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The Arameans were a Northwest Semitic semi-nomadic pastoral people who originated in what is now modern Syria (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze and early Iron Age. Large groups migrated to Mesopotamia, where they intermingled with the native Akkadian (Assyrian and Babylonian) population.
As an area, it has been identified with the biblical region known as Aram. [7] A more plausible candidate for Iram is Wadi Ramm in Jordan, as the Temple of al-Lat at the foot of Jabal Ramm has some ancient inscriptions mentioning Iram and possibly the tribe of ʿĀd. [8] [9]
[6] [7] The people of Aram were called “Arameans” in Assyrian texts [8] and in the Hebrew Bible, [9] but the terms “Aramean” and “Aram” were never used by later Aramean dynasts to refer to themselves or their country, with the exception of the king of Aram-Damascus since his kingdom was also called Aram. [10] "
Thomas Adès (former Britten professor of composition) [14]; Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano – Visiting professor) [15]; Kenneth Amis (former International Brass Chair); Sulamita Aronovsky (piano teacher, founder of London International Piano Competition)
Aram Wettroth Harrow (born 1980) is a professor of physics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Theoretical Physics. [ 1 ] Harrow works in quantum information science and quantum computing . [ 2 ]
Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru, born May 2, 1968) is a Japanese voice actor from Otawara, Tochigi who is represented by Aoni Production. [1] He is best known for the roles of Softon in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Tamahome in Fushigi Yûgi, Seiran Shi in Saiunkoku Monogatari, Gridman in Gridman the Hyper Agent, Heero Yuy in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Kaede Rukawa in Slam Dunk, Ayato ...
Ara represented a dying-and-rising agricultural god and is thought to have embodied fertility within the Indo-European triad of sovereignty, war, and fertility, along with Hayk and Aram. Ara is the subject of a popular legend in which the Assyrian queen Semiramis ( Shamiram in Armenian), desiring the handsome Armenian king, wages war against ...