni dynasty in the early 880s following nearly two centuries of foreign domination of Greater Armenia under Arab Umayyad and Abbasid rule.

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Bagratuni dynasty

The Bagratuni or Bagratid dynasty (Բագրատունի) was an Armenian royal dynasty which ruled the medieval Kingdom of Armenia from c. 885 until 1045.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Bjni

Bjni (Բջնի), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Byurakan

Byurakan (Բյուրական) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Constantine IX Monomachos

Constantine IX Monomachos (translit; 980/ 1000 – 11 January 1055) reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Dvin (ancient city)

Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia.

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Europa Nostra

Europa Nostra (Latin for "Our Europe") is a pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, representing citizens' organisations that work on safeguarding Europe's cultural and natural heritage.

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Gagik I of Armenia

Gagik I (Գագիկ Ա) was the king of Armenia who reigned between 989 and 1020, under whom Bagratid Armenia reached its height and enjoyed a period of uninterrupted peace and prosperity.

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Gagik II of Armenia

Gagik II (Գագիկ Բ; c. 1025 - May 5/November 24, 1079) was the last Armenian king of the Bagratuni dynasty, ruling in Ani from 1042 to 1045.

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Grigor Magistros

Grigor Magistros (Գրիգոր Մագիստրոս; "Gregory the magistros"; ca. 990–1058) was an Armenian prince, linguist, scholar and public functionary.

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Haghartsin Monastery

Haghartsin is a medieval monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia.

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Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum (p) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Hethum I

Hethum I (Armenian: Հեթում Ա; 1213 – 21 October 1270) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (also known as "Little Armenia") from 1226 to 1270.

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Hovhannavank

Hovhannavank, also Yovhannavank‘ (Հովհաննավանք) is a medieval monastery located in the village of Ohanavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Amberd and Hovhannavank are buildings and structures in Aragatsotn Province and Tourist attractions in Aragatsotn Province.

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Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi

Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi (Յովհաննէս Դրասխանակերտցի, John of Drasxanakert, various spellings exist), also called John V the Historian, was Catholicos of Armenia from 897 to 925, and a noted chronicler and historian.

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Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia

Hovhannes-Smbat III was King of Ani (1020–1040).

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Hypocaust

A hypocaust (hypocaustum) is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes.

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Ivane I Zakarian

Ivane I Zakarian (Իվանե Ա Զաքարյան; tr) was an Armenian prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the offices of Msakhurtukhutsesi (Majordomo) and Atabeg (Governor General) for Queen Tamar of Georgia during the early 13th centuries. He was a prince of the Zakarid dynasty, the son of Sargis Zakarian, and the younger brother and successor of Zakare II Zakarian.

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Joseph Orbeli

Joseph Orbeli (Հովսեփ Աբգարի Օրբելի, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; translit; 20 March (O.S. 8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of Transcaucasia and administered the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951.

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Kamsarakan

The House of Kamsarakan (Կամսարական) was an Armenian noble family that was an offshoot of the House of Karen, also known as the Karen-Pahlav.

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Katakalon Kekaumenos

Katakalon Kekaumenos (Κατακαλὼν Κεκαυμένος) was a prominent Byzantine general of the mid-11th century.

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Khachkar

A khachkar (also spelled as khatchkar) or Armenian cross-stone (խաչքար,, խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs.

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Lori Province

Lori (Լոռի), is a province(marz) of Armenia.

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Marand

Marand (مرند) is a city in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.

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Mount Aragats

Mount Aragats (Արագած) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Pahlavuni

The House of Pahlavuni (Պահլավունի; classical orthography: Պահլաւունի) was an Armenian noble family, a branch of the Kamsarakan, that rose to prominence in the late 10th century during the last years of the Bagratuni monarchy.

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Parpi

Parpi (Փարպի) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

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Public bathing

Public baths originated when most people in population centers did not have access to private bathing facilities.

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Saghmosavank

The Saghmosavank (Սաղմոսավանք, lit. "monastery of the Psalms") is a 13th-century Armenian monastic complex located in the village of Saghmosavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Amberd and Saghmosavank are buildings and structures in Aragatsotn Province.

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Seljuk Empire

The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks.

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Shirak Province

Shirak (Շիրակ) is a province of Armenia.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Surp Astvatsatsin Church of Karbi

The church of Surp Astvatsatsin (Սուրբ Աստվածածին; meaning Holy Mother of God) is located just off of the main highway through the village of Karbi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Amberd and Surp Astvatsatsin Church of Karbi are Tourist attractions in Aragatsotn Province.

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Syunik (historical province)

Syunik (translit) was a region of historical Armenia and the ninth province of the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until 428 AD.

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Tabriz

Tabriz (تبریز) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran.

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Urartian language

Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu (Biaini or Biainili in Urartian), which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital, Tushpa, near the site of the modern town of Van in the Armenian highlands, now in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.

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Urartu

Urartu (Ուրարտու; Assyrian:,Eberhard Schrader, The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: Urashtu, אֲרָרָט Ararat) was an Iron Age kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands.

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Vache I Vachutian

Vache I Vachutian also Vace Vacutian, also known as Amberdtsi Vachutyan (Վաչե Ա. Ամբերդեցի, ruled 1206–1230), was an Armenian prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the offices of Msakhurtukhutsesi (Majordomo), founder of the Vachutian dynasty, themselves vassals to the Zakarid dynasty of Zakarid Armenia.

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Vachutians

Vachutian dynasty (in Armenian Վաչուտյան տուն or Վաչուտյաններ) was an Armenian noble feudal family headed by a line of princes with the title "Prince of Princes" (in Armenian Իշխանաց իշխան pronounced Ishkhanats Ishkhan), that ruled as a suzerainty in part of Medieval Armenia from around 1206 AD to 1350 AD in the Ayraradian area and Aragatsotn Aparan (present day Aragatsotn Province in Armenia).

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Vahram Pahlavouni

Vahram Pahlavuni (d. 1046) was an Armenian military commander and official in Bagratuni Armenia.

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Vahramashen Church

The Vahramashen Church (Վահրամաշեն եկեղեցի), also commonly referred to as Vahramashen Surp Astvatsatsin or the Church of Amberd) was built for Prince Vahram Pahlavuni of the Pahlavuni family. An inscription on the inside lintel of the north portal to the church dates its completion to the year 1026.

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Yerevan

Yerevan (Երևան; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Amberd and Yerevan are Archaeological sites in Armenia.

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Zakare II Zakarian

Zakare II Zakarian (Զաքարե Զաքարյան or Զաքարե Երկայնաբազուկ) or Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli, was an Armenian prince and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the office of amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Georgian army for Queen Tamar of Georgia, during the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

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Zakarid dynasty

The Zakarian dynasty, also Zakarids or Zakarians (Zak'aryanner.) were a noble dynasty, rulers of Zakarian Armenia (1201–1350) under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Georgia, and from 1256 under the control of the Mongol Ilkhanate of Persia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberd

Also known as Amberd Fortress, Amberd castle, Ambert fortress, Anberd.

, Syunik (historical province), Tabriz, Urartian language, Urartu, Vache I Vachutian, Vachutians, Vahram Pahlavouni, Vahramashen Church, Yerevan, Zakare II Zakarian, Zakarid dynasty.

Amberd, the Glossary

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See also

10th century in Armenia

10th-century fortifications

Archaeological sites in Armenia

Buildings and structures in Aragatsotn Province

Castles in Armenia

Forts in Armenia

Tourist attractions in Aragatsotn Province

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