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Aramaens
[CP].
A group of
SEMITIC
peoples who moved out of the Syrian desert to conquer the Canaanites of Syria and set up their own city-states in the 12th and 13th centuries
bc
.
Arawak
[CP].
Linguistically associated peoples who inhabited parts of the Caribbean and the adjacent mainland of northeastern South America at the time of Columbus in the 16th century
ad
. All were pottery-using agricultural societies.
Arbogastes
[Na].
Barbarian general, probably Frankish, served under Theodosius the Great and sent by him to assist Valentinian II. At Valentinian's death in ad 392, Arbogastes proclaimed Eugenius emperor, the first of the barbarian generals to take this step, but he and his protégé were defeated in ad 394 and he committed suicide.
Arcadius
[Na].
Roman emperor, the eldest son of Theodosius the Great, and successor in ad 395 to the eastern half of the empire. His influence on events can scarcely be traced, and his government is assumed to have been controlled by his ministers. Died
c.
ad 408.
archaeo-astronomy
[Ge].
The study of ancient astronomy through archaeological remains. Sometimes known as astroarchaeology.
archaeobotany
[Ge].
archaeological assessment
[Ge].

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