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Tigranakert was founded as the new capital of the Armenian Empire in order to be in a more central position within the boundaries of the expanding empire.
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Tigranakert and was
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.
The fortress of Tigranakert, which was first excavated in 2005, is believed to be founded by King Tigranes the Great of Armenia in the 1st century BC, although conceivably it could also be founded by King Tigranes I ( 123-55 BC ).
Tigranakert (, transliterated " Tigranakerd " and also pronounced " Dikranagert " in Western Armenian ; Latin Tigranocerta ) was a city possibly located near present-day Silvan, Turkey, east of Diyarbakır.
It was one of four cities in Armenia named Tigranakert.
During Pompey the Great's ' conquests of the east ', Tigranakert was retaken briefly by Rome, but was lost when Tigranes the Great was given parts of his kingdom back after his initial surrender to Pompey for the cost of 6, 000 talents ( an indemnity paid to Rome over an uncertain period ).
26. 2 ) that Tigranakert was " a rich and beautiful city where every common man and every man of rank studied to adorn it.
Tigranakert and founded
It became an important center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC.
It became an important center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC.
Tigranakert and new
Many of the inhabitants of conquered cities were sent to his new metropolis of Tigranakert ( Latin name, Tigranocerta ).
In the place of destroyed Tigranakert, the Romans built a new city named Martiropolis or Nprkert.
Due to the remoteness of Artashat in the greater context of the empire, Tigranes built a new capital called Tigranakert.
However, in 69 the Roman general Lucullus invaded Armenia, defeated Tigranes ' forces at the outskirts of Tigranakert, and sacked the new capital.
Tigranakert and be
In reality, the location of ancient Tigranakert is still debated, but it is unlikely to be Diyarbekir, a city called Amida in later antiquity.
Tigranakert and .
* The city of Tigranakert of Artsakh is built.
Tigranakert near Silvan and Tigranakert of Artsakh and the two best known ones.
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Important places ( mostly fortified towns ) included Parisos, Tigranakert, Sodk, Tsar, Vaykunik, Asteghblur, Goroz and Berdaglukh.
Tigranakert quickly became a very important commercial, as well as cultural center of the Near East.
In Syria, he began the construction of the city of Tigranocerta ( also written Tigranakert ), which he named after himself, and imported a multitude of peoples, including Arabs, Greeks, and Jews, to populate it.
* The Battle of Tigranakert ( October 6, 69 BC.
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School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.
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So Dandy Brandon trustingly entered the house with Delphine Lalaurie and trudged up the rear steps to the attic room which was to be his new home.
This new force, love of country, super-imposed upon -- if not displacing -- affectionate ties to one's own state, was epitomized by Washington.
Even two decades ago in Go Down, Moses Faulkner was looking to the more urban future with a glimmer of hope that through its youth and its new way of life the South might be reborn and the curse of slavery erased from its soil.
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Running across the deck, which was empty now that the livestock had been killed and eaten, they sniffed the spice-laden breezes that came from the shore, each pointing out new and exciting wonders to the other.
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