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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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Smbat III and the Creation of the Lori Kingdom

When Gagik I died in 1020, he left two sons. His oldest son, Ohannes Smbat, was crowned King Smbat III. "He was peace-loving, and an incompetent person as far as concerning handling weapons and warfare, which was strongly related to his heavily overweight person. In contrast to him, his younger brother, Ashot, was a brave and skilled warrior." 60

With the assistance of the king in Vaspourakan and the kings in Georgia, Ashot managed to rebel against his own brother and conquer the northern part of the country. Here he founded a new Armenian kingdom, by the name of Lori. The two brothers signed a treaty according to which they would rule their own part of the country until the death of the other, at which point the survivor would rejoin these two countries in a united Armenia and rule as its sole regent.

This division took place at a time of time when the Armenian people, more than ever, needed its united strength in order to withstand the waves of assault of the Turanian tribes.