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The Armenian Highlands and Pontus-region were famous for bronze and iron smelting techniques into the Classical-era. [33] The Ancient Greeks and Romans made mention of a people to the immediate north of Armenia called Chalybes (Χᾰ́λῠψ). Some scholars have theorized this name means "steel."
Armenians call themselves Hay (Armenian: հայ, pronounced [ˈhaj]; plural: հայեր, [haˈjɛɾ]). The name has traditionally been derived from Hayk ( Armenian : Հայկ ), the legendary patriarch of the Armenians and a great-great-grandson of Noah , who, according to Movses Khorenatsi (Moses of Khorene) , defeated the Babylonian king Bel ...
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 ]
The history of Armenia covers the topics related to the history of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the Armenian people, the Armenian language, and the regions of Eurasia historically and geographically considered Armenian. [1] Armenia is located between Eastern Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, [1] surrounding the Biblical mountains of ...
Hayk [a] (Armenian: Հայկ, Armenian pronunciation:), also known as Hayk Nahapet (Հայկ Նահապետ, Armenian pronunciation: [hajk naha'pɛt], lit. ' Hayk the Patriarch ' [1]), is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation.
In 1939, Armenians of Musa Dagh fled to Lebanon rather than submit to Turkish rule. Now they despair over the exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
In modern day Armenia, there is a municipality called Gyumri, the city took host to large numbers of Armenian refugees fleeing the Ottoman Empire from the Armenian Genocide. Many of these people spoke the Karin dialect of Armenian , which is spoken in Gyumri but overtime many Eastern Armenian and Russian words have been borrowed into the dialect .
A multilingual (Armenian-English-Russian) sign at the Geghard monastery. Armenia is located in the Caucasus region of south-eastern Europe. Armenian is the official language in Armenia and is spoken as a first language by the majority of its population.