2007-08-13 08:59:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Armenia has been populated since prehistoric times, and has been proposed as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat, upon which, as Judeo-Christian theology states, Noah's Ark came to rest after the flood. (Gen. 8:4). Archaeologists continue to uncover evidence that Armenia and the Armenian Highlands were among the earliest sites of human civilization. From 6000 BCE to 1000 BCE, tools such as spears and axes and trinkets of copper, bronze, and iron were commonly produced in Armenia and traded in neighbouring lands where those metals were less abundant.[9] The territory of Armenia is also one of the candidates for the legendary Aratta, mentioned in Sumerian records.
In the Bronze Age, several states flourished in the area of Greater Armenia, including the Hittite Empire (at the height of its power), Mitanni (South-Western historical Armenia), and Hayasa-Azzi (fifteenth to twelfth centuries BCE). In the Iron Age, the Indo-European Phrygians and Mushkis arrived in the Near East, and toppled the Mitanni Kingdom.[10] Then, the Nairi people (twelfth to ninth centuries BCE) and the Kingdom of Urartu (ninth to sixth centuries BCE) successively established their sovereignty over the Armenian Highland. Each of the aforementioned nations and tribes participated in the ethnogenesis of the Armenian people.[11] Yerevan, the modern capital of Armenia, was founded in 782 BCE by the Urartian king Argishti I.
Around 600 BCE, the Kingdom of Armenia was established under the Orontid Dynasty, which existed under several local dynasties till 428 CE. The kingdom reached its height between 95 - 66 BCE under Tigranes the Great, becoming one of the most powerful kingdoms of its time within the region. Throughout its history, the kingdom of Armenia enjoyed periods of independence intermitted with periods of autonomy subject to contemporary empires. Armenia's strategic location between two continents has subjected it to invasions by many peoples, including the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mongols, Persians, Ottoman Turks and Russians.
In 301, Armenia became the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as its official state religion[3][12][13], while a number of Christian communities have been established in Armenia since 40 CE. There had been various pagan communities before Christianity, but they were converted by an influx of Christian missionaries. Tiridates III (238-314 CE) was the first ruler to officially Christianise his people, his conversion ten years before the Roman Empire granted Christianity official toleration under Galerius, and 36 years before Constantine was baptised.
After the fall of the Armenian kingdom in 428 CE, most of Armenia was incorporated as a marzpanate within the Sassanid Empire, ruled by a marzpan. Following an Armenian rebellion in 451 CE, Christian Armenians maintained their religious freedom, while Armenia gained autonomy and the right to be ruled by an Armenian marzpan, whereas other imperial territories were ruled exclusively by Persians. The Marzpanate of Armenia lasted until the 630s, when Sassanid Persia was destroyed by the Arab Caliphate.
2007-08-14 09:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Beemer 4 · 5⤊ 7⤋
The Armenian Genocide is about all I know about Armenia.
A very controversial issue,since some people deny it.(some people think it was only a relocation of an undesired ethnic group)
,and others say it did happen.
I believe it was a genocide btw.
Except that.....I have no clue on anything else related specifically to Armenia,sorry.
2007-08-13 17:22:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I know about Armenian history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...
2007-08-15 05:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by karasu 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋
YES, there are millions of people that know American History.
2007-08-13 16:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Brian Ramsey 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
dude! why do u want me to be ur friend on yahoo..i dont know you!! stop asking such dum questions!
2007-08-14 19:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jonathan 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
what questions do you want answered ? there are many areas of American History.
2007-08-13 16:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Lots. Did you have another question?
2007-08-13 16:13:25 · answer #7 · answered by TG 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
yes do you want me to help you ?
2007-08-15 07:16:24 · answer #8 · answered by Templar 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
you did not posse a question? everyone know american history, even me?
2007-08-13 16:19:01 · answer #9 · answered by BRYAN L 2 · 6⤊ 6⤋