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Armenians are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republi
Hayk, the legendary founder of the Armenian nation. Painting by Mkrtum Hovnatanian (1779–1846)
An Armenian tribute bearer carrying a metal vessel with griffin handles. Persepolis, 5th century BC.
A bas-relief at the Apadana in Persepolis, depicting Armenians bringing their famous wine to the Shah.
Ptolemy, Cosmographia (1467)
Armenian genocide
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The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress, it was imp
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…Georgia, Iran, Germany, Ukraine, Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Syria, and Turkey. The present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian genocide with the exceptions of Iran, former Soviet states, and parts of the Levant. Armenian is an Indo-European language. It has two mutually intelligible…
Column of Armenian deportees guarded by gendarmes in Harput vilayet
The Armenian quarter of Adana after the 1909 massacres
Muslim bandits parading with loot in Phocaea (modern-day Foça, Turkey) on 13 June 1914. In the background are Greek refugees and burning buildings.
Armenian defenders in Van, 1916