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Kemurdzhian, Alexander (October 4, 1921 -February 25, 2003): Russian. Kemurdzhian designed Lunokhod 1, the first space-exploration rover, which roamed on the Moon in 1970. ^ Harvey, Brian (2007). Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration.
The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron. 642. Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery. 645. Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650.
At its zenith, from 95 to 66 BC, Greater Armenia extended its rule over parts of the Caucasus and the area that is now eastern and central Turkey, north-western Iran, Israel, Syria and Lebanon, forming the second Armenian empire. For a time, Armenia was one of the most powerful states east of Rome.
The origin of the Armenians is a topic concerned with the emergence of the Armenian people and the country called Armenia.The earliest universally accepted reference to the people and the country dates back to the 6th century BC Behistun Inscription, followed by several Greek fragments and books. [1]
1897 July 25–27: Khanasor Expedition. 1901 November: Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery. 1903 June 12: depriving the Armenian Church of the right of administering its own property. 1904: Second Sasun Resistance. 1905 January 22: Revolution of 1905 starts in Russia. 1905–1907: Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907.
t. e. Prehistoric Armenia refers to the history of the region that would eventually be known as Armenia, covering the period of the earliest known human presence in the Armenian Highlands from the Lower Paleolithic more than 1 million years ago until the Iron Age and the emergence of Urartu in the 9th century BC, the end of which in the 6th ...
Armenia (/ ɑːr ˈ m iː n i ə / ⓘ ar-MEE-nee-ə), [14] [a] officially the Republic of Armenia, [b] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. [15] [16] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. [17]
Hidden Armenians. First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. v. t. e. The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the Armenian people. Armenia is a majority Christian country in the Caucasus.