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1 day ago · A 20-meter-tall statue of Kartlis Deda, the Mother of Georgia, presides over Tbilisi bearing a bowl of wine in her left hand and a sword in the right. This represents how Georgians greet guests. Those arriving as friends will receive copious amounts of wine (and more) whereas foes meet a different fate.
4 days ago · Recognized as one of the greatest rulers in Georgian history, King David IV sought to create a monastic complex that would serve as a beacon of learning and spirituality. In 1106, he chose a picturesque location near the capital city of Kutaisi to establish the monastery, which would become the crown jewel of Georgia‘s Golden Age.
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Every Wednesday, we'll post a new country or culture for you to recommend literature from, with the caveat that it must have been written by someone from that country (i.e. Shogun by James Clavell is a great book but wouldn't be included in Japanese literature). May 24 is Independence Day in Georgia and, to celebrate, we're discussing Georgian ...
2 days ago · Georgian culture evolved over thousands of years from its foundations in the Iberian and Colchian civilizations. Georgian culture enjoyed a renaissance and golden age of classical literature, arts, philosophy, architecture and science in the 11th century.
5 days ago · The history of writing began independently in different parts of the world, including in Mesopotamia about 3200 BC, in Ancient China about 1250 BC, and in Mesoamerica about 650 BC. Literature was not initially incorporated in writing, as it was primarily used for simpler purposes, such as accounting. [3]
5 days ago · Most of Vickery's sources for this orthodoxy come, not from current feminist historiography, but from old chestnuts of Victorian studies published in the 1940s and 1950s, plus a few sources from the early days of women's history in the late 1970s.
3 days ago · Saint Basil, the son of King Bagrat III, lived in the 11th century and labored at Khakhuli Monastery (in southwestern Georgia, present-day Turkey). He was a major figure in the spiritual and educational life of southern Georgia.
