Byzantine control was challenged by Arab raids starting in the 7th century ( see Byzantine – Arab Wars ), but in the 9th and 10th century a resurgent Byzantine Empire regained its lost territories and even expanded beyond its traditional borders, into Armenia and Syria ( ancient Aram ).

Modern Armenia term means Republic of Armenia which occupies part of historical Armenia, whose ancient centers were in the valley of the Araks River and the region around Lake Van in Turkey.

However, the Council is not accepted by several of the ancient eastern churches, including the Oriental Orthodox of Egypt, Syria and Armenia, and the Assyrian Church of the East.

There are traditional Greek-speaking settlements in the neighbouring countries of Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey, as well as in several countries in the Black Sea area such as Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and around the Mediterranean Sea, Southern Italy, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and ancient coastal towns along the Levant.

The apricot was known in Armenia during ancient times, and has been cultivated there for so long, it is often thought to have originated there.

* Èr, an ancient people inhabiting parts of what are now northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, southern Georgia, and northwest Azerbaijan

The titles of sparapet and spaspet, derived from the ancient Iranian spahbod, were used to designate the supreme commander of the armed forces in the medieval kingdoms of Armenia and Georgia, respectively.

* acsearch. info ancient coin search engine: Kings of Armenia

Tigranakert, the ancient capital of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia founded in the 1st century BC, was possibly located at Silvan in the Batman Province.

To the early ancient Greeks, Ethiopia referred to an empire that encompassed a vast territory, extending to Arabia, Syria, Armenia and the territory between the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.

* Armenia: big strides in an ancient land by Anton Kochinyan

Active tourist centres have grown up around many mineral water sites since ancient times, such as Hungary, Hisarya ( Bulgaria ), Bílina ( Czech Republic ), Vichy ( France ), Jermuk ( Armenia ), Yessentuki ( Russia ), Spa ( Belgium ), Krynica-Zdrój ( Poland ), Sulphur Baths ( Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia ), Bath ( England ), or Karlovy Vary ( Czech Republic ), Myrhorods ' ka ( Ukraine ).

It was first used by neighbouring countries of ancient Armenia.

Religion in ancient Armenia ·

According to another hypothesis put forth by David M. Lang, the ancient name of Artsakh possibly derives from the name of King Artaxias I of Armenia ( 190-159 BC ), founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty and the kingdom of Greater Armenia.

The genealogy of Aran ( old spelling: Eran, hence: Eranshahik ) is preserved by the historiographer Movses Kaghankatvatsi, who wrote that Aran belonged to the lineage of the ancient patriarchs and kings of Armenia, including Hayk, Aramaneak, Aramayis, Gegham, Aram, Ara the Beautiful, Haykak, Norayr, Hrant, Perch, Skayordi, Paruyr, Hrachea, Ervand ( Orontes ) Sakavakeats, Tigranes et al.

Yeghegnadzor is one of the ancient settlements of the historic province of Syunik within Greater Armenia ( Armenia Mayor ).

The most ancient types of Kochari come from Armenia and Western Armenia.

Contemporary Welsh artist Jen Delyth created a Celtic Tree of Life symbol, in part based on ancient Celtic veneration of trees and traditional Celtic designs.

The Borjgali () is an ancient Georgian Tree of Life symbol.

* The ancient Zoroastrians and modern Rastafari consider cannabis to be the Tree of Life.

*" The Sacred Tree: tree worship in ancient Israel "

The Crooked Tree and Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuaries, the Belize Zoo ( 30 miles west of Belize City ), as well as the ancient Maya ruins of Altun Ha are all in this district.

The ancient physician Hippocrates is thought to have been born on Kos, and in the center of the town is the Plane Tree of Hippocrates, a dream temple where the physician is traditionally supposed to have taught.

The sycamore is an ancient Egyptian Tree of Life, associated with Hathor, ( the Goddess of fertility, rebirth and patroness of foreign countries ), who features throughout the work.

Tree sitters have successfully prevented logging of ancient old-growth forests for months at a time, and in some instances have convinced logging companies not to cut trees in some areas.

Taraboners believe that they have some of the most ancient lineage of all nations, and refer to themselves as the " Tree of Man ".

The Aiel permitted the Cairhienin to trade with the Sharans in return for an ancient debt, until King Laman cut down the Avendoraldera, a shoot of the Tree of Life, to make his throne, leading to his execution by the Aiel and the declaring of Cairhienin anathema.

Palantir, however, sought to repent the actions of his predecessors ; he once again tended the White Tree and followed the ancient practices.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Two Trees of Valinor are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold that brought light to the Land of the Valar in ancient times.

Also, Treemen are ancient beings-some are old beyond mortal reckoning-of gigantic size and have many abilities that Tree Kin do not.

The " Tree of Life " on an ancient Magyar sabertache ( tarsoly ) plate

Happy Science claims that El Cantare is the true hidden name of the Heavenly Father in the Old Testament, Elohim, known in the Middle East as the God of creation ( El ) and in other ancient cultures of the world as the Cosmic Tree of Life and the World Tree.

In ancient Egypt palmette motifs existed both as a form of flower and as a stylized tree, often referred to as a Tree of Life.

These communities and Fox Tree believe that Meemul Ch ' aab ' al belongs to an ancient family of Maya sign languages.

Vedic India, ancient China, and the ancient Germans all had myths featuring a " Cosmic Tree " whose branches reach heaven and whose roots reach hell.

Vestiges of Albert Park's Aboriginal history still remain, the most noticeable being the large ancient River Red Gum Tree, reputed to be the site of many corroborees.

The Chinese of Hainan Island, refer to the tree as the " Poison Arrow Tree " () as its sap was speared on arrowheads in ancient times by the Li people for use in hunting and warfare.

* The Slave Tree, an ancient English Oak planted by Landdrost ( magistrate ) van Kervel, known as the Slave Tree because of the very large chain and lock embedded in the trunk, has been declared a national monument.

Medical institutions, referred to as Houses of Life are known to have been established in ancient Egypt as early as the 1st Dynasty.

There is in existence an ancient Vita, Life of the saint by a monk named Daniel of Raithu monastery.

The most important ancient sources for the battle are Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum 44 ; Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History ix, 9 and Life of Constantine i, 28-31 ( the vision ) and i, 38 ( the actual battle ); Zosimus ii, 15-16 ; and the Panegyrici Latini of 313 ( anonymous ) and 321 ( by Nazarius ).

* Apollodorus the Epicurean, author of the Life of Epicurus, a work famous in ancient Greece but no longer extant

Penia was also mentioned by other ancient Greek writers such as Alcaeus ( Fragment 364 ), Theognis ( Fragment 1 ; 267, 351, 649 ), Aristophanes ( Plutus, 414ff ), Herodotus, Plutarch ( Life of Themistocles ), and Philostratus ( Life of Appollonius ).

Numerous ancient sources, including Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades, preserve stories of Anytus ' tumultuous relationship with the young Alcibiades, also a lover of Socrates.

According to the Larger Sūtra of Immeasurable Life ( Mahāyāna Amitāyus Sūtra ) Amitābha was, in very ancient times and possibly in another system of worlds, a monk named Dharmakāra.

* An ancient Life of Theocritus, from the scholia

The oldest regiments which still exist include the 1521 Swedish Life Guards, the 1537 British Honourable Artillery Company and the French premier régiment d ' infanterie de ligne, created from the ancient " bandes de Picardie " first established in 1479.

* The Sir Thomas Browne Page at the University of Chicago, a comprehensive site with the complete works — all the works mentioned above, plus the minor works ; Samuel Johnson's Life of Browne, Kenelm Digby's Observations on Religio Medici, and Alexander Ross's Medicus Medicatus ; and background material, such as many of Browne's ancient sources.

* An ancient Life of Nicander, from the scholia

In Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller, biographer Jackie Wullschlager points out that Andersen was not only a successful adapter of existing lore and literary material such as the Spanish source tale for " The Emperor's New Clothes " but also equally competent at creating new material that entered the human collective consciousness with the same mythic power as ancient, anonymous lore.

When Elgar was made an Honorary Life Member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1931 ( descendants of the City Company of London ), this healed the ancient feud between the London and Westminster musicians.

* There is no mystery about the source from which love draws its savage power: It comes from the flow of Life itself — a wild, torrential, outpouring that has its source in the most ancient of times ... — Dune: House Corrino

* An ancient Life of Lycophron, compiled by Tzetzes

Life in ancient Rome revolved around the city of Rome, its famed seven hills, and its monumental structures such as the Flavian Amphitheatre ( now called the Colosseum ), the Forum of Trajan, and the Pantheon.

* In Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley Forever Amber makes an appearance after Dr Poole's release to the Facts of Life where he is sleeping under guard of two Postulants, one who is himself asleep ; the other who is ' absorbed in an ancient copy of Forever Amber.

The evidence to support the Eðandune of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Ethandun of Asser's Life, being Edington, Wiltshire, is derived from a trail of information from various ancient manuscripts.

In 2007, McGowan starred as the dentist ( and other, smaller characters ) in the West End transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of Little Shop of Horrors, and filmed My Life in Ruins, an American comedy film set in the ruins of ancient Greece.

Possibly the most adept at musical depiction in his program music was the German composer Richard Strauss, whose symphonic poems include Death and Transfiguration ( portraying a dying man and his entry into heaven ), Don Juan ( based on the ancient legend of Don Juan ), Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks ( based on episodes in the career of the legendary German figure Till Eulenspiegel ), Don Quixote ( portraying episodes in the life of Miguel de Cervantes ' character, Don Quixote ), A Hero's Life ( which depicts episodes in the life of an unnamed hero often taken to be Strauss himself ) and Symphonia Domestica ( which portrays episodes in the composer's own married life, including putting the baby to bed ).