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Armenian presence in Cilicia dates back to the first century BC, when under Tigranes the Great, the Kingdom of Armenia expanded and conquered a vast region in the Levant. In 83 BC, the Greek aristocracy of Seleucid Syria, weakened by a bloody civil war, offered their allegiance to the ambitious Armenian king. [ 11 ]
The Crusaders allied themselves with the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. [4] Above the Gates to the southwest is Gülek Kalesi (Armenian: Kuklak; Arab: Kawlāk), a large fortification of considerable antiquity that retains evidence of Byzantine and Arab periods of occupation, but is primarily an Armenian construction of the 12th and 13th centuries ...
Original – The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 1199–1375. Reason The map has great EV and quality. This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 4 March 2010 and was even a candidate for Picture of the Year in 2008. This map has also been improved by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab. Articles in which this image ...
The new Armenian state established very close relations with European countries and played a very important role during the Crusades, providing the Christian armies a haven and provisions on their way towards Jerusalem. Intermarriage with European crusading families was common, and European religious, political, and cultural influence was strong.
French Armenian Legion: Armenian-Georgian War Georgia: October 17-December 31, 1918 Republic of Armenia: Marash Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: January 21-February 13, 1920 French Armenian Legion: Second Urfa Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: February 9 ...
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia; Armenian illuminated manuscripts; Cilicia; Ghars al-Din Khalil; Hethum II; History of Armenia; Ibrahim I of Ramadan; Leo I, King of Armenia; List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia; Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar; Toros Roslin; Zayn al-Din Qaraja; Talk:Armenia/Archive 9; User:Falcaorib/Medieval Empires ...
With Sis fallen, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia also fell and its territory was annexed into the Mamluk Sultanate. According to Gregory of Akner, They burned the town of Sis, which was the seat of the Armenian kings. They cast wood into the fire and great church which was the center of Sis and they burned it. They demolished the tombs of the ...
3 Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) ... Soviet Armenia; Germany. Armenian Legion; Victory. 500,000 Armenians fought in the Soviet Army, 200,000 of whom ...