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    The Ararat Plain (Armenian: Արարատյան դաշտ, romanized: Araratyan dasht), called Iğdır Plain in Turkey (Turkish: Iğdır Ovası), is one of the largest plains...
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    Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey; Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The Ararat massif is...
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    Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ, Armenian pronunciation: [ɑɾɑˈɾɑt] ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The...
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    coastal plains (India) Al-Ghab Plain (Syria) Aleppo plateau (Syria) Ararat Plain (Armenia and Turkey) Israeli coastal plain (Israel) Khuzestan Plain (Iran)...
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  • part of Mount Ararat Ararat plain, along the Arax River, in Armenia Ararat Province, Armenia Ararat, Armenia, a city in Ararat Province Ararat (village),...
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    fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese...
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    (Porphyrophora hamelii), also known as the Ararat cochineal or Ararat scale, is a scale insect indigenous to the Ararat plain and Aras (Araks) River valley in the...
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    catch of Armenia. Sevan was heavily exploited for irrigation of the Ararat plain and hydroelectric power generation during the Soviet period. Consequently...
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    80944°N 44.71444°E / 39.80944; 44.71444 Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ) is a town in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located on the Yerevan-Nakhchivan...
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    Kasagh River on the east, the Akhurian River on the west, Ararat Plain on the south, and Shirak Plain on the north. The circumference of the massif is around...
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  • October 2015]. "Erebuni in the context of Urartean fortresses in the Ararat plain: Sources and problems". Quaternary International. 395: 208–215. Bibcode:2016QuInt...
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    controlling the fertile Ararat plain. From about 786 BC, the first year of his reign, Argishti I had begun a series of raids into the Ararat plain, the Akhurian...
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    climates vary from cold desert and cold steppe on the lower parts of the Ararat plain, to tundra on mountain peaks, and a humid continental climate in the...
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    of Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I at the western extreme of the Ararat plain. Erebuni has been described as "designed as a great administrative and...
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    by ancient Armenian historical accounts and legends, which place the Ararat Plain as the cradle of Armenian culture, as well as modern genetic research...
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    Armavir Province (category Mount Ararat)
    province (marz) in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's...
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    Urartu (redirect from Kingdom of Ararat)
    (/ʊˈrɑːrtuː/; Assyrian: māt Urarṭu, Babylonian: Urashtu, Hebrew: אֲרָרָט Ararat) was an Iron Age kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands...
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    Brothers, E&J Gallo, Korbel, and Paul Masson. Ararat has been produced since 1877 and comes from the Ararat plain in the southern part of Armenia. Bottles...
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  • Nerkin-Zeyva) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located on the Ararat Plain. A neolithic-chalcolithic tell is located south of the town. The first...
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    to the great plain surrounding Mount Masis after converting to Christianity in the early fourth century and identifying the biblical Ararat with Masis....
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    The apricot is the national fruit of Armenia, mostly growing in the Ararat plain. It is often depicted on souvenirs. The Chinese associate the apricot...
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    Khor Virap (category Tourist attractions in Ararat Province)
    monastery located in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the...
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    palace of Garni, and the ruins of dwelling houses in Teishebaini. APSAP (Ararat Plain Southeast Archaeological Project) is a research collaboration between...
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    under the brand Van Ardi. The wine produced in Ararat is mainly from the vineyards of the Ararat plain. Aregak Brandy Factory, opened in 1889 in Dalar...
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    2600 or 2700 BC. The earliest evidence for this culture is found on the Ararat plain; it spread north in the Caucasus by 3000 BC. Altogether, the early Transcaucasian...
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    units within the Special Armenian Detachment, retreated towards the Ararat Plain. Here under the general command of Movses Silikyan, the Detachment of...
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    Bronze Age. 3400–2000 BC – Kura-Araxes: earliest evidence found on the Ararat plain. Egypt 4000–3000 BC – Naqada culture on the Nile. First hieroglyphs appear...
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  • as was previously thought. The sites of Aknashen and Aratashen in the Ararat plain region are believed to belong to the Neolithic period. The Mestamor archaeological...
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    Artashat, Armenia (category Populated places in Ararat Province)
    the Artashat Municipality and the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is located on the Azat River in the Ararat Plain, 30 km southeast of Yerevan. Artashat...
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  • Province, two villages in the Armavir Province, and one village in the Ararat Province. Armenian Catholics live mainly in the northern region, in seven...
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