ISBN: 9780631143727

This is a 3,000 year history of one of Europe's most fascinating and important peoples. Situated on the southeast coast of the Black Sea, Armenia has been a pivotal point between the forc… Mehr…

This is a 3,000 year history of one of Europe's most fascinating and important peoples. Situated on the southeast coast of the Black Sea, Armenia has been a pivotal point between the forces of the east and of the west over most of its long history. That history has thus been very largely one of conquest by rival empires.Armenia has been conquered, invaded, and subjugated successively by the Persians, Seleucians and the Greeks. the Romans, Parthians, Byzantium and the Arabs, the Ottoman Empire, and most recently the Soviet Empire. Perhaps not surprisingly emigration from their troubled homeland has been a popular option among Armenians for at least the last 1,500 years. Armenian culture, as the author shows, has survived in enclaves throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The book closes with a consideration of Armenia's first experience of independence after a gap of 1,000 years. Elizabeth Redgate's vivid, analytical narrative is illustrated with numerous photographs and maps. Media > Book, [PU: Basil Blackwell]<