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Armenia: Between Empires at the Crossroads of Civilizations
In this pilot episode of The Story of Armenia, we begin in the year 301 AD, just outside the city of Vagharshapat, where King Tiridates III makes a decision that will shape Armenian identity for millennia. Lucas and Luna explore the geographical reality of the Armenian Highlands—a natural fortress without natural borders, perpetually squeezed between Rome and Persia, Byzantium and the Caliphate. They unpack the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots, the founding of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the kingdom's early golden age under Tigranes the Great. The conversation…
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