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Bahl Šahastan in the land of the K‘ušans: Medieval Armenian memories of Balkh as an Arsacid capital

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 2021
This paper explores the medieval Armenian understanding of the city of Balkh as a capital of the Arsacid Empire. Medieval Armenian sources employ four strategies of remembrance: scriptural geography, genealogy, folk etymology, and origin stories.
Alison Vacca
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Marble columnar sarcophagi in the context of the Arsacids palace residence in Garni

ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
The palace complex of the Arsacids was opened in Garni in 1952-1953. About 70 pieces of marble lay on the floor of the second room in the southeastern half of the palace. The collection consists of pieces of two types.
H. Margaryan
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The role of the Achaemenids and Hydarnids in the origin of the term «Armenian Arsacids» in Armenian medieval sources

Scientific Bulletin of the Izmail State University of Humanities Section «Historical sciences»
Medieval Armenian sources which refer to the kings of Greater Armenia who ruled from 331 BC to 428 AD use the general term "Armenian Arsacids." At the same time, historians, based on a much larger number of sources, distinguish at least three royal ...
Ruslan Kobzar
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Pre-Christian Polytheism in Ancient Armenia: A Syncretic World of Faith during the Orontids, Artaxiads and Arsacids

Cedrus
Pre-Christian Armenia’s religious landscape was a diverse blend of polytheistic beliefs shaped by its position at the crossroads of various civilizations. The Armenian pantheon and religious practices incorporated elements from Ancient Persia, Asia Minor,
İlhami Tekin Ci̇nemre
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The Empire Strikes Back

Reign of Arrows, 2020
This chapter investigates the initial failure of the Seleucids in their attempt to reclaim the lost lands of the east. It discusses the failed eastern expedition of Seleucus II; however, its focus is the sudden renewal of Seleucid power under the ...
Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
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From Migrants to Masters of the Middle East

, 2020
This chapter considers the reasons for the success of the Parthians in their rise from a minor nomadic group to a dominant imperial force. It analyzes the most important cultural factors of the early Parthian state, namely the versatility of Parthian ...
Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
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Arsákes epiphanés : Were the Arsacids Deities Revealed?

Studi ellenistici, 2010
E. Dąbrowa
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ХРОНОЛОГИЯ (ПРОДОЛЖИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ И ПОСЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЦАРЕЙ) РАННИХ АРТАШЕСИДОВ И АРШАКИДОВ В ПРИЗМЕ ПРОТИВОРЕЧИЙ ПЕРВОИСТОЧНИКОВ И ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ (РЕЧЬ В ЗАЩИТУ СВЕДЕНИЙ МОВСЕСА ХОРЕНАЦИ)

Journal of Oriental Studies
 In the existing database of sources on the history of the Artaxiads and Arsacids, there are minor inclusions that contain information regarding the chronology (duration and sequence) of the reign of the first kings of this dynasty. Information regarding
Руслан Кобзарь
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A Bower in the Arsacides

2008
Hitherto, in descriptively treating of the Sperm Whale, I have chiefly dwelt upon the marvels of his outer aspect; or separately and in detail upon some few interior structural features.
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Sogdian Dahai and the Formation of the Arsacid State

Scientific Proceedings of the Vanadzor State University. Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
Key words: the Aparns, the Xanthi, the Pissurs, the Achaemenids, Parthia, Soghdiana, Bactria, Strabo, Arshak I, Diodotos I, Evtidemos I At the beginning of 4th century BC, the Dahai tribes of the Xanthi and Pissurs were ousted from the steppes of left bank of Amu Darya’s delta by newly independent Khorezm.
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