History of Armenia facts for kids
The history of Armenia and Armenians is very ancient and can go back at least 2000 BC. Archaeologists say the Shulaveri-Shomu culture of the central Transcaucasus region, and Armenia today, as the earliest known prehistoric culture in the area, carbon-dated to around 6000 - 4000 BC. But, a newer discovered tomb has been dated to 9000 BC. Another early culture in the Armenian Highlands and surrounding areas—the Kura-Araxes culture is in the period of ca. 4000 - 2200 BC, and is believed to have to go into the Trialeti culture (ca. 2200 - 1500 BC), and meaning Armenians are one of the oldest Indo-European subgroups.
Urartu
Urartu was an ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highlands.
Some experts say that the Armenians started as a mixture of the different peoples to move through the area in history: The Hurrians, Urarteans, Luvians and Mushki. This last group, also knowns as Phrygians may have brought their Indo-European language to Armenia. The Armenian language today is Indo-European, but shows a lot of influence from the earlier languages, especially Urartean.
Ancient period
The Armenians had friendly relations with the Parthian empire. The fighting between the Roman Empire and Parthia was centered in Armenia. Armenia was in between Parthian and the Roman Empire. The Armenians had already played a role in the early history of the Roman-Parthian relations. Tigranes put military and political relations with Rome and Parthia on an international legal foundation. The Parthians were allies to Armenians in many times. Many Parthian noble families had moved out and they went to Armenia.
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Images for kids
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Yerevan with Mount Ararat in the background
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A 5500-year-old leather shoe—the oldest shoe in the world—was discovered in the Areni cave in Armenia. See Areni-1 shoe.
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Bronze Age astronomical observatory Zorats Karer (also known as Karahunj).
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The natural borders of the Armenian plateau and its peripheral regions according to H. F. B. Lynch (1901).
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Armenia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria with Adjacent Regions, Karl von Spruner, published in 1865.
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Armenia in the 4th Century, 299–387 AD.
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The extent of Persian Armenia.
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Eastern Armenia, 1740.
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Robert de Vaugondy Map of Persia, Arabia and Turkey, 1753. Armenia is divided between Persia and Turkey.
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East Armenia on the Persian Empire map. John Pinkerton, 1818.
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The Erivan khanate within the Iranian Safavid Empire.
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Patriarch Harutyun I of Constantinople
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Western Armenia the first half of the 18th century – Herman Moll's map,1736
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Western Armenia on the Ottoman Empire map – John Pinkerton, 1818
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6 Armenian provinces of Western Armenia – Patten, William and J.E. Homas, Turkey in Asia (with 6 Armenian provinces of Western Armenia), 1903
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Map of the Armenian Oblast within the Russian Empire
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Armenian civilians, being deported during the Armenian genocide
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6 Armenian provinces of Western Armenia and boundaries between countries before World War I
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First Republic of Armenia in 1919
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The proposed Armenian state created by the Treaty of Sèvres
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Armenian civilians fleeing Kars after its capture by Turkish forces
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Members of the Soviet 11th Red Army marching down Yerevan's Abovyan Boulevard, effectively ending Armenian self-rule
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Political map of the region, CIA, 2002
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Distribution of Armenians in the Caucasus
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The modern concept of United Armenia as claimed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Orange: areas overwhelmingly populated by Armenians (Republic of Armenia: 98%; Nagorno-Karabakh: 99%; Javakheti: 95%) Yellow: Historically Armenian areas with presently no or insignificant Armenian population (Western Armenia and Nakhichevan)
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Inauguration of Levon Ter-Petrosyan as president in 1991
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Military situation of Nagorno-Karabakh in May 2016
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1 March mass protests
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See also
In Spanish: Historia de Armenia para niños
