CONTENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER 1 TERRITORY OF ARMENIA IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE
CHAPTER 3 THE FIRST UNIFIED ARMENAN STATE:THE VAN KINGDOM
CHAPTER 4 ARMENIA IN THE 6TH-3RD CENTURIES BC
CHAPTER 5 ARMENIAN STATE AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS POWER. THE EMPIRE OF TIGRAN THE GREAT
CHAPTER 6 THE GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY OF ANCIENT ARMENIA
CHAPTER 7 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEUDALISM IN ARMENIA.ADOPTION OF CHRISTIANITY AS STATE RELIGION
CHAPTER 8 ARMENIA BETWEEN PERSIA AND BYZANTIUM
CHAPTER 9 ARMENIA UNDER ARAB DOMINATION. REIGN OF THE BAGRATUNI DYNASTY
CHAPTER 10 THE ARMENIAN STATE IN CILICIA
CHAPTER 11 ARMENIA UNDER THE YOKE OF NOMADIC TRIBES IN THE 13TH TO 15TH CENTURIES
CHAPTER 12 ARMENIA UNDER TURKISH AND PERSIAN RULE. THE BEGINNING OF THE LIBERATION MOVEMENT
CHATER 13 ADJUNCTION OF EASTERN ARMENIA TO RUSSIA. ARMENIA WITHIN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER 14 NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY. THE ARMENIAN QUESTION
CHAPTER 15 ARMENIAN COLONIES BEFORE THE 20th CENTURY
CHAPTER 16 ARMENIA AT THE TURN OF THE 19th AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY
CHAPTER 17 WORLD WAR I. THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
CHAPTER 18 THE FALL OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND ARMENIA
CHAPTER 19 THE FIRST REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
CHAPTER 20 THE FALL OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOVIET RULE IN ARMENIA
CHAPTER 21 THE SECOND (SOVIET) REPUBLIC OF ARMENIAPARTICIPATION OF THE ARMENIANS IN WWII
CHAPTER 22 THE THIRD REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
CHAPTER 23 ARMENIA AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
CHAPTER 24 THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA: THE PAST AND PRESENT
CHRONOLOGY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Armen Khachikyan is Associate Professor of History at Yerevan State Linguistic University named after V. Brussov. He gains his PhD in 1988 from Institute of Oriental Studies of National Academy of Sciences and in 1991 was awarded with academic status of Docent (Associate Professor) by USSR State Committee on Education.
Earlier in his career Mr. Khachikyan taught at the Armenian State Pedagogical University and at the European Regional Academy in Armenia. He is the author of a monograph titled “Armenia in the sphere of international policy at the threshold and beginning of our Era” (1999) and over 20 scholarly articles and studies on the methodology of instruction of history, published in Armenian, Russian and English. His
research focuses on K-12 curriculum and textbook development for the subject of History.
Mr. Khachikyan has co-authored a textbook on “Ancient history” for fifth form which was in use at Armenian schools in 2000-2008, and a Civic Education Course for Distance Learning for secondary schools in Armenia. Together with Georgian and Azerbaijani colleagues, he has also co-authored a book titled “History of the South Caucasus Countries: a multiperspective view on history” (2009).
In 2003, Mr. Khachikyan was a Fulbright Senior Program Scholar at the U.S. Library of Congress. He is an active participant and contributor to numerous international conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops on issues related to education, from preschool to graduate. Mr. Khachikyan serves as a Member of the Working Group on National Curriculum and Textbook Development for World History, and an Advisor on Curriculum Development at the Armenian Fulbright Fellows Association.
Mr. Khachikyan is married, has two daughters.
