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	Armenia - New World Encyclopedia
		Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous country located in the Southern Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
		One of the national symbols of Armenia, it was given to Turkey by the Soviet Union in the Treaty of Kars in 1921.
		Armenia emerged from the Marzpanate period as an autonomous principality within the Arabic Empire, ruled by the Prince of Armenia, who was recognized by the Caliph and the Byzantine Emperor.
	www.newworldencyclopedia.org /entry/Armenia (6029 words)

	Armenia, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Armenia is bounded by Turkey on the west, Azerbaijan on the east (the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan is on its southwestern border), Iran on the southwest, and Georgia on the north.
		Armenia is generally understood to have included NE Turkey, the area covered by the modern republic of Armenia (the eastern part of ancient Armenia), and parts of Iranian Azerbaijan.
		According to tradition, the kingdom was founded in the region of Lake Van by Haig, or Haik, a descendant of Noah.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ar/Armenia.html (1552 words)

	Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 landlocked country, lacking a seacoast or a port.
		Armenia is interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, a group of 12 former Soviet republics) and with members of the international community on environmental issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia (2867 words)

	Kingdom of Armenia - Armeniapedia.org
		The Kingdom of Armenia (or Greater Armenia) was an independent kingdom from (approximately 355 years) 190 BC to AD 165, and a client state of the Roman Empire from 165 to 428.
		The predecessor of the Kingdom was the Satrapy of Armenia part of the Achaemenid Empire, which later became an independent Kingdom under the Orontid Dynasty with Macedonian influence.
		In 384 the kingdom was split between the Byzantine or East Roman Empire and the Persians.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Armenia (401 words)

	About Armenia: Armenian history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world with a recorded history of about 3500 years.
		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.
		The title "King of Armenia" passed to the kings of Cyprus, thence to the Venetians, and was later claimed by the house of Savoy.
	www.un.int /armenia/arm/en_history.html (2867 words)

	History of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Armenia was often a focus of contention between Rome and Persia.
		In 384 the kingdom was split between Rome and the Persians.
		Western Armenia quickly became a province of the Roman Empire under the name of Armenia Minor; Eastern Armenia remained a kingdom within Persia until 428, when the local nobility overthrew the king, and the Sassanids installed a governor in his place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Armenia (1066 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Armenia Official Site
		It grew to become one of the strongest kingdoms in the Near East and constituted a formidable rival to Assyria for supremacy in the region.
		The "renaissance of Armenia" was accomplished during the reign of Tigran the Great (95-99 B.C.), who proclaimed himself "King of Kings." Under Tigran II, Armenia grew to a great degree of military strength and political influence.
		Armenia was made part of the Trans-Caucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic in 1922, and in 1936, it became one of the Soviet Union's constituent republics.
	www.armeniaforeignministry.com /arm/history/main.html (2322 words)

	Reference for Armenia - Search.com
		Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan), officially in English the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Southern Caucasus.
		Armenia is also a member of the NATO Partnership for Peace as well as the Council of Europe, maintaining friendly relations with the European Union, especially with its member states such as France and Greece.
		The Republic of Armenia, covering an area of 30 000 square kilometres (11,600 sq. mi), is located in the north-east of the Armenian Highland (covering 400 000 km² or 154,000 sq. mi), otherwise known as historical Armenia and considered as the original homeland of Armenians.
	www.search.com /reference/Armenia (6831 words)

	Armenia
		Armenia was annexed by Bolshevist Russia and along with Georgia and Azerbaijan, it was incorporated into the Soviet Union as part of the Transcaucasian SFSR on March 4, 1922.
		Armenia is also a member of the Council of Europe, maintaining friendly relations with the European Union, especially with its member states such as France and Greece.
		The Republic of Armenia, covering an area of 30 000 square kilometres (11,600 sq. mi), is located in the north-east of the Armenian Highland (covering 400 000 km² or 154,000 sq. mi), otherwise known as historical Armenia and considered as the original homeland of Armenians.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/Armenia (6430 words)

	The Armenians
		Armenia formed a buffer state sandwiched between warring powers — Rome and then Byzantium to the west, Persia then Islam to the East.Though there were periods of trade and friendship, with Armenia even sending troops to serve in the Imperial army, the relationship with Byzantium was always uneasy.
		However, Armenia was caught in the centre of continual warfare between Byzantium and Persia, and in 387 AD they split it in two, with Byzantium taking the western half, and Persia the eastern.
		The Armenian kingdom was annexed by the Byzantine Empire in 1045, and its displaced nobles were given land in the mountainous region of Cilicia in southern Anatolia, which they renamed Lesser Armenia.Once established in Cilicia, they fought for independence.
	www.angelfire.com /empire/egfroth/Armenians.html (2905 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Armenia
		Armenia is the name given to a mountainous strip of land situated in the southwestern portion of Asia.
		Within a century, the heirs of Roupen were further rewarded by the grant of a kingdom known as Cilicia or Lesser Armenia, to be held as a vassal government of the Holy See and of Germany.
		Lesser Armenia is a field cultivated chiefly by Jesuit missionaries, and, unlike the rest, their efforts are confined to the Armenians.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01736b.htm (4390 words)

	MSN Encarta - Armenia (region)
		Armenia (region), historic region of western Asia, which in ancient times was an independent country comprising southern Caucasia and northeastern Asia Minor.
		In the Republic of Armenia portion, the mineral and agricultural resources are intensively exploited, but the Turkish and Iranian sections of historic Armenia are poorly developed.
		The major enemies of medieval Armenia were the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks, who overran the country in the 11th century.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761555976 (803 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Armenia Official Site
		It grew to become one of the strongest kingdoms in the Near East and constituted a formidable rival to Assyria for supremacy in the region.
		The "renaissance of Armenia" was accomplished during the reign of Tigran the Great (95-99 B.C.), who proclaimed himself "King of Kings." Under Tigran II, Armenia grew to a great degree of military strength and political influence.
		Armenia was made part of the Trans-Caucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic in 1922, and in 1936, it became one of the Soviet Union's constituent republics.
	armeniaforeignministry.am /arm/history/main.html (2322 words)

	Constantine IV of Armenia - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constantine IV of Armenia (died 1344) was the first Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1342 to 1344.
		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.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Constantine_IV_of_Armenia (171 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Armenia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor) 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 Rubenid dynasty, an offshoot of the larger Bagratid family that at various times held the thrones of Armenia and Georgia.
		The fall of Sis in April 1375 put an end to the kingdom; its last King, Leon VI, was granted safe passage and died in exile in Paris in 1393.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kingdom-of-Armenia (221 words)

	Manzikert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Manzikert was an important trading post of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia.
		The subsequent peace terms caused the Byzantine Empire to lose Armenia and almost all of Asia Minor, which over the next 300 years became the Turkish homeland and a springboard for the ultimate destruction of the Byzantine Empire itself.
		Armenia had been the Empire's primary recruitment ground for several hundred years before the disastrous battle, and the loss of both Armenia and the majority of Eastern Anatolia marked the end of Byzantine military and economic independence.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Manzikert (285 words)

	Armenia History
		The name Armenia was given to the country by the surrounding states, as it was the name of the strongest tribe living in the historic Armenian lands, who called themselves Armens.
		Armenian Kingdom Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under the Artaxiad Dynasty after the conquests of Tigranes the Great, 80 BC After the destruction of the Seleucid Empire, a Hellenistic Greek successor state of Alexander the Great 's short-lived empire, a Hellenistic Armenian state was founded in 190 BC.
		Although the native dynasty of the Bagratids to which the Arabs gave the royal crown of Armenia, was founded under favourable circumstances, the feudal system gradually weakened the country by eroding loyalty to the central government.
	www.world66.com /europe/armenia/history (1731 words)

	History - Armenian Travel and Tourism Portal
		The principality was ruled by the Prince of Armenia, recognized by the Calpih and the Byzantine Emperor.
		In 1920, Armenia and Turkey engaged in the Turkish-Armenian War, a violent conflict that ended with the Treaty of Alexandropol in which the Armenians surrendered the bulk of their weapons and land to the Turks.
		Simultaneously, Armenia was invaded by the Red Army, which led to establishment of Soviet rule in Armenia in December of 1920.
	www.travel.am /armenia/history-of-armenia (1575 words)

	Armenia » www.globat.es
		Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan, Հայք Hayq), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, located in the Southern Caucasus.
		A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state and one of the oldest and most historic civilizations in the world.
		Armenia is currently a member of more than thirty-five different international organizations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the World Trade Organization and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
	www.globat.es /Armenia (333 words)

	Constantine V of Armenia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constantine V of Armenia (died 1362) ruled Armenia from 1344 to 1362.
		He was the son of Baldwin of Armenia a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia.
		Constantine was the first husband of Marie of Armenia daughter of Oshin of Corycos and Jeanne of Anjou.
	www.freeglossary.com /Constantine_V_of_Armenia (223 words)

	Encyclopedia: Constantine IV of Armenia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leo (also Leon or Levon) V of Armenia (1309-August 28, 1341) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1320 to 1341.
		Constantine V of Armenia (died 1362) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1344 to 1362.
		Armenian Cilicia and Crusader States Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor or Lesser Armenia) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Constantine-IV-of-Armenia (472 words)

	Constantine VI of Armenia
		Constantine VI of Armenia (died 1373) ruled Armenia from 1362 to 1373.
		He was the son of Hethum of Neghir, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia.
		Constantine was the second husband of Marie of Armenia, daughter of Oshin of Corycos and Jeanne of Anjou.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/constantine_vi_of_armenia.html (169 words)

	Armenia and Georgia, Culmen Europae
		Armenia has thus traditionally been regarded as the first officially Christian country, though, with uncertainties in dating, Ethiopia may be able to challenge this.
		The Kingdom of Armenia in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia is called "Lesser" Armenia in contrast to the "Greater Armenia" of the Armenian homeland to the northeast.
		The Kingdom of Lesser Armenia was the last independent Armenian state until the former Soviet Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991.
	www.friesian.com /armenia.htm (4283 words)

	Armenia
		During the era of the crusades, the the kingdom of Lesser Armenia, formed in Cilicia, helped the Christian knights until the kingdom was defeated by the Mamluk Turks in 1375.
		1920 - Armenia was invaded by Turkey and Bolshevik Russia.
		The economy of Armenia already is one of the poorest in Europe, with the average worker in this land-locked country of 3.3 million earning only $3 per day.
	history.sandiego.edu /GEN/for/armenia.html (774 words)

	The Kingdom of Armenia
		Armenia first came into the Parthian orbit during the reign of Mithradates II, who defeated Artavasdes and took his eldest son, Tigranes II(later called "the Great") as hostage.
		The kingdom of Armenia became one of the central bones of contention between Rome and Parthia and generally sided with whomever appeared to be the strongest.
		By this means the Armenians acquired an Arsacid dynasty with the accesion of Tiridates, brother of Vologases I, in 66 AD, which was to last down to the 5th century AD, well after the fall of the Parthian empire and the senior Arsacid line.
	americanhistory.si.edu /collections/numismatics/parthia/frames/armenia.htm (232 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Parthians (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Parthian empire occupied all of modern Iran, Iraq and Armenia, parts of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and, for brief periods, territories in Pakistan and Syria.
		This was a very apt title, as the Parthian monarch was the ruler of his own empire plus some eighteen vassal kings, such as the rulers of the city state Hatra, the kingdom of Characene and the ancient kingdom of Armenia.
		Armenia had become a Roman vassal kingdom, but the Parthian king Vologases I appointed a new Armenian ruler.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Parthians (3051 words)

	Leo III of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1236-1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1270 to 1289.
		He was the son of Hethum I of Armenia and Queen Isabella of Armenia.
		In 1266 Leo was captured and his younger brother Thoros killed while fighting the Mamluk invaders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leo_III_of_Armenia (153 words)

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