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The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Perched at the crossroads of East and West, the Armenian Highlands have witnessed the rise and fall of empires for millennia. In 'The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide,' hosts Lucas and Luna guide listeners through a saga of resilience that begins with the Urartian kingdom (9th–6th centuries BCE) and extends to the modern Republic of Armenia. The series traces Armenia's adoption of Christianity as a state religion in 301 CE under King Tiridates III, the creation of the…
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The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo HistoryArmenia's First King: The Rise of Hayk the Great
Long before Tigranes or Trdat, there was Hayk, the legendary patriarch who, according to Armenian tradition, founded the nation. This episode explores the myth…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Alphabet: How Mesrop Mashtots Created a Nation's Voice
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in the early 5th century. They discuss how Mashtots, a scholar…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's King Trdat III: Christian Conversion and Political Genius
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable story of King Trdat III, the Armenian monarch who made Christianity the state religion in 301 AD — a…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Garni Temple: Armenia's Pagan Sanctuary
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fascinating story of the Garni Temple, the only surviving Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia. Perched on a…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Zvartnots Cathedral: Armenia's Lost Architectural Wonder
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral, a 7th-century Armenian architectural masterpiece that stood for just 300 years before…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Apostle: Ignorance and the First Christian Nation
How did Armenia become the first state to adopt Christianity as a national religion, and why did it happen a decade before Constantine's vision? In this…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Battle of Sardarabad: Armenia's Last Stand for Independence
In May 1918, as the Ottoman army advanced into the heart of the Caucasus, a desperate Armenian force made a final stand near the small town of Sardarabad. This…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia: A Golden Age
After centuries of foreign domination, Armenia's Bagratid dynasty restored native rule in the 9th century, ushering in a cultural and political…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Genocide: Ottoman Annihilation and Global Reckoning
On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople, beginning a systematic campaign of deportation, massacre…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Highlands: A Thousand Years Before Urartu
Long before the Kingdom of Urartu or the Artaxiad dynasty, the Armenian Highlands were home to some of the earliest complex societies in the ancient Near East…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia: Crusaders, Commerce, and Collapse
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the medieval Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, a unique Armenian state that emerged in the Crusader era. They discuss the…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Urartu: The Mountain Kingdom Before Armenia
Long before the kingdom of Tigranes the Great or the conversion to Christianity, the Armenian highlands were home to a powerful and sophisticated civilization…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Tigranes the Great: Armenia's Forgotten Superpower
Long before the Roman Empire crushed Armenia between the millstones of geopolitics, an Armenian king briefly made his kingdom the most powerful state in the…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenian Legions of Rome: Emperor Trajan's Forgotten Allies
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known chapter of Armenian history: the Armenian legions that fought for the Roman Empire. They follow the…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Iron Curtain: The First Republic's Struggle for Survival
Fresh off the collapse of the tsarist empire, the First Armenian Republic faced a desperate fight for existence from 1918 to 1920. This episode zooms in on the…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Battle of Sarikamish: Armenians in the Russian Army
In December 1914, as World War I raged, the Russian Imperial Army launched an offensive into Ottoman territory near the city of Sarikamish. Among the Russian…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Kingdom of Commagene: An Armenian Kingdom on the Euphrates
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fascinating Kingdom of Commagene, a small but strategically vital Armenian kingdom that flourished between the 1st…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Lost Kingdom: The Principality of Khachen
After the fall of the Bagratuni kingdom and the Seljuk invasions, much of historic Armenia fell under foreign rule — but in the rugged mountains of Artsakh…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Vaspurakan: The Forgotten Kingdom of Armenian Kings
In this episode of The Story of Armenia, Lucas and Luna explore the Kingdom of Vaspurakan, a powerful Armenian state that flourished in the 9th and 10th…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Battle of Avarayr: Faith and Fire in Fifth-Century Armenia
In 451 CE, on the plains of Avarayr in Persarmenia, a small Armenian army, outnumbered and outmatched, stood against the might of the Sassanid Persian Empire…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia and the Silk Road: Merchants, Monasteries, and Cultural Exchange
In this episode of The Story of Armenia, Lucas and Luna explore the pivotal role of the Armenian Highlands as a crossroads of the ancient Silk Road. They…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Medieval Kingdom of Cilicia: A Crusader State
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, a unique crusader state that emerged in the 12th century on the Mediterranean coast…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Alphabet: A Script That Saved a Nation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD. They discuss how this 36-letter script was…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenian Fedayi: Guerrilla Fighters Before the Genocide
Before the Armenian Genocide, a generation of Armenian guerrilla fighters known as fedayi took up arms to defend their villages in the Ottoman Empire's…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenian Music: The Soul of a People
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rich and resilient tradition of Armenian music, from ancient liturgical chants to modern folk melodies. They begin…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenian Architecture: The Hidden Masterpieces of Tatev and Geghard
This episode of The Story of Armenia explores the architectural wonders of medieval Armenia, focusing on the monasteries of Tatev and Geghard. Lucas and Luna…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Diaspora: From Silk Road to Global Community
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Armenian diaspora, tracing its roots from the medieval Silk Road to the modern global network of Armenian…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Soviet Armenia: Stalin, Spitak, and the Karabakh Movement
In episode 7 of The Story of Armenia, Lucas and Luna explore Armenia's 20th-century odyssey within the USSR, from Stalin's purges to the 1988 Spitak…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The First Armenian Republic: Independence Amid Chaos
In the wake of the Armenian Genocide and the collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires, a fragile window of opportunity opened for Armenian statehood. This…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Armenian Genocide: Ottoman Annihilation and Survival
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Armenian Genocide of 1915, a systematic campaign of mass killing, deportation, and cultural erasure carried out by…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia Under Ottoman Rule: The Millet System and the Seeds of Tragedy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Armenia's experience under Ottoman rule, focusing on the millet system that allowed Armenians to maintain their…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
Armenia's Cilician Kingdom: Crusaders, Commerce, and Catastrophe
After the fall of the Bagratuni dynasty, Armenian nobles carved out a new kingdom far from the homeland — in Cilicia, on the Mediterranean coast. This episode…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
The Bagratuni Dynasty: Armenia's Golden Age
This episode explores the Bagratuni dynasty, which led Armenia through a remarkable cultural and political revival from the 9th to 11th centuries. Lucas and…
- The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History
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…