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This is a timeline of Armenian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Armenia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Armenia .
Democracy on Rocky Ground: Armenia's Disputed 2008 Presidential Election, Post-election Violence, and the One-sided Pursuit of Accountability. New York, NY: Human Rights Watch. 2009. ISBN 9781564324443. Nalbandian, Louise (1967). The Armenian revolutionary movement: the development of Armenian political parties through the 19th century ...
The history of Armenia covers the topics related to the history of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the Armenian people, the Armenian language, and the regions of Eurasia historically and geographically considered Armenian. [1] Armenia is located between Eastern Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, [1] surrounding the Biblical mountains of ...
The Kingdom of Armenia often served as a client state or vassal at the frontier of the two large empires and their successors, the Byzantine and Sassanid empires. In 301, Tiridates III proclaimed Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state in history to embrace Christianity officially.
982–989) and Smbat II of Armenia (right, r. 977–989) The Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget was a vassal kingdom founded in 982 by Kiuriki I, youngest son of Ashot III of Armenia, and was thereafter ruled by his descendants. It was for most of its history ruled from the fortress of Lori. [21] Kiurike I, 982–989, [18] son of Ashot III of Armenia [18]
1903 June 12: Armenian Church and its property (Russian Armenia) 1904: Second Sasun Resistance; 1904: Raid of a Russian military depot in Alexandropol; 1905 January 22: Revolution of 1905 starts in Russia (Russian Armenia) 1905-1907: Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907 (Russian Armenia) 1905 July 21: Yıldız assassination attempt
Zangezur came under Armenia's control. [citation needed] Georgian–Armenian War (1918) First Republic of Armenia Georgia: Inconclusive. Armenia gains the province of Lori. With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia. Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia (1920) First Republic of Armenia ...
Ancient Armenia refers to the history of Armenia during Antiquity.It follows Prehistoric Armenia and covers a period of approximately one thousand years, beginning at the end of the Iron Age with the events that led to the dissolution of the Kingdom of Urartu, and the emergence of the first geopolitical entity called Armenia in the 6th century BC.