Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Georgia covers an area of 69,700 square kilometres (26,900 sq mi). [ 13 ] It has a population of 3.7 million, [ b ][ 14 ] of which over a third live in the capital and largest city, Tbilisi. Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation.
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 ...
The successive kings of Eastern Georgia from 1256 to 1329 were David VII, Demetrius II, David VIII, Vakhtang III and George V. At times, Georgia became a battleground between rival Mongol authorities, and in 1265, Berke Khan, the ruler of the Golden Horde, ravaged Eastern Georgia from the north. [ 22]
Old Town of Tbilisi, capital and largest city in Georgia. Batumi, the second largest city in Georgia. Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. Square in Rustavi, Georgia's fourth largest city. This is a list of the cities and towns (Georgian: ქალაქი, k'alak'i) in Georgia, according to the 2014 census data of the National Statistics ...
The question of the contemporaneous name of the realm between 1259 and the early 1400s remains without a concrete answer because from the end of the 15th century, Western Georgia extended from the modern-day city of Sochi in the north to Trebizond in the south and the Likhi Range in the east.
Province of Georgia. The Province of Georgia[1] (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution. The original land grant of the Province of Georgia included a narrow strip of land that extended west to the Pacific Ocean. [2]
Kingdom of Georgia: Unmarried: Co-ruler with his mother since 1207, continued her policy, but, at the end of his reign was defeated by a Mongol expedition. Rusudan (რუსუდან მეფე) 1194 Daughter of David Soslan and Queen Tamar: 1223–1245 1245 Tbilisi aged 50–51: Kingdom of Georgia: Ghias ad-din c.1223 (annulled 1226) two ...