Armenian Highlands lands, including Cilicia. The apricot was known by the Romans as the "prunus armenicus" (the Armenian plum) and was brought to Europe from the Armenian plateau. Armenian Highlands The Armenian Highlands (; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau,
Plum cake puddings are made "were always raisins, not the plump juicy fruits that the name suggests today." In Old English, the term "plūme" was "from medieval Latin "pruna", from Latin "prunum"," which equated to "prune". "Prune" in modern French means plum, so plum tarts have names such as "tarte aux prunes". In English, prunes are dried plums, and when modern cakes use them as a primary ingredient, they may be referred to as a plum cake or type of plum cake. Plum cake has historically referred to an early type and style of fruitcake in England since around 1700. Raisins and