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Matathia Karakashian

Matathia Karakashian

Matathia (Anton) Karakashian (1818–1903) was a prominent 19th-century linguist, philologist, and historian who dedicated his life to preserving, codifying, and teaching the classical and modern Armenian language. Active primarily in Constantinople, his foundational educational textbooks and critical historical volumes helped shape the literary identity of an entire generation.
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Arameans Also Called Syrians

Arameans Also Called Syrians

"The city of Amid and Edessa were in Armenian Mesopotamia, (they were) some of the descendants of Aram, in the cities of the two Syrians (perhaps the reading is uncertain — ‘two…’). For the Arameans are also called Syrians after the name of Aram, who was the ancestor of the Syrians .”