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- NAXARAR
NAXARAR, term given to the para-feudal, social pattern that early Armenia apparently shared with Parthian Iran, although it was preserved…
- SMBAT BAGRATUNI
SMBAT BAGRATUNI, distinguished Armenian prince and head of the Bagratid house (see BAGRATIDS) at the turn of the 6th to…
- TIGRAN II
TIGRAN II, THE GREAT, king of Armenia (r. 95-55 BCE). Tigran (Tigranes) II was the most distinguished member of the…
- MOVSĒS XORENAC‘I
MOVSĒS XORENAC‘I (Moses of Khorene), from the later Middle Ages, and down to the present, honored as the “Father of…
- MAMIKONEAN FAMILY
MAMIKONEAN FAMILY, the most distinguished family in Early Christian Armenia after the ruling Arsacid house. Their power survived the fall of…
- ARMENO-IRANIAN RELATIONS in the pre-Islamic period
ARMENO-IRANIAN RELATIONS in the pre-Islamic period. The appearance of Armenian literature in the second half of the fifth century CE,…