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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These temples were the source of enormous riches and owned large properties. The priests and their many servants were dependent on them. In the city of Ashtishat alone their number was over a thousand.
This was the religion of the Armenians until the end of the 3rd century A.D., when the country accepted Christianity. This religion caused in no way any harassment from the European powers or the Persians. Everyone is aware of the liberal treatment of the Romans towards the issue of religion, something that was one of the basic reasons for the creation of the Roman Empire. Renan wrote: "Rome acknowledged all the old religions and let them be and only destroyed religions which were inhuman, rebellious and that degraded others." 96
Even the Arsacid Persians held this liberal view of religion, since they did not at all attempt to convert the Armenians by force to Mazdeism.
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96) Renan, Histoire des Origines du Christianisme, Les Apôtres, Paris, 1877, vol. II, p. 334-335
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