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Armenia

The Urartu Civilisation

Victory for Independence

Artashisian Dynasty on the Armenian Throne

Armenia caught between Rome and the Arsacids

The Acceptance of Christianity

Defending Christianity

Armenia Under the Bagratouni Dynasty

Cilicia - the New Armenia

Armenia Under Turanian Rule

The Renaissance or the Resurrection of Armenia

The Eastern Question

Russia in the Caucasus

The Armenian Question

Battle on Two Fronts

Tsarist Russia Against the Armenians

The Revolution of the Young Turks and the Armenian People on the Eve of World War I

The First World War

The Resurrection of Armenia

Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918

- Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918

Eastern Armenia

Western Armenia

"The Fateful Years" (1914-1917)

"Hopes and Emotions" (March-October, 1917)

The Bolshevik Revolution and Armenia

Transcaucasia Adrift (November, 1917

Dilemmas (March-April, 1918)

War and Independence (April-May, 1918)

The Republics of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia

The Suppliants (June-October, 1918)

In conclusion

Soviet Armenia

The Second Independent Republic of Armenia

Epilogue

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According to Macler, Armenian artists and craftsmen had reached a level no lesser than their colleagues in other countries. Armenian carpets from the 15th to the 18th centuries in regard to their style, size and pattern were considered masterpieces and now are of great value. Despite eastern influence on Armenian jewellery, it retained its pattern and the internal relations between size, figure and so on. Gobinenans statement regarding the Persian art also applies to that of the Armenians, that the complexity of detail does not eclipse the simplicity and harmony of each piece. 97

Armenian cross-stones, or Khatch-kar, were and continue to be sculpted from blocks of stone with great delicate accuracy. Some of them are so delicate that they appear to be nets cut from stone.

Armenian architects and construction workers continued to exhibit their creativity, but unfortunately during this period for the benefit of foreigners and not their homeland.

In conclusion, although Armenian culture and civilization did not greatly expand during these centuries of Turanian rule, their development continued despite the adverse prevailing circumstances.


97) Greve Gobineau, The Three Years in Asia, Paris