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	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Lesser Armenia; Armenian: Կիլիկիոյ Հայկական Թագաւորութիւն, not to be confused with the Armenian Kingdom of Antiquity) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia.
		The Kingdom of Cilicia was founded by the Roupenid dynasty, an offshoot of the larger Bagratid family that at various times held the thrones of Armenia and Georgia.
		East of Maraş, the Armenian Kogh Vasil held the fourtresses of Raban (modern Altınaşkale) and Kesoun as a Seljuk vassal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia (890 words)

	Armenian History
		The Seljuq conquest of the last Armenian kingdom in the 11th century marked the beginning of an exodus of the Armenians from historical Armenia resulting in the advent of an Armenian Diaspora.
		This “ethnic cleansing” of the Armenians from their historical homeland led Raphael Lemkin, the father of the Genocide Treaty, to coin the new term of “genocide” in the 1930’s in order to describe this historical plight of the Assyrians and the Armenians as subjects of the first genocide of the 20th century.
		Armenian churches, schools, cultural centers, sports clubs and associations flourished and Armenians had their own senator and member of parliament, Thirty churches and some four dozen schools and libraries served the needs of the community.
	www.armenianteens.com /history.php (6577 words)

	Armenian Genocide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A minor Armenian unrest in Bitlis Province was suppressed with brutality in 1894.
		At present, the Republic of Turkey does not accept that the deaths of Armenians during the "evacuation" or "deportation" (Turkey uses the word "relocation") are the results of an intention from Ottoman authorities (or those in charge during the war) to eliminate in whole or in part the Armenian people indiscriminantly.
		Revisiting Armenian Genocide by Guenter Lewy Guenter Lewy is professor emeritus of political science, University of Massachusetts, and the author of The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide (University of Utah Press, 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_Genocide (6710 words)

	Armenia, Armenian, Armenian History, Armenians, Armenian Cause, Armenian research, Armenian facts, Armenian people, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Armenian Nakharars became Knights and Barons, Sparapets were often called Constables etc. The Armenian Cilician noblemen used the Latin and French languages alongside the Armenian.
		Left alone, Armenians faced the total annihilation as the 100 thousandth Turkish army crossed the pre-war Russian frontier, annexed the city of Kars and approached the Armenian capital of Yerevan.
		Artsakh as a part of the Kingdom of Ararat (Urartu) is mentioned in the 8th century BC in cuneiform inscriptions of the King Sardur.
	www.ayfwest.org /Armenia_Armenian/Armenia/armenia_armenian.html (15280 words)

	Armenian History - Little Armenia
		Before the fall of the Bagratuni kingdom a number of Armenian princes managed to escape from Armenia and found refuge in Cilicia, a region at the north-eastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea, where Armenians were the majority of population.
		Armenians were the 10th nation in the world to put their language in print.
		In the Ottoman Empire, the Armenians initially benefited with the rest of the population from the measures of reform known as the Tanzimat, and in 1863 a special Armenian constitution was recognized by the Ottoman government.
	www.littlearmenia.com /html/little_armenia/armenian_history.asp (2356 words)

	Armenian History, chapter 2: Between Roman and Persian Empires
		Anahit was the Armenian equivalent for the Greek Goddess Aphrodite.
		The Armenian pagan tradition covered this Vahagn with glory and legends: he was even deified and worshipped like Hercules.
		According to some Roman historians, the construction of this new Armenian capital was supervised by famous commander Hannibal the Carthaginian, who took refuge in Armenia fleeing from the Romans.
	www.armenianhistory.info /between.htm (1094 words)

	Armenian History, chapter 4: Restoration of Armenian Kingdom
		More than 400 Armenian noblemen were entrapped to one of Nakhichevan churches, then the doors were closed and the church was set in fire.
		Thus, the Armenian Kingdom was de jure restored.
		Traditionally, during the coronation ceremonies of the Armenian kings, it was a representative of Bagradouni family who solemnly laid the crown on the new king's head.
	www.armenianhistory.info /restoration.htm (691 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: County of Edessa
		The Armenian Apostolic Church, sometimes incorrectly called the Armenian Orthodox Church is the worlds oldest national church and one of the original churches, having been founded in 301.
		The Roupenids were an Armenian dynasty who dominated parts of Cilicia, and came to found the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
		Armenian Cilicia and Crusader States The County of Tripoli was the last of the four major Crusader states in the Levant to be created.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County-of-Edessa (2663 words)

	The Crusades
		From 1080 Armenian Princes from the Rupenian, Oskinian, and other families established small enclaves within the protective mountain ranges that surrounded Cilicia on three sides and the Mediterranean Sea to the South.
		The Armenians were generous supporters of the Crusaders and did whatever they could to help the “soldiers of Christ” free the Holy Land.
		Inevitably the influence of the Europeans intermingled with the culture of the Armenians.
	www.armenianheritage.com /hicrusad.htm (1091 words)

	ARMENIAN HIGHLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to the evidence of a number of Graeco-Roman and Armenian primary sources, the Kur river was the northeastern frontier of Greater Armenia, with the Province of Paytakaran reaching the shores of the Caspian Sea.
		At the beginning of the fifth century, the revival of the use of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots, led to an unprecedented rise of high culture throughout Armenia in general, and the Artsakh province in particular.
		The fifth century historian Agatangelos testifies that the winter residence of the Armenian kings was in the Utik Province of Greater Armenia on the western banks of the Kur river, northeast of Artsakh.
	www.armenianhighland.com /artsakh/chronicle290.html (2515 words)

	Armenian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Armenia, 190 BC to 428 AD.
		The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 1078 to 1375.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian (118 words)

	Armenian Church
		Tradition attributes the evangelization of the Armenian area to the Apostles Jude and Bartholomew.
		The Armenian Church was adaughter church of Antioch.
		During the Crusades the Armenian Orthodox Church of Cicilia, known as Armenian Apostolic, established communion with Rome, but when the Crusader Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom collapsed, communion was again broken.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Armenian.html (247 words)

	ethnicity
		The Armenian Patriarch Sarkis I(1281–1313) met the Mamluke governor and subsequently returned to his community in Jerusalem, hoping to usher in a period of peace for his people after the convulsions of the crusades.
		The most important aspect during this time was the increase in the Armenian demographics of their quarter and the struggle for control of the holy sites.
		Nevertheless the Armenians and the Greek Orthodox waged a war in the Ottoman courts during the 17th century for control of worshipping practices and ownership at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and at the Church of the Nativity.
	www.experiencefestival.com /ethnicity (1122 words)

	History of a Family from Asia Minor
		Ancient Greeks were citizens of Athens, Sparta, Thebes, the kingdom of Macedonia, etc. Therefore an ancient word used to denote a linguistic/cultural group was taken to denote a modern ethnic state.
		The Empire came into existence between the 13th and 15th centuries by the conquest of the Armenian kingdom, the territories of the Seljuk Turks (who had arrived there in the 10th century), the Arab countries, and the Eastern Roman Empire (the so called Byzantine Empire, see glossary).
		It is remarkable that the worst persecution of non-Moslems (such as the massacre of the Armenians) did not occur when the Ottoman Empire was all powerful, but in the years of its collapse when nationalism was dissolving it.
	www.theopavlidis.com /AsiaMinor/History1.htm (6829 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mallus
		Numerous coins from Mallus have been preserved, and those of the third century bear the inscription Mallus Colonia or Colonia Metropolis Mallus.
		The city is mentioned by numerous ancient authors, and in the Middle Ages by Arabian, Armenian, and Italian writers.
		It must have disappeared with the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09572b.htm (226 words)

	VirtualANI - Dedicated to the Deserted Medieval Armenian City of Ani
		There are, of course, things we cannot describe however hard we try" wrote Konstantin Paustovsky after visiting
		capital of an Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey.
		Ani had a population of at least 100,000 and its wealth and renown was such that it was known as the "City of 1001 Churches".
	www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk (175 words)

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