In ancient times Assyrians spoke a dialect of the Akkadian language, an eastern branch of the Semitic languages.

Most classifications place Khmer in the eastern branch of a Mon-Khmer sub-grouping.

The majority of the population of the town lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada.

The Macedonian language belongs to the eastern group of the South Slavic branch of Slavic languages in the Indo-European language family.

The smaller Cybina river flows through eastern Poznań to meet the east branch of the Warta ( that branch is also called Cybina – its northern section was originally a continuation of that river, while its southern section has been artificially widened to form a main stream of the Warta ).

By the 11th and 12th century, the nomadic confederacy of the Cumans and ( Eastern ) Kipchaks ( who are considered to be either the eastern branch of the Cumans or a distinct but related tribe with whom the Cumans created a confederacy ) were the dominant force over the vast territories stretching from the present-day Kazakhstan, southern Russia, Ukraine, to southern Moldavia and western Wallachia.

Between 150, 000 – 300, 000 years ago, the North American branch evolved into the red wolf, eastern wolf and the coyote.

The Kansas City office today is a branch of State Street and is State Street's second largest US operation outside of eastern Massachusetts.

At the time, the Dukes of Burgundy, a cadet branch of the French royal family, with their sophisticated nobility and court culture, were the rulers of vast territories on the eastern and northern boundaries of modern-day France.

This branch rises in eastern New York and receives a number of tributaries above Binghamton, most notably the Chenango, which joins from the north just outside of the business district.

The eastern branch was settled between the Southern Bug and the Dnieper Rivers in what is now Ukraine ; from the 1st century AD through almost the millennium, they spread peacefully northward to the Baltic region, assimilating indigents and forming the Dregovich, Radimich and Vyatich Slavic tribes on the Baltic substratum, therefore having language features such as vowel reduction.

Some modern biblical scholars now believe that the Israelites would have crossed the Sinai peninsula in a direct route, rather than detouring to the southern tip ( assuming that they did not cross the eastern branch of the Red Sea / Reed Sea in boats or on a sandbar ), and therefore look for the biblical Mount Sinai elsewhere.

They followed the western branch and named it the Saltwater River ( the present Maribyrnong ) to what is now Braybrook, and then the eastern fresh-water branch ( the Yarra ) to Dights Falls.

The Teutonic Order lost eastern Prussia when Grand Master Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach converted to Lutheranism and secularized the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order in 1525.

* Mount Seir, a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea.

There is also a route which runs between British Columbia and Alberta known as the Crowsnest Highway ( Highway 3 in both provinces ); while not officially part of the Trans-Canada Highway, it connects with the main branch of the highway in both Hope and Medicine Hat ( the western and eastern termini of the Crowsnest Highway, respectively ).

; 1946 – 48: The eastern branch opened in December 1946 as far as Stratford, with trains continuing empty to a temporary reversing facility at Drapers Field, in the cutting south of Leyton ), with the line beyond Stratford opening to Woodford and Newbury Park in 1947.

Originally there were two branches from that point: the Oosterschelde ( Eastern Scheldt ) and the Westerschelde ( Western Scheldt ) but in the 19th century the river was cut off from its eastern ( actually: northern ) branch by a dyke that connects Zuid-Beveland with the mainland ( North Brabant ).

His death brought an end to the eastern branch of the Carolingian dynasty.

Although built with twin tunnels, single-line shuttle operation became the norm on the branch from 1918 on, with the eastern tunnel closed to traffic.

This division is largely because the eastern side grew around what is now the High Barnet Underground branch of the Northern Line.

* 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants ' attempts to escape to the West.

In other words, Alfred succeeded to Ceolwulf ’ s kingdom, consisting of western Mercia ; and Guthrum incorporated the eastern part of Mercia into an enlarged kingdom of East Anglia ( henceforward known as the Danelaw ).

This block of country lies just west of the line of the great East African Trough, the northern continuation of which passes along its eastern escarpment as it runs up to join the Red Sea.

Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast ( for example, in eastern New England and New York City ) partly because these areas were in close contact with England and imitated prestigious varieties of British English at a time when these were undergoing changes.

Following a 1956 vote the city of East Ann Arbor merged with Ann Arbor to encompass the eastern sections of the city.

Arnulf, having distinguished himself in the war against the Slavs was elected by the nobles of the realm ( only the eastern realm, though Charles had ruled the whole of the Frankish lands ) and assumed his title of King of East Francia.

country code-1-284 ; connected via submarine cable to Bermuda ; the East Caribbean Fiber System ( ECFS ) submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean ( 2007 )

When he openly left Octavian's sister, Octavia Minor, and moved to Alexandria to become Cleopatra's official partner, he led many Roman politicians to believe that he was trying to become the unchecked ruler of Egypt and of other eastern kingdoms, while still maintaining his command over the many Roman legions in the East.

East of the lake, the basin rises gradually to the Ouaddaï Highlands, which mark Chad's eastern border and also divide the Chad and Nile watersheds.

His seat as a bishop remained at Oliwa Abbey on the western side of the Vistula, whereas the pagan Prussian ( later East Prussian ) territory was on the eastern side of it.

Armored Cataphracts began to be deployed in eastern Europe and the near East, following the precedents established by Persian forces, as the main striking force of the armies in contrast to the earlier roles of cavalry as scouts, raiders, and outflankers.

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.

Many words derived from Norse, such as " gate " ( gade ) for street, still survive in Yorkshire and the East Midlands ( parts of eastern England ) colonized by Danish Vikings.

On Diego Garcia, the main plantations were located at East Point, the main settlement on the eastern rim of the atoll ; Minni Minni, north of East Point ; and Pointe Marianne, on the western rim, all located on the lagoon side of the atoll rim.

East Berlin comprised the eastern regions of Berlin and consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945.

The Yupik are indigenous or aboriginal peoples who live along the coast of western Alaska, especially on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta and along the Kuskokwim River ( Central Alaskan Yup ' ik ), in southern Alaska ( the Alutiiq ) and along the eastern coast of Chukotka in the Russian Far East and St. Lawrence Island in western Alaska ( the Siberian Yupik ).

In 1947, the region of Bengal under the British Empire was partitioned into East and West Bengal which separated the Muslim majority eastern areas from the Hindu majority western areas.

According to the WHO, it is practiced in 28 countries in western, eastern, and north-eastern Africa, in parts of the Middle East, and within some immigrant communities in Europe, North America, Australasia.

The German government has had issues with upkeep of the roads in the country, having had to revamp the eastern portions transport system since the unification of Germany between the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany ) and the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ).

The airports were codenamed Bluie West One through to Bluie West Eight on the west of the island and Bluie East One to Bluie East Four on the eastern side.

In the late 1970s / early 1980s gunpowder was bought from eastern Europe, particularly from what was then the East Germany and former Yugoslavia.

Today, the term is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate plates.