Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado’s map below depicts Lesser Armenia (Փոքր Հայք) and Greater Armenia (Մեծ Հայք). The main river tributaries extend through the Black and Caspian Seas, occupying territories that are now known as Georgia, Azerbaijan and most of eastern Turkey, including Mount Ararat. The map belongs to the third period of the old …
Engraving of 1749 by John Hinton. This picture was published in an English magazine. Here Armenia is represented as the homeland of mankind after the great flood. In the engraved picture the Tower of Babel is positioned on the left with workers erecting ramps. The genealogical tree of Noah along with the names of different …
Ancient Greeks considered the Armenian Highlands as the heart of the world. According to their records, the plateau was situated south and in the middle of Black and Caspian Seas, as well as in between of the Mediterranean Basin and the Persian Gulf. Armenian Highlands was connected to the Black Sea via the Akampsis river …
On 9 May Victory Day is celebrated in former republics of Soviet Union and some European countries. But in Armenia it is not only the day of commemoration of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany, but also the liberation of the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Seizure of the …
In 1918 member of the Turkish State Council, lawyer and founder of the Anglophile Association Said Molla started to publish the “Turkish Istanbul” newspaper. On March 25, 1919 the newspaper published a letter from the central cabinet of the party “Unity and Progress” entitled “Letter with instructions to the Special Committee”. It concerned the Armenian …