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The Armenian Alphabet: Mesrop Mashtots and Language
Before the Khachkar, before the Cilician Kingdom, and long before the modern diaspora, Armenia possessed something far more potent than an army: a language. This episode explores the miraculous invention of the Armenian alphabet in 405 CE by Mesrop Mashtots, a monk who reportedly saw a vision of divine script. We trace how this single act of linguistic sovereignty allowed a nation without a state to preserve its identity through Persian and Byzantine domination. Lucas and Luna discuss the political pressures that forced the creation of Grabar, the intense rivalry with Greek and Syriac…
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