After more than 2,300 years of annihilation, in 1991 they finally established an independent state, the Armenians of the Caucasus Mountains.
ArmeniaThis nation has been established historicallyThe oldestThe ** religion of the country, but it has sufferedDestroy the country for a thousand yearsThe sad fate.
themHe has been restored twice in historyBut he suffered a tragic and inhumane situationLarge**；This nationMore tenacious than the Jews, because they never left their homeland.
So, what exactly is the history of the Armenians?How stubborn are they?What kind of country is Armenia today?
The world only knowsThe splendor of Roman and Persian civilizations, but did not know in theirsThe middle groundThere is also an equally glorious civilization, and that isThe ancient state of Armenia
The national history of Armenia dates back to the time when ancient Babylon was still in possession of the valley of the two rivers, when the ancestral nation of the Armenian people in the Caucasus had already begun to take shape.
Today, Armenia has 3,500 years of national history.
Kingdom of UrartuThe establishment is regarded as the origin of this nationYerevanduni dynastyThe establishment of the Armenian name was marked.
That's still8th century BC to 7th century BCThe story in betweenAt that time, the valley of the two rivers, the nearby centers of civilization, was experiencing the decline of Assyrian civilization and the rise of Neo-Babylon and the Medes.
Soon after, Persia suddenly came to the fore and briefly annexed Armenia to Persia.
However, the Armenian nation abruptly broke away from Persia during Alexander's crusade and became a third party between Persia and Rome.
By the way, they also became the first country to establish ** as the state religion in 301, 10 years before ancient Rome became a ** state due to the "Milan Amnesty".
Since then, this nation has always believed in ** religion, and even until the time of Islam in West Asia, Armenia still never changed its color.
Outside of Europe, there are only two countries outside of Europe that have maintained the ** religion for a long time in ancient times, Ethiopia and Armenia.
Armenia can be said to be a "roadblock", which to a certain extent blocks the infiltration of Islam.
Generally speaking, the earlier a nation builds a sense of identity of values, the easier it is for it to rise in history and build a lasting civilization and write a splendid history.
However, Armenia has established a sense of social identity at an early stage, both ethnically and religiouslyBut this people are off to a bad start because they were born in such a bad place.
West Asia is originally on the Eurasian continentLand of the Four WarsCaucasusIt is also a densely multi-ethnic area.
Build a civilization hereIt's like driving on a street with a traffic jam, it's a difficult task.
In real-time strategy games, it is extremely dangerous for one's home base to be too close to someone else's position, and this is also true in reality.
Moreover, in the vicinity of the Armenians, there were many peoples with conquering ambitions.
Armenia itself had to survive between Persia and Rome.
Eventually, Armenia was conquered by other peoples, and the nation was wiped out for more than 2,000 years.
When the power of Islam swept through Western Asia, Armenia was not spared, and was annexed by the Arab Empire, only to be briefly restored in the 9th century.
In the 11th century, Armenia was annexed by Byzantium, after which it came under Seljuk controlThen history was completely out of the hands of the Armenians themselves.
Here has beenOttoman Empire, Iranian Safavid Persian Empire, Tsar**control, and Armenia in ancient times was thus reducedA land conquered by a foreign race.
Armenia's chance of regaining its independence was not until the First World War of the 21st century.
The fall of the tsar ** with the Ottomans was given to ArmeniaThe first chance to return to China, however, this opportunity isIt's fleeting
Previously, Armenia had been divided into Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia in the process of competing for the peak between Ottoman Turkey and Iranian Safavid Persia.
By the 19th century, it was under the control of the Ottoman Turks and the Tsars.
Logically speaking,Ottoman Turkey and the Tsar**They are two great powers that once terrified all of Europe.
One destroyed Eastern Rome, the other destroyed Napoleon, and fell into the hands of these two countries, Armenia should be considered historyDarkest hour.
However, by the beginning of the 20th century, both the Ottoman Turks and the Tsars had fallen into a severe and irreversible decline.
The Ottoman Empire had lost all of its territory in Europe, and the Tsar** suffered a crushing defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
EventuallyThe outbreak of the First World WarThe death knell was sounded for these two empires,This is indeed a favorable opportunity for Armenia to regain its independence.
However, this opportunity turned out to be very difficult to grasp, first of all, the Ottoman Turks, although they were losing ground on the battlefield, were even more frantic on the eve of their collapse.
In order to prevent the Armenians from taking advantage of the opportunity to become independent, the Ottoman Turks actually launched an extremely cruel war against the Western Armenian region of the country during World War IArmenia Great**.
This ** was directly causedMore than 1.5 million Armenians died, which can be called the period of World War IThe most tragic one.
However, since Armenia was only a weak nation after all, the world quickly forgot about this tragic tragedy after the First World War.
Decades later, in World War II, before Hitler launched a big ** against the Jews, he left a famous quote:
"No one in this world remembers the cry of the Armenians. ”
In this way, the big ** he launched will also be unstoppable, and he will also be forgotten.
On the side of the tsarist **, due to the advent of the October Revolution,Eastern Armenians were able to gain independence for a short timeAnd attempts were made to restore the historical territory of Armenia.
Even taking advantage of the collapse of Ottoman Turkey after World War I, it took back the region of Western Armenia.
At first, the situation was relatively smoothBut it never expected that Turkey was revived under Kemal, and a powerful Soviet Russia appeared on the ruins of the tsar.
Eventually, under the double blow of the Republic of Turkey, led by Kemal, and Soviet Russia, where the Bolsheviks came to powerThe new Armenia was once again divided between the two countries.
Eventually, the majority of the Armenian population accepted Soviet ruleArmenia's short-lived opportunity for independence was thus missed.
Of course, Armenia acquired at least in this periodA Soviet republicof the identity.
Although it was not an independent country, at least under the Soviet Union, the Armenians were much better off than they were during the Ottoman and Tsarist empires.
This can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune for this nation.
AbsolutelyThe subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union restarted the process of Armenia's re-entry.
During the Soviet era, Armenia silently existed as a member state of the Soviet Union, and the collapse of the Soviet Union finally resumed the interrupted process of Armenian independence.
In 1991, the Soviet Union disappeared overnight, and since then Moscow has no longer had the color red rising every dayThe outcome of the Cold War was thus a foregone conclusion.
For the red camp and the Russian nation, this news is undoubtedly extremely badBut there is one special beneficiary, and that is Armenia.
At the same time as the collapse of the USSR,Armenia was reborn as an independent nation-stateThis is long since they were destroyed by the Islamic EmpireMore than 2300 years
However, a successful restoration does not mean peace, and it is for Armenia that they have just been fortunate enough to become independent when they encounter a new external threatA serious Nagorno-Karabakh problem with Azerbaijan.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is now the most populous Armenian, but it was assigned to Azerbaijan during the Soviet-era territorial division.
Thus the question of the ownership of the Nakka land on the frontier became a troublesome matterArmenia and Azerbaijan are gradually becoming at loggerheads.
The Azerbaijanis who believe in Islam are a people born out of the rise of the Turkic ethnic groups of Islam.
Azerbaijan and Armenia were not at peace because of religious conflicts, and the Ottoman Empire raised its butcher's knife during World War IEthnic Azerbaijanis were even involved in assisting the Ottoman Empire in its activities.
Originally, the contradictions between the two sides during the Soviet era were only under the water, and now they are separatedInevitably, contradictions erupted over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
In the 90s, there was a serious conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh regionIn 2020, the Nagorno-Karabakh region will be at war again.
Today, Azerbaijan has the upper hand militarily, and Armenia is once again in the midst of a foreign warExtremely dangerous vulnerabilityamong them.
At present, except for Russia, which is willing to mediate this international conflict, other neighboring countries have adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia has not seceded to this day"Surrounded" by the powerful Otherin the midst of the situation. After all, Azerbaijan still has the support of Turkey and other countries behind it.
In terms of national strength,TurkeyBehind itNATOAt the same time, the Islamic power represented by Azerbaijan is present in West AsiaMainstream cultural advantages.
As in the past, it is difficult to develop stably in a multi-ethnic region.
Being at the crossroads of the world makes it extremely easy for ArmeniaUnder the onslaught of power.
In West Asia, if you want not to be assimilated and erased by other ethnic groups in history, you must adhere to your own national characteristics.
So Armenia is in forHe is very persistent on the issue of religious belief and national independence.
However, if you are too different, it is often easy to sink deeper into yourselfIsolatedamong them.
This is why Armenia often appears as a historical image of a stubborn weak person who survives in the cracks.
Every time the old power that dominated West Asia collapsed in the previous generation, before Armenia had a chance to rise, it was met with the rapid arrival of other hegemons, which made Armenia fall into a new crack.
For the time being, Armenia's predicament will persist for quite some time.
It is difficult to prosper the country, but too much suffering is only suffering itself for a nation, and this is the case with the history of Armenia.
Armenia lived in the cracks of the past, and Armenia still lives in the cracks, but after more than 2,300 years, they are still the masters of this land.
Armenia is still Armenia today, but the powers that once squeezed them have changed.
Despite all the hardships, they are still an independent people, and they have never left their homeland, and this kind of adherence to their homeland is the most admirable thing about the Armenians.