The Republic of Armenia, or Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, Hayastan, Հայք, Hayq), is a landlocked country in the southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and Iran (Persia) and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and the Commonwe ...

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Ottoman Armenia or Turkish Armenia was the Armenian part of the Ottoman Empire. Following the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, when the eastern part of this territory was ceded to the Russian Empire, the remaining Ottoman Armenia was also referred to as Western Armenia. The distinct Western Armenian dialect of the Armenian language is spoken primarily in Turkey, the Levant and in the Armenian Diaspora. See also. History of Armenia Eastern Armenia Hayastan (G ...

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List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Afghanistan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Armenia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Australia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Bahrain, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Bangladesh, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Cambodia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - China, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Georgia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - India, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Indonesia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Iran, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Iraq, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Israel, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Japan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Jerusalem, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Jordan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Kazakhstan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Korea Democratic People's Republic of, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Korea Republic of, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Lao People's Democratic Republic, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Lebanon, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Malaysia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Mongolia, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Nepal, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - New Zealand, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Oman, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Pakistan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Philippines, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Russian Federation Asia part, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Solomon Islands, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Sri Lanka, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Syria, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Thailand, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Turkmenistan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Uzbekistan, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Vietnam, List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Yemen

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See: Music of Armenia Following the 1915 massacres of ethnic Armenians by the Young Turk government in Turkey, large numbers of Armenians settled in the Central California area, especially around Fresno. Of the second- and third-generation musicians from this community, Richard Hagopian became a minor star in the Armenian-American community. The ethnically-Armenian heavy metal band Sys ...

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Music of immigrant communities in the United States, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Armenia, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Cape Verde, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - China, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Czech, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Eastern European Jews, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - England, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Philippines, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - France, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Germany, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Greece, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Iran, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Ireland, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Italy, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Jamaica, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Japan, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Norway, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Poland, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Serbia and Montenegro, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Slovenia, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Ukraine, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Vietnam

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The original Armenian name for the country was Hayq, later Hayastan, translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the Persian suffix '-stan' (land). According to legend, Haik was a great-great-grandson of Noah (son of Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer, a son of Noah's son, Japheth), and according to an ancient Armenian tradition, a forefather of all Armenians. He is said to have settled below Mount Ararat, travelled to assist in building the Tower of Babel, and, after his return, defeated the Babylo ...

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Armenia, Armenia - Origin of the name, Armenia - History, Armenia - Politics, Armenia - Administrative Provinces, Armenia - Geography, Armenia - Economy, Armenia - Demographics, Armenia - Culture, Armenia - Miscellaneous topics

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The original Armenian name for the country was Hayq, later Hayastan, translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the Persian suffix '-stan' (land). According to legend, Haik was a great-great-grandson of Noah (son of Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer, a son of Noah's son, Japheth), and according to Christian tradition, a forefather of all Armenians. He is said to have settled below Mount Ararat, travelled to assist in building the Tower of Babel, and, after his return, defeated the Assyrian ki ...

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Armenia, Armenia - Origin of the name, Armenia - History, Armenia - Politics, Armenia - Administrative Provinces, Armenia - Geography, Armenia - Economy, Armenia - Demographics, Armenia - Culture, Armenia - Miscellaneous topics

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His Holiness, the Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin) is the head archbishop of Armenia's dominant church, the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches that separated from the rest of the Christian church in 451 as a result of the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon. The first Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians was Saint Thaddeus, one of Jesus's apostles. It was Saint Thaddeus alongside Saint Bartholomew, another apostle of Je ...

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Constantine II of Armenia was briefly prince of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling the country in 1129. He was poisoned and buried at Trazarg. Constantine II of Armenia - Bibliography. T.S.R. Boase, editor. The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Scottish Academic Press, 1978. ...

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The Coat of Arms of Armenia consists of an eagle and a lion supporting a shield. The coat of arms combines new and old symbols. The eagle and lion are ancient Armenian symbols dating from the first Armenian kingdoms that existed prior to Christ. The shield itself consists of many components. In the center is a depiction of Mount Ararat, where Noah's ark supposedly came to rest after the great flood. Surrounding Mount Ararat are symbols of old Armenian dynasties. In the lower left is the emblem of the Artaxiad Dynasty that ruled ...

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Constantine VI of Armenia (died 1373) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1362 to 1373. He was the son of Hethum of Neghir, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia. Constantine came to the throne on the death of his cousin Constantine V of Armenia. Constantine was the second husband of Marie of Armenia, daughter of Oshin of Corycos and Jeanne of Anjou. (Constantine V had been her first husband.) Constantine formed an alliance with Peter I of Cyprus, offering him the port and castle of Corycus. On Peter's death in 1369, Co ...

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Constantine V of Armenia (died 1362) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1344 to 1362. He was the son of Baldwin, Marshal of Armenia, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia. Constantine came to the throne on the death of his cousin Constantine IV of Armenia who had been killed in an uprising in 1344. He attempted to wipe out all rival claimants for the throne; he gave orders to kill Constantine IV's nephews, Bemon and Leon of Lusignan, but ...

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Constantine IV of Armenia (died 1344) was the first Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1342 to 1344. Born Guy of Lusignan (not to be confused with the 12th century King-Consort of Jerusalem of the same name), he took the name Constantine upon his accession in 1342. He was the son of Isabelle (or Zabel), Princess of Armenia (daughter of Leo III of Armenia) and Amalric de Lusignan. Guy came to the throne on the death of his cousin Leo V of Armenia. The crown had first been offered to his younger bro ...

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Constantine III of Armenia (1278- c.1310) was briefly king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1298 to 1299. He was the son of Leo III of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron. He helped his brother Sempad to usurp the throne in 1296, but turned against him two years later in 1298 to restore his older brother Hethum II. He assumed the throne for a year while Hethum recovered from his imprisonement. Shortly after Hethum's resumption in 1299, Constantine plotted to restore Se ...

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Ani, known to Romans as Abnicum, is a ruined capital of medieval Armenia, situated in Turkey, province of Kars, immediately south from the Turko-Armenian frontier, at an altitude of 4390 ft., between the border river Harpasus (Arpa-Çay in Turkish, Akhurian in Armenian) and a deep ravine. In the tenth century the town of Ani was expanded into a major city by Ashot III, who made it the capital of Armenia under the Bagratid dynasty (961). When it was handed over to the Byzantines in 1045, it was a populous city, known trad ...

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Constantine I of Armenia (d. January 24, 1102) succeeded his father Roupen as Lord of the Mountains in 1095. He began his reign by capturing the castle of Vahka on the upper Seyhoun River, allowing him to tax goods traveling from Ayas to the interior. Throughout his reign, he continued to expand his control over Cilicia. Upon the arrival of the First Crusade, he supplied the Crusaders with provisions and other aid, and was rewarded with the titles of Count and Baron. He had three children: Beatrice, married Joscelin I of Edessa. Thoros I of Armenia (d. 1129), succeede ...

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The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem was founded in 638. It is under the soverignty of His Holiness, the Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians. List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem - Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem. Abraham I (638-669) Krikor Yetesati (669-696) Kevork (696-708) Mgrdich (708-730) Hovhannes (730-758) Stepanos (758-774) Yeghia (774-797) unknown... Abraham II (885-909) unknow ...

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A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor. As kinship based bonds can be merely symbolical in nature some clans share a "stipulated" common ancestor, which is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this ancestor is not human, this is referred to as animallian totem. Generally speaking, kinship differs from biological relation, as it also involves ...

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This is a list of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia. The Armenian patriarchate was transferred from Armenia to Cilicia in 1058. Although the see at Echmiadzin was restored in 1441, the Cilician patriarch still continued office until the present day. Today the see is located at Antelias in Lebanon. His Holiness, the Catholicos of Armenia and All Armenians claims soverignty over the Catholicos of Cilicia. List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia - Catholicoi of the Great House of Cilicia and the Middle East. ...

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In 591, the great Byzantine warrior-Emperor Maurice defeated the Persians and 'recovered' much of the remaining territory of Armenia into the empire. The conquest was completed by the Emperor Heraclius in 629. In 645, the Moslem Arab armies of the Caliphate had attacked the country, which fell, an easy victim, before them. So Armenia, which once had its own rulers and was at other times under Persian and Byza ...

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History of Armenia, History of Armenia - Prehistory, History of Armenia - Early History, History of Armenia - Armenian Kingdom, History of Armenia - Christianisation, History of Armenia - Armenia and Byzantium, History of Armenia - Arabs Seljuks and Crusaders, History of Armenia - Armenia under Ottoman Rule from 1514, History of Armenia - East Armenia under Russian Rule 1820-1917, History of Armenia - The First Republic 1917-1922, History of Armenia - Transcaucasian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic 1923-1936, History of Armenia - The Second Republic 1936-1990, History of Armenia - The Armenian Republic 1990-today

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