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The Fall of Ani: How a Silk Road Capital Became a Ghost City
Ani, the once-glorious capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom, was a city of a hundred churches and a bustling Silk Road hub. But by the 14th century, it was abandoned. How did a city with 100,000 inhabitants crumble into ghostly ruins? In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the final decades of Ani under Byzantine, Seljuk, and Mongol rule, focusing on the 1064 Seljuk siege, the 1319 earthquake, and the devastating 1236 Mongol sack. They discuss the cathedral's collapse, the role of the Armenian merchant elite in the city's decline, and the strange afterlife of Ani's…
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