History of Armenia
The history of Armenia and Armenians is very ancient and can go back at least 2000 BC. Archaeologists say the Shulaveri-Shomu culture of the central Transcaucasus region, and Armenia today, as the earliest known prehistoric culture in the area, carbon-dated to around 6000 - 4000 BC. But, a newer discovered tomb has been dated to 9000 BC. Another early culture in the Armenian Highlands and surrounding areas—the Kura-Araxes culture is in the period of ca. 4000 - 2200 BC, and is believed to have to go into the Trialeti culture (ca. 2200 - 1500 BC), and meaning Armenians are one of the oldest Indo-European subgroups.
Urartu
Urartu was an ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highlands.
Some experts say that the Armenians started as a mixture of the different peoples to move through the area in history: The Hurrians, Urarteans, Luvians and Mushki. This last group, also knowns as Phrygians may have brought their Indo-European language to Armenia. The Armenian language today is Indo-European, but shows a lot of influence from the earlier languages, especially Urartean. [1]
See also
References
- ↑ “Armenians” in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture or EIEC, edited by J. P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams, published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn.
Other websites
- Armenian History
- Armenica.org: Complete history of Armenia, covering 800 B.C. to 2004. (English, Swedish)
- History of Armenia (book by Vahan Kurkjian)
- Armenian History at Armeniapedia
- Armenia at Livius.Org (ancient history)
- All about Armenia by www.haias.net
- Historical Maps of Armenia on Atlas of Conflicts (by Andrew Andersen)
- Armenian Historical Sources (by Robert Bedrosian)
- Rulers.org — Armenia list of rulers for Armenia
- Background Note: Armenia
- History of Armenia