Questions tagged [armenia]
Questions related to the history of Armenia, a landlocked territory in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia and the traditional home of the Armenian people. It includes territory now part of Turkey in addition to (the former Soviet Republic and now independent) Republic of Armenia.
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Did Princess Diana ever talk about her alleged Armenian descent?
The Englishwoman Princess Diana (1961-97), born Diana Spencer, was the fourth-greats granddaughter - through a line of matrilineal descent in every step - of Eliza Kewark. Kewark lived in Bombay, ...
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Was there a forest in Armenia (around the city of Ani) between 961 and 1045?
Recently I discovered the existence of the ancient city of Ani (Armenia) which was "one of the world's largest cities, with a possible population of circa 100,000." between 961 and 1045. See ...
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What did the Musa Dagh monument look like?
There was a monument built by French/Armenians to commemorate the Musa Dagh defense during the Armenian Genocide. The following image shows how it looks like now:
I was curious how it originally ...
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Did Constantine I of Cilician Armenia usurp the throne or did he rule legitimately?
The accounts concerning four brothers who became Kings of Cilician Armenia towards the end of the 13th century tell a tale of murder, usurpation and treachery, but who betrayed who and when is far ...
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Is Armenia the first Christian state?
I have heard from people and read on the internet that Armenia is considered to be the first country to adopt Christianity as state religion (the exact date is widely disputed, though 301 AD is the ...
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Did gun control in Turkey in 1911 lead to the Armenian Genocide? [closed]
A photo making the rounds on Facebook posits that Turkey established gun control in 1911 and from 1915 to 1917 millions of Armenians were killed because they were unable to defend themselves.
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In which modern-day location did the historical battles of Bagrevand happen?
Wikipedia names at least two "battles of Bagrevand",
In 371 between Persia and allied Roman-Armenian forces
In 775 between the Abbasid Caliphate and rebelling Armenian princes
both occuring in the "...
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Is this assessment of the damage caused to Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh war accurate?
Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a mutually bloody war between 1988 and 1994. The Azerbaijan government (specifically, its embassy in Latvia, of all places) said that the Armenians caused all the ...
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