See also:

• IMERETIA, or IMERITIA

IMERETIA, or IMERITIA  a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• TRANSCAUCASIA

Transcaucasia, extends from the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Tskheniz-Tskhali to the Suram range, which separates it from See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, and is bounded on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south by See also:

• AKHALTSIKH (Georgian Akhaltsikhe, "new fortress")

Akhaltsikh, and thus corresponds roughly to the eastern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• KUTAIS

Kutais . Anciently a part of See also:

• COLCHIS

Colchis, and included in Lazia during the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, See also:

• IMERETIA, or IMERITIA

Imeretia was nominally under the dominion of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek emperors . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early part of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it became the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of See also:

• WARS

wars between the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Justinian and See also:

• CHOSROES

Chosroes, or Khosrau, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia . Between 750 and 985 it was ruled by a See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty (Apkhaz) of native princes, but was devastated by hostile incursions, reviving only after it became See also:

• UNITED

united to Georgia . It flourished until the reign of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Thamar, but after her See also:

• DEATH

death (1212) the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country became impoverished through strife and See also:

• INTERNAL

internal dissensions . It was reunited with Georgia from 1318 to 1346, and again in 1424 . But the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union only lasted See also:

• FORTY

forty-five years; from 1469 until 18ro it was governed by a Bagratid dynasty, closely akin to that which ruled over Georgia . In 1621 it made the earliest See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia for aid; in 1650 it acknowledged Russian See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty and in 1769 a Russian force expelled the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . In 1803 the monarch declared himself a See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal of Russia, and in 1810 the little See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was definitively annexed to that empire .