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Kingdom of Georgia. Kingdom of Georgia in c. 1220, at the peak of its territorial expansion, superimposed on modern borders. Various Byzantine and Sassanian coins were minted until the 12th century. 1 the full title of the Georgian monarchs after 1124 was " King of Kings, Autocrat of all the East and the West, Sword of the Messiah, King of ...
The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. [24][25] The Latin Kings are one of the largest Hispanic and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. [26][27][28] In the United States, the Latin Kings operate under two umbrella factions—the King Motherland Chicago (KMC) faction headquartered in Chicago, and the Bloodline ...
History of Georgia. The Bagrationi dynasty (/ bʌɡrʌtiˈɒni /; Georgian: ბაგრატიონი, romanized: bagrat'ioni [ˈbaɡɾatʼioni]) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of ...
After deposition, was named regent for his nephew, George VI, who died as a minor. He then re-ascended as king, reuniting Georgia in 1330. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country's previous strength and Christian culture. 1330-1346 Kingdom of Georgia: Vakhtang III
Evidence for the earliest occupation of the territory of present-day Georgia goes back to c. 1.8 million years ago, as evident from the excavations of Dmanisi in the southeastern part of the country. This is the oldest evidence of humans anywhere in the world outside Africa. Later prehistoric remains (Acheulian, Mousterian, and the Upper ...
Tamar the Great (Georgian: თამარ მეფე, romanized: tamar mepe, lit. 'King Tamar'; c. 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. [2] A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was ...
Georgia was the first non- Baltic republic of the Soviet Union to officially declare independence, [ 94 ] with Romania becoming the first country to recognize Georgia in August 1991. [ 95 ] On 26 May, Gamsakhurdia was elected president in the first presidential election with 86.5% of the vote on a turnout of over 83%.
Contents. Colchis. In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis [a] (/ ˈkɒlkɪs /; [ 15 ] Ancient Greek: Κολχίς) was an exonym for the Georgian polity [b] of Egrisi [c] (Georgian : ეგრისი) located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia.