Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

[Armenian]

Olive tree was brought into Palestine from Armenia 4000 BC

Zaitounah Museum new addition to Tunisian heritage

By Naceur M'tir

SOUSSE, Tunisia, July 12 (KUNA) -- The Zaitounah (olive) Museum which was
opened recently in the eastern city of Sousse is considered a new addition
to the Tunisian cultural heritage due to the pivotal role the olive tree
plays in the lives of Tunisians and the population of the Medieterranean
region.

[...]

Gadira said that it also aims at preserving the heritage of this "blessed"
tree for future generations, noting that this tree remained steadfast before
the various civilizations which ruled Tunisia over some 3000 years like the
Berbers, Phoenicians, Byzantines, Arabs, Spaniards and Turks.

He said that the most ancient documented sources available report that the olive tree was brought into Palestine from Armenia 4000 BC and then taken by the Phoenicians to Greece and later to North Africa, particularly Tunisia.

Since the ancient times, olive oil was the choice of the elite and notables
in Tunisia and other countries of the region. It was used in religious
rituals, as a massage oil, producing perfumes and for other medical
purposes. According to the latest figures, there are an estimated 55 million olive trees stretching from the country's north to south and covering an area of nearly 1.6 million hectares or 30 percent of Tunisia's farmlands.

Tunisia is the world's second largest producer and exporter of olive oil
after EU states, mainly Italy and Spain. Article originally published by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) 12-Jul-04

Source: http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=648372

[Virgil]

Armenian thats a interesting read, good stuff.

[Armenian]

I hope the following information will interest you.

Based on my exposure to European and Near-Eastern research regarding genetics, archeology, mythology and linguistics, I have come to the conclusion that the aboriginal homeland of Armenians and all proto-Indo European and Aryan tribes were somewhere within the vicinity of the Armenian Highlands (eastern Anatolia, northern Mesopotamia, north eastern Iran and the southern Caucasus), more specifically, within the triangle formed by the Caspian sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Putting aside wishful thinking and fairytales propagated by self-serving "Euro-centric" White Supremists on the one hand and equally unreliable Zionist saturated academia within America and England on the other hand, there is a large body of evidence that mainstream western academia has not been exposed to yet that clearly points to the Armenian Highlands as the primordial location where civilized man as represented by Indo-European and Mesopotamian tribes first entered the pages of history.

According to Armenian and some European scholars and scientists, the following statements are either accepted as corroborated facts yet to be disproved by other discoveries elsewhere, or very likely speculation and/or theories that yet need to be corroborated through additional research. Thus, based on the evaluation of various scholarly and scientific disciplines, the Armenian Highlands are said to be:

The earliest location where metal smelting is said to have taken place.

The earliest location where agriculture is said to have been developed.

The earliest location where animal husbandry is said to have been developed.

The earliest location where wheeled transportation is said to have been implimented.

The earliest location where petroglyphs of wheels, ox carts and swastikas are depicted.

The earliest location where mankind is said to have developed a keen understanding of movements of the stars and the planets.

The earliest location where cyclopic walls and round dwelling have been unearthed.

The earliest location where some of the Babylonian, Sumerian, Iranian, Celtic, Slavic, Germanic and Greco-Roman gods and goddesses have their primordial predecessors.

The location where Babylonian/Sumerian and Hebrew sacred texts indicate the civilization/mankind was first "created."

The location where Babylonian/Sumerian and Hebrew sacred texts indicate the world was repopulated after the Great Flood.

The location where, according to Hebrew sacred scripture, God is said to have changed the languages of mankind, thus, scattering them to the far corners of the world. (in my opinion, most probably a metaphor describing the Indo-European language diffusion)

The following web-sites are related to the aforementioned statements:

Indo-European homeland, Armenian prehistoric artifacts:

http://www.armenianhighland.com/homeland/chronicle120.html

Karahunge: Armenia's "stonehenge" advent of astronomy:

http://www.tacentral.com/karahundj/karahundj1.asp

Shengavit: a seven thousand year old dwelling:

http://www.armenianow.com/2003/nove...atures/history/

Metsamor: Pre-ancient dwelling a center for metallurgy and astronomy:
http://www.tacentral.com/history/metsamor.asp / http://www.tacentral.com/astronomy.asp?story_no=3

Petroglyphs: Neolithic depictions of celestial bodies, swastikas, wheeled transportation, etc:
http://www.arminco.com/hayknet/naskal.htm / http://www.iatp.am/ara/map/index.html

Pre-historic religions within the Armenian Highlands, Armenian national gods and goddesses:
http://www.ercole.net/hayaser/religion.asp / http://www.angelfire.com/hi/Azgaser/AR.html