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The Armenian Alphabet: Mesrop Mashtots and a Nation's Soul
In the early 5th century, a monk named Mesrop Mashtots accomplished a feat that would define Armenian identity for millennia: he invented the Armenian alphabet. This episode dives into the why, how, and what it cost. Lucas and Luna explore the script's creation amid a struggle between the Persian Sassanian Empire and the Byzantine Church, both of which sought to absorb Armenian culture through language. They discuss how Mashtots and Catholicos Sahak Partev collaborated, the lost scripts Mashtots may have studied (including a mysterious 'Armenian script' predating him), and how…
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