Sarduri Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 the real armenian history began around 1000 b.c. arartuni dynasty the arartuni dynasty began around 1000 bc as the armenian empire empire of urartu. the kingdom was founded by sarduri, with its capital at van. sarduris son ishpuini annexed the neighboring state of musasir, making urartu a threat to the assyrians. menua added euphrates to the empire. argishti conquered syria, melita, hatti, diaukhi, and large parts of assyria and babylonia. under argishtis son sardur the second urartus conquered komuhulu, parts of assyria, cilicia, albania, urtehini, and allepo. the last king of the armenian arartuni dynasty was rusa, who was conquered by the medes. for nearly three centuiries, armenia was ruled by seleucids, and persians. artaxiad dynasty The artaxiad dynasty was founded by artaxias, who conquered parts of media, iberia, and albania. Under artaxias's grandson, tigran, armenia was at the zenith of its power. tigran and his disciplined armenian army conquered mesopotamia, parts of parthia, pheonicia, syria, cammagane, cilicia, and palestine. but this did not escape the eye of rome. tigrans father in law escaped to pontus. lucullus, the roman general, demanded mithridates, but tigran refused. so lucullus attacked the heart of the armenian empire, tigranakert. armenians were defeated by romans and the capial was sacked the capital. however, tigrans army defeated the romans at artashat. although tigran won at artashat, a peace treaty was signed between rome and armenia.The armenian empire was destroyed bymark antony, who defeated armenian king artavasd. however the artaxiads continued to rule until overthrown by the romans in 10 ad. arshakian dynasty the arshakias were actually rulers of pathia, who were overthrown and left as kings in armenia. the first arshakian king of armenia was trdat. under king khosrove, who defeated albania. the persian kings ardashir, and shapuh both tried to conquer khosrove, but both failed. shapuh sent an assasin to kill khosrove. shapu's assasin killed khosrove and shapuh raided armenia, bad!!! armenia became the first christian stateb in the world under king trdat. under vramshapuh the armenian alphabet was created. bagratian dynasty armenia was soon divided under several fedual medieval armeniankingdoms. one of these were the bagratians. the bagratian dynasty was founded by bagrat. the real rise of the bagratians occured during ashot who ended arab domination in armenia. under ashot the third and his son smbat, the bagratians conquered other armenian kingdoms and kept armenia unified. ani was the capital. it was known was the cito of 1001 churches and was a great cultural and learning center of armenia. however, the seljuks conquered ani and put an end to the bagratian empire. clilician kingdom when the mongols invaded armenia, many armenians moved to the tauros mauntains and began the armenian kingdom of cilicia, under king ruben. the kingdom reached its peak under levon who fought in the third crusade and caPTURED ANTIOCH TWICE, MAKING CILICIA THE MOST POWERFUL near east. cilicia was a prosperous fedual christian kingdom with its capital at sis. it had a lot of churches and monastaries and was a great and peaceful place for learning. the mamluks of egypt conquered cilicia. the kingdom of armenia was never to rise again. armenian genocide armenia, for five centuries, was ruled by turks. the turks KILLED, RAPED, HANGED, CHOPED, AND DISPOSED OVER 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS FOR THEIR PROUD CHRISTIAN RELIGION. modern armenia armenia, today, is a democracy. with a presidant.the armenians soon went to war with azerbaijan for karabakh, in which armenia was vivtorious. today the president of armenia is robert khocharian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Sounds like 2 degree school assignment the real armenian history began around 1000 b.c. arartuni dynasty the arartuni dynasty began around 1000 bc as the armenian empire empire of urartu. the kingdom was founded by sarduri, with its capital at van. sarduris son ishpuini annexed the neighboring state of musasir, making urartu a threat to the assyrians. menua added euphrates to the empire. argishti conquered syria, melita, hatti, diaukhi, and large parts of assyria and babylonia. under argishtis son sardur the second urartus conquered komuhulu, parts of assyria, cilicia, albania, urtehini, and allepo. the last king of the armenian arartuni dynasty was rusa, who was conquered by the medes. for nearly three centuiries, armenia was ruled by seleucids, and persians. artaxiad dynasty The artaxiad dynasty was founded by artaxias, who conquered parts of media, iberia, and albania. Under artaxias's grandson, tigran, armenia was at the zenith of its power. tigran and his disciplined armenian army conquered mesopotamia, parts of parthia, pheonicia, syria, cammagane, cilicia, and palestine. but this did not escape the eye of rome. tigrans father in law escaped to pontus. lucullus, the roman general, demanded mithridates, but tigran refused. so lucullus attacked the heart of the armenian empire, tigranakert. armenians were defeated by romans and the capial was sacked the capital. however, tigrans army defeated the romans at artashat. although tigran won at artashat, a peace treaty was signed between rome and armenia.The armenian empire was destroyed bymark antony, who defeated armenian king artavasd. however the artaxiads continued to rule until overthrown by the romans in 10 ad. arshakian dynasty the arshakias were actually rulers of pathia, who were overthrown and left as kings in armenia. the first arshakian king of armenia was trdat. under king khosrove, who defeated albania. the persian kings ardashir, and shapuh both tried to conquer khosrove, but both failed. shapuh sent an assasin to kill khosrove. shapu's assasin killed khosrove and shapuh raided armenia, bad!!! armenia became the first christian stateb in the world under king trdat. under vramshapuh the armenian alphabet was created. bagratian dynasty armenia was soon divided under several fedual medieval armeniankingdoms. one of these were the bagratians. the bagratian dynasty was founded by bagrat. the real rise of the bagratians occured during ashot who ended arab domination in armenia. under ashot the third and his son smbat, the bagratians conquered other armenian kingdoms and kept armenia unified. ani was the capital. it was known was the cito of 1001 churches and was a great cultural and learning center of armenia. however, the seljuks conquered ani and put an end to the bagratian empire. clilician kingdom when the mongols invaded armenia, many armenians moved to the tauros mauntains and began the armenian kingdom of cilicia, under king ruben. the kingdom reached its peak under levon who fought in the third crusade and caPTURED ANTIOCH TWICE, MAKING CILICIA THE MOST POWERFUL near east. cilicia was a prosperous fedual christian kingdom with its capital at sis. it had a lot of churches and monastaries and was a great and peaceful place for learning. the mamluks of egypt conquered cilicia. the kingdom of armenia was never to rise again. armenian genocide armenia, for five centuries, was ruled by turks. the turks KILLED, RAPED, HANGED, CHOPED, AND DISPOSED OVER 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS FOR THEIR PROUD CHRISTIAN RELIGION. modern armenia armenia, today, is a democracy. with a presidant.the armenians soon went to war with azerbaijan for karabakh, in which armenia was vivtorious. today the president of armenia is robert khocharian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 what happened to Yervandunis? plus, it's Arshakuni and Bagratuni, not Arshakian and Bagratian... Bagratian is Hrant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javakhk Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Very little is known about Yervandunis. In some of his scripts Artashes the Great calls himself the anchestor of Ervanuns... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurocentric Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 What the hell is Arartuni? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javakhk Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 > What the hell is Arartuni? Product of modern story-writers interested in national problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 For concise and accurate references to Armenian history I recommend this site: http://www.armenianhistory.info/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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