Prehistory of Armenian New Year The ancient Armenians had been celebrating the coming of the New Year on the 21st of March. That date is also the birthday of the Armenian pagan God Vahagn. On this day the Armenians prepared huge feasts to welcome and celebrate the zenith of the nature. During the 18th Century, January [...]
12.19.2011
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Alexander the Great and his Successors Alexander the Great and his Successors Alexander the Great and his Successors Persian decadence The centralized government of Darius III began to disintegrate in the fourth century B.C. The provincial satraps were Darius III striving for independence, and the Greeks were looking with covetous eyes upon the [...]
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Armenia as Xenophon saw it ANABASIS – By Xenophon - In this Ancient book you can find materials about Ancient Armenia and Armenians. Retreat of the ten thousand Greek mercenary soldiers, ten thousand in number, who had been aiding the younger Cyrus of Persia against his brother Artaxerxes, returned home in 401 B.C., after [...]
12.15.2011
Period of Legend The Armenians have their full share of legends regarding their origin; legends in which spirits, gods and superhuman heroes, the forces and phenomena of nature, play dominant parts. In such myths may be traced occasional historical facts. The impossible thing is to disentangle the fact from the fiction. The most pervasive figure [...]
12.15.2011
Urartu A Redoubtable Foe One of the great chapters in the history of Armenia is or should be the epic of the monarchy which the Assyrians called Urartu, but which was known to the Hebrews as Ararat. Herodotus called its people Alarodians. Urartu is regarded by history today as one of the earlier incarnations of Armenia. [...]
12.15.2011
Hayasa Hittite inscriptions deciphered by E. Forrer testify to the existence of a mountain country, the Hayasa, lying around the Lake of Van. Hayasa or Khayasa identified with Haik, Hayk or Hark, was inhabited before the coming of Armens. The suffix sa of Hayasa corresponds to the stan, derivative of Hayasatan (Armenia). Greeks knew about [...]
