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The Silk Road Monks: Armenian Scribes and the Book Trade
While previous episodes explored the martial resilience of the nakharar families and the tragic mechanics of the Genocide, this episode shifts focus to the quiet, enduring power of the Armenian literary tradition. We trace how, following centuries of conquest by Persians, Arabs, Byzantines, and Ottomans, the Armenian church preserved its identity not through armies, but through scriptoria and monastic libraries. Lucas details the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 CE and the subsequent explosion of translation activity that turned Greek, Syriac, and Persian…
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