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History of the Western civilization
This book does not only cover the histoty of the Armenia. Since Armenia was established long time ago, it's history is very much connected with Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantine, Otomans, Arabs...and more...by reading this book you'll see what was happing in the Asia Minor...during all these periods...since Aremnia was at the crossroad of the East and West...many battels and historical event happened there....anotherwords...by reading this book ..you'll get an diea what was going on in the word's first Empires....Pesinas, Greeks, Romans....on...and on..and on...great book....

Excellent Concise Armenian History
Simon Payaslian's The History of Armenia is an excellent concise history of Armenia from the most ancient to the present Republic of Armenia. Payaslian reveals some historical items and events, which are not commonly found in Armenian history books. Payslian's language is precise and lucid. The History of Armenia is certainly a valuable addition to other Armenian history books. ... Read more

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ARMENIA: A Journey Through History contains a wealth of information about the Armenian people, history, significant events, important places, and individuals who did much to make the Armenian nation what it is. ... Read more

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Quite revealing.

This book is quite revealing.
It is indeed a case study.

Armenia's history takes us back to prehistoric times described in biblical literature as the Garden of Eden and Archaeologists discovered evidence it was one of the few sites of human existence.

In the third century, Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion. All pagan subjects were converted following upon its ruler's (Tiridates III) adoption of Christianity with full regard to the Roman Empire.

The tug or power between Russia on the one hand and the Ottomans on the other brought the establishment of the first Armenian Republic encompassing lands previously ruled by Russia in the East and the Ottomans in the West.
There was a time of relative calm.
But!!!
The Armenian Holocaust is tragic.
Over one million perished between 1915-1917 during the reign of the Young Turks.
The young Turks came to power five years before WWI and abolished the Caliphate and deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid.
((Gamal Pasha is one of their officers and in Lebanon he is always referred to as `The Butcher' for the bloody record he imprinted by hanging Syrians and Lebanese nationalists.))

The treaty of Sevres on August 10, 1920 promised the protection of the burgeoning state of Armenia by League of Nations.
When the Turkish National Movement took power, the treaty of Sevre was rejected.
In 1920 Armenia and Turkey fought each other.
The Armenians were defeated and their armies surrendered all their weapons (and lands) to the Turks..
In the same year, the Russian army marched into Armenia proper and established the Soviet rule; two years later the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union.
The Church struggled in both eras, 1) Under the Turks and 2) Under the Communists.
The years of relative stability were those when one of the two competing powers broke apart



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As a new independent Republic of Armenia is established among the ruins of the Soviet Union, Armenians are rethinking their history -- the processes by which they arrived at statehood in a small part of their historic homeland, and the definitions they might give to boundaries of their nation. Both a victim and a beneficiary of rival empires, Armenia experienced a complex evolution as a divided or an erased polity with a widespread diaspora.

Ronald Grigor Suny traces the cultural and social transformations and interventions that created a new sense of Armenian nationality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Perceptions of antiquity and uniqueness combined in the popular imagination with the experiences of dispersion, genocide, and regeneration to forge an Armenian nation in Transcaucasia. Suny shows that while the limits of Armenia at times excluded the diaspora, now, at a time of state renewal, the boundaries have been expanded to include Armenians who live beyond the borders of the republic.

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Bad translation and leaving much to be desired.
This book leaves much to be desired, especially considering that it was published by a reputable scholarly press (Indiana University). The translation is bad, there are maps with errors (many are not accurate and cannot even be properly used) and there are many errors (i.e., typos, etc.) that a good editor should have been more than able to correct. Related to the bad translation (and probably stemming from it) the book is poorly read and hard to follow.

Although this problem is not severe, there are others that are more severe. One of them is the the sources for much of the history come primarily from the Soviet Union. This is not much of a surprise considering Armenia's location but the problem is that much research (and sources) outside of the Soviet Union (i.e., Lebanon, University of Paris, etc.) are not even touched upon. This is a shame considering both the volume and quality.

If one is interested in a history of Armenia, especially from an academic press, one can do much better, especially considering the plaethora of books published on the topic in the past few years. Even Palgrave's History of Armenia (written for layman and published by a non-academic press) is far better. Skip this book and choose something else. Even if you randomly pick something on the topic you are bound to do better than this book.

Armenia rises again, and again
In the mid-19th century, Armenians had already been divided for a long time.Their traditional homeland in Anatolia was split up between three empires---Russia, Iran and the Ottomans.Most people there lived either as peasants or townsmen in forgotten corners.Another large segment of the Armenians lived in distant large cities such as Istanbul, Izmir, Isfahan, or Tiflis.The two sections did not often mix.Awareness of Armenia's history, culture and even language was at an all-time low.Inspired by the struggles and movements of other peoples, mostly in Europe, the Armenian intellectuals began to build an "identity", to create a nation where none had existed for half a millennium.Strands of socialism and Marxism wove their way through the national struggle, but they always played second fiddle to the cause of the nation.Rallying around the Apostolic Church and the ancient Armenian language with its own script, but developing strong disagreements among themselves over tactics and directions, the Armenians moved towards a nation state of their own, to be located in Anatolia.Unlike the many Balkan nationalities, the Baltics, Israel, and indeed Italy and Germany too, the Armenians were doomed to failure.Taking advantage of the chaos of World War I, some nationalists demonstrated and fought for a new Armenia, to arise on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.The idea backfired and led to genocide.The remnants of the Anatolian Armenians, if they did not flee south to Arab cities, to North America or Europe, wound up in a corner of historic Armenia that remained under control of Russia.After a two year period of independence, that Armenia became part of the Soviet Union.Suffering the vicissitudes of life in the USSR, but transformed into an urban, literate, and nationalistic society, Armenia finally re-emerged on the world stage in 1991, impoverished and embattled once again.

Suny's book on Armenia in Modern History deserves high marks for trying to avoid the nationalistic slant that disfigures so many "modern histories".As he himself notes, "the field of Armenian history is marked by unquestioning nationalism, narcissism, and ethnic-pride boosting."Challenging the accepted mythology always makes interesting reading and LOOKING TOWARDS ARARAT is no exception.Suny concentrates on the Armenians of Anatolia and the Caucasus---those who lived further away from the traditional homeland appear only in passing.The book has three themes: the nature of Armenian-ness and the "idea" of Armenia, the struggle to create an Armenian state, and the transformation of the Armenian people from peasants and urbanites in diaspora to an urban, industrial, literate people living in a truncated-but-viable national state.Two issues that are also discussed are the genocide (Chap. 6) and the events that led to a) Armenia's separation from the USSR and b) the war with Azerbaijan in the 1990s.The author covers this last part in blow-by-blow detail.Other than the glaring lack of a good map, I have only praise for this book and for the author in trying to cross through what is no doubt a minefield of angry nationalist opinion.I learned a great deal and can recommend the book to anyone who is seriously interested in the topic.It isn't bedtime reading.It's academic, but still the most useful, well-written book I've found that deals with modern Armenian history.

Another unobjective armenian book
Out of curiousity, I visited the previous reviewer, N. Livadas's other reviews (using his own advice - to check on Adam's history or reviews). And, Oh My Goodness, I saw what I hoped not to see - the guy is doing the same things he blaims someone under the nick "Adam" doing. People like this make the world think about the armenians as being funny lyers. This is very unfortunate, since I personally have a lot of close friends from Armenia, as well as other parts of the Caucasus and I find that both sides have their own prism of seing things.

Regardless of my sympathy to armenians as a naiton, I'd like to refer to the facts recognized by the internaitonal observers, and based on my thourough research on the history of conflict, I have to say that this particular piece is "slightly" misrepresenting the facts in favour to the armanian site.

a history of one Armenia
This is a History of Eastern Armenia in the present. Easily readible.It details the history of the Armenians and especially focuses on the eastern Armenians in the Russian empire and the Soviet state. A good resource as their are so few books on the Armenians and the tragedy of the Armenian genocide.This is a topic and a people more Americans need to learn about. ... Read more

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Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major empires of the early modern world--both land-based Asian empires and the emerging sea-borne empires--astonishingly without the benefits of an imperial network and state that accompanied and facilitated European mercantile expansion during the same period. This book brings to light for the first time the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. Among other topics, it explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed among merchants, and the importance of information networks and communication in the operation of early modern mercantile communities. ... Read more

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Translated by Johannes Avdall. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1827 edition by H. Townsend, Calcutta. ... Read more

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History of Armenia by Father Michael Chamich
Originally published in the 1800's, this book has a very archaic style.It is more a littany of names of rulers and actual major events are kept to a minimum.Also, in fine print it states that this book is one of two covering the period of Armenian history to the 19th Century.To get the complete picture you must purchase both books.Not worth it. ... Read more

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The volume is an easy reading and a must for the beginner student and interested party of the history of Armenia as well as for those more familiar with Armenian and its history. The author, an expert on Armenian history, has masterfully covered all aspects of the Armenian history such as Armenian literature, Armenian Church, the history of Armenian old and modern language, architecture, sculpture, music etc. along with all the historical events, starting from the beginning of the human civilization and that of Armenian one to the modern era of Armenia ... Read more

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Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i was a tenth century Armenian historian and katholikos who played a major political and intellectual role in efforts to liberate Armenia from foreign overlordship. Yovhannes' position of preeminence provided an unmatched vantage point from which to observe and record the events reconted in the "History". translation and commentary on chapters XXIV-LXVII of the import primary source. In addition to the translation, Maskoudian provides an extensive introduction to the historical and literary context of the "History", an extensive bibliography, and a number of detailed indexes (Peeters 1987) ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This early works was originally published in 1896. PREFACE: In offering to the public this volume on Bleeding Armenia under the Curse of Islam the writer does not seek to harrow the feelings of sensitive readers by the recital of blood curdling outrages, tortures, murders and butcherings; neither does he aim to discuss at any length the involved problems of the Eastern Question, but he does definitely seek to awaken interest in the history and fate of what may truly be called the Martyr Nation of the World..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Armenia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Armenia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Armenia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Armenia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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another view
Books should be judged on the basis of their content, not the ethnicity of their authors. No sensible person would suggest that a book written by a Jew about the Holocaust or Israel is biased for that reason alone. So why does the previous reviewer suggest that Galchian's book is not objective simply on the basis of the author's ethnicity? If he believes the book is not objective there is an obligation, its seems to me, to provide examples. The prior reviewer does not do so. I read the book and think that the author does a good job in documenting the destruction of artifacts and architectural remains by Azerbaijani interests who wish to eradicate an Armenian past. If you disagree, then show how the book is inaccurate, but do not slander the ethnicity of the author.

bias research, another propogandistic book
This book has a title which bears much more potential than this book in reality offers. It is well known how ethnic and historical myths instigated and exacerbated conflicts. This applies also to a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. While an impartial scholar have a plenty of material about the situation with invention of history on both sides, the author of this book - Armenian by origin - stands on one side and gives the bias research. Such propagandist book should not even be advertised on amazon.com ... Read more

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In English language. Hardcover of 357 pages, pages are made of glossy high quality paper, illustrated in color by stamps of Armenia from years 1909 to 1999. This history stamp book is self-published by the author and he dedicates it to memory of 1,500,000 Armenians of the 1915 Genocide by the Turks. ... Read more