Originally posted by Vogelgrippe
Jean Baptiste Tavernier, who traveled six times in the East in the period of 1632-1668 wrote in his notes that "the land stretching from Tokat to Tabriz is almost exclusively inhabited by Christians and this region used to be part of the Armenian Kingdom...That's why it's not surprising to come across fifty Armenians for every single Muslim".
Reis Efendi in his Risalesi, the official report for the Ottoman Ministry of Interior, prepared in 1778-1780, wrote that "the Armenians are the most numerous reaya-population in the Ottoman State". In numbers it should lie somewhere between 2.5 to 3 million, since the Greek population at the time must have been over 2 million.
I regret that I have to make the "Eastern Anatolian" bet I usually do with lost causes, because you made me. Don't be offended, it's just a bet.
I also regret that I have to include my debrainwashing homework. repeat the following a hundred times a day you may be cured someday:
Debrainwashing lesson number 1: Armenia Not Anatolia (17824)
Armenia is not Anatolia.
Including Armenia in Anatolia is a post 1923 Kemal ordered lie.
Calling Armenia "Eastern Anatolia" is a post 1923 Kemal ordered lie.
Armenia was NEVER part of Anatolia.
Armenia is OUTSIDE Anatolia.
Anatolia is OUTSIDE Armenia.
Armenia has NEVER been inside Anatolia.
Armenia has ALWAYS been outside Anatolia.
Anatolia has NEVER included Armenia.
Anatolia excludes Armenia.
Armenia is excluded from Anatolia.
Armenia and Anatolia are excluded from one another.
Armenia and Anatolia are not included in the same region.
Armenian western border touches the eastern border of Anatolia.
Anatolian eastern border touches the western border of Armenia.
When you are inside Anatolia you are OUTSIDE Armenia.
When you are inside Armenia you are OUTSIDE Anatolia.
Armenia and Anatolia are not the same.
Anatolia and Armenia are not the same.
Armenia and Anatolia are two DISTINCT geographical regions.
Map (detail) done by the German cartographer H. Kiepert in 1872
Find a country named "Azerbaijan" north of the Arax or an "Eastern Anatolia" and win $million$
Philippe Buache, Map of Armenia 1783 (detail)
Armenia is called Eden, where terrestrial paradise used to be...
Click on the maps for a larger image.
Babylonian Clay Tablet 600 BC
Babylonian Clay Tablet 600 BC Interpreted
Ptolemy Tabvla nova Asia Minoris 1513
Sebastian Munster Asia Minor 1544
Philippe de La Rue: Asia Minor 1652 (Section)
Frederik de Wit Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae 1662
Reconstruction of Ashkharhatsouits, see for yourself how much of Armenia the bogus country is occupying, yet the sore losers demand land!
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