Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

[Azad]

If you are interested in the Armenian history relative to the Byzantium period, this link is excellent.
You can listen to the Podcasts "The History of Byzantium". In almost every episode Armenia is mentioned.

https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com

[arakeretzig]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

I don't know where to put this, mod please move it if you think another thread is appropriate.
We usually talk about the last armenian states were in 14th century,(cicilia and zakarid armenia) but what about principality of khachen(curren day artsakh), it lasted between 1261 to 1750(kingdom of artsakh before 1261). Why do people not pay much attention to it? It's the only armenian kingdom/state/principality/whatever that had virtually uninterrupted continuity, isn't it?

[Haykakan]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

RUSSIAN TV CHANNEL WILL REVERBERATE TO ANCIENT ARMENIA

20:03, 3 July, 2013

Moscow, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS: "Russian "Culture" TV channel has prepared
a program about Armenian highland.

"Armenia is a big museum under open sky the handmade exponents of
which were created many years ago," Armenpress" reports that such
definition gave to our country the Russian TV channel one of the
programs of which will be dedicated to Armenian highland on July 11.

"Armenia and its civilization are traditionally considered as one of
the most ancient of the world and the discoveries made in Armenia show
the formation of world civilization and the level of its development
goes deep through ten thousands years and maybe earlier," is written
in the website of the program.

TV viewers will be able to watch the program dedicated to Armenia on
July 11 at 22:25.

This is not the first reverberation to Armenia of the channel:
it periodically introduces various programs dedicated to Armenian
culture and arts.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

Underground Pelasgian cities in Cappadocia and Derinkuyu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaMAEYF1TdI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxW26pAIG9M

I wonder if Gaddafi has something similar dug underground in Libya....

[Armanen]

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It's said that the Hittites originated from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea area. The Hittites where the earliest known, Indo-European peoples to develop a civilization and they also hold the distinction of ranking as one of the four great powers of the ancient world.

When you say 'ancient world' are you referring to the actual world or the Near East?

[retro]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

Underground Pelasgian cities in Cappadocia and Derinkuyu

[KanadaHye]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

Have better things to do - might watch them sometime in thefuture but it doesn't sound like a serious account - switched off at 3:31 after the words "Central Anatolia". To have that said in a 1900s context would make any archaeologist laugh. The map doesn't even show Constantinople in the right place!

The "documentary" was made fairly recently and in a 2000 context, Ankara, sadly enough is in "Central Anatolia". Constantinople is generally considered the land East of the walls of Constantine. That large dot is probably depicting the Palace of Boukoleon.

Actual videos of the Ancient Hittite city approx. 200 km from modern day Ankara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2uODbDH0k

[bell-the-cat]

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The Lords of Hattusa - The Ancient Hittite Empire

Interesting documentary of this Ancient Empire... in the highlands of Anatolia, much like Armenia today, was landlocked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoD2mHocvc

Have better things to do - might watch them sometime in thefuture but it doesn't sound like a serious account - switched off at 3:31 after the words "Central Anatolia". To have that said in a 1900s context would make any archaeologist laugh. The map doesn't even show Constantinople in the right place!

[retro]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

The Lords of Hattusa - The Ancient Hittite Empire

Interesting documentary of this Ancient Empire... in the highlands of Anatolia, much like Armenia today, was landlocked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoD2mHocvc

It's said that the Hittites originated from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea area. The Hittites where the earliest known, Indo-European peoples to develop a civilization and they also hold the distinction of ranking as one of the four great powers of the ancient world.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Armenian Highlands: the birth place of civilization

speaking of resurrection, the latest avatar was sort of unexpected although we could definitely feel something a few years ago, some sort of movement towards zoroastrianism... maybe a little taste for agitprop too.

The Lords of Hattusa - The Ancient Hittite Empire

Interesting documentary of this Ancient Empire... in the highlands of Anatolia, much like Armenia today, was landlocked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoD2mHocvc

The resurrection of Armenia will be a mystery