The existence of urartu was unknown, a lost civilization, until 1823, when french scholar, jean saintmartin, chanced upon a passage in the history of armenia by the fifth century ad armenian historian, moses of khoren movses khorenatsi, which. Historical proof israelites existed history of the. Genocide in the ottoman empire armenians, assyrians, and greeks. The armenians are isolated in the mountains trapped between alien people and the kurds are fighting hard against their neighbors. Maintenance in idleness is good for neither eastern nor western, and the assyrian is a type that shows the evil results of it sooner than others. As many armenians fled anatolia for what is today armenia, many assyrians followed as well, citing it as the only christian haven in the region, although many also fled to georgia see assyrians in georgia. Armenian christianity differs with the orthodox church in theology.
Under the monarch, shamshiadad, the assyrians attempted to build their own empire, but hammurabi soon crushed the attempt. It is a history that is as relevant today as it was in the 1940s. For decades, the assyrian genocide, like the armenian genocide, had. Assyrians in armenia, a christian people, numbered 9,000 in the late 1980s but many emigrated in the following years in the face of worsening economic conditions. So as an armenian american in an audience of about sixteen assyrian americans, i knew i was among compatriots. These are among the terms used by armenians, assyrians. By integrating themes such as war, geopolitics, and great leaders, with the. More and more history books are being written by historians for lay readers. The assyrians were semitic people living in the northern reaches of mesopotamia. Armenia is bounded by turkey on the west, azerbaijan on the east the nakhchivan autonomous republic of azerbaijan is on its southwestern border, iran on the southwest, and georgia on the north. During the early bronze age period sargon of akkad united all the native semiticspeakers and the sumerians of mesopotamia including the assyrians under the akkadian empire 23352154 bc. Published by center for armenian remembrance car isbn 0977715302 order at.
Despite overwhelming documentation by historians and condemnation by over 25 countries worldwide, an unrepentant turkey seeks to both enforce an international gagrule against truthful. The asia minor and pontos hellenic research center is pleased to announce a new book, genocide in the ottoman empire. I heartily recommend this book to scholars interested in the histories of these. Remove these books as they are added to the book form. By david boyajian assyrians and armenians have lived near each other for thousands of years and shared similar trials and tribulations. Major events included the islamic revolution in iran, the simele massacre, and the assyrian genocide that occurred under ottoman turkish rule in the early 1900s. The assyrians of armenia the assyrians of armenia are one of the almost unknown minorities in transcaucasia. Assyria swept out of the north, captured the northern kingdom of israel, and took the ten tribes into captivity. In the assyrian period, the armenian people of nairi formed the kingdom of ararat well known in assyrian as urartu. There is not a single instance where one can find the word assyrian anywhere in his book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book of esdras, one of the original 20 books of the apocrypha, compiled in the septuagint, the greek old testament, in 250 bc.
The assyrian was published in 1987, perhaps when there was a little more patience for this type of thing. The history of the most prominent empire of the ancient near east. The amusement park at victory park, with the mother armenia statue behind it. Asia minor and pontos hellenic research center announces new book. The armenian term asori and its meaning assyrians syriacs. The assyrian syrian culture importance for armenian people during armenian writing and the christianity formation in armenia has marked in his work the history of armenia the father of armenian history m. The assyrians were a relatively minor power for their first 200 years as a nation. Armenians simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of armenia, but was also a poet, or hymn writer, and a grammarian. A land of centurylong and rich history armenian highland armenians are one of the ancient nations in western asia, formed within the territory of armenian highland encompassing a large area between antitaurus and eastern slopes of artsakh mountain karabagh highland, i.
Movses identified himself as a young disciple of saint mesrop and is recognized by the armenian apostolic church as one of the holy translators of. Hannibal travis, titled the plight of refugees and. Similarly, armenian christianity at times has been confused with orthodoxy. It is an older book, and along with its depth comes an older scholarly assumption on the writers part. One of the most refreshing aspects of resolution 296which acknowledges the armenian genocide, and which the house recently voted overwhelmingly foris that it also recognizes those other peoples who experienced a genocide under the ottoman turks. Assyrians and greeks tarried, in part because they themselves did not pay sufficient heed to the challenge. This rather small ethnic and linguistic minority counts about 3,409 members census 2001 and is nowadays mainly settled in armenias capital, yerevan, and. Moses khorenatci the armenian horodotus, was an armenian historian, and author of the history of armenia. After all the armenians were the neighbors of assyrians since the dawn of history, and upper mesopotamia borders armenia, while aram was not in contact with armenian, the arameans were on the other side of assyria, and beyond the euphrates river, a region that the armenians didnt reach till the time of the crusaders 9in the middle ages. The armenian genocide was the centrally planned and systematically executed deportation and murder of over 2 million christian armenians, greeks and assyrians by the ottoman turkish government from 19151923. The assyrians are not mentioned in detail in the biblical record until nearly 2,000 years after the establishment of assur mideighth century b. Assyrians also may speak one or more languages of their country of residence. The editor is executive director of the international institute for genocide and human rights. Khorenatsi, where he speaks about interrelations between assyrians and armenians in the prechristian and postchristian epoches.
Assyrians were one of the most warlike people in history, lovers of the violence of the war and hunt. But even that, i doubt, is a valid reason for 243,842 words that could have been cut by a third. The history of the assyrian people begins with the appearance of akkadian speaking peoples in mesopotamia at some point between 3500 and 3000 bc, followed by the formation of assyria in the 25th century bc. Even so, it is a well done work on a somewhat arcane subject with a substantial level of depth. Throughout history, relations between the assyrians and armenian majority have tended to be very friendly, as both groups have. In ancient times the assyrian empire and the kingdom of urartu. The case of misak torlakian historical novel and trial transcript, pub.
New book on assyrian, greek, armenian genocide published. Assyria is the first country mentioned in the bible gen 2. Assyrians people armenia travel, history, archeology. Currently there are about 8000 left in armenia 500 in yerevan. This book, while principally analyzing the assyrian genocide of 19141925 and its.
The administration of the camp erred on the side of kindness. According to the author of the tenth chapter of genesis, the assyrians are the descendants of assur asshur one of the sons of sem shem genesis 10. Turkiye suryaniler are an indigenous semiticspeaking ethnic group and minority of turkey who are eastern aramaicspeaking christians, with most being members of the syriac orthodox church, chaldean catholic church, assyrian pentecostal church, assyrian evangelical church, or ancient church of the east. Schools with assyrian attendance practice elective instruction of. Wigram, in his book, the assyrians and their neighbours, writes. A crash course in armenian history the new york times. At its peak, the assyrian empire stretched from cyprus in the mediterranean sea to persia iran, and from the caucasus mountains armenia, georgia, azerbaijan to the arabian peninsula and egypt. One of the earliest record of armenians is from a text which says armani, most common armenian name arman, the older variant of armen, together with ibla, as land conquered by naramsin identified with an akkadian colony in the diarbekr region. The assyrians in history the assyrian empire was originally founded by a semitic king named tiglathpileser who lived from 1116 to 1078 b.
Thank you armenia for saving and taking care of our artifacts. This is a very timely edited volume that will fill a very significant gap in the study of greek, assyrian, armenian, and turkish history on the one hand, and, on the. Assyria, named for the god ashur highest in the pantheon of assyrian gods, was located in the mesopotamian plain. Assyrian center betnahrain is created with the purpose of studying and distribution assyrian language, culture, history and traditions, for representation to wide public actual questions and problems of the genocide of assyrians in 19141918 in the territory of ottoman turkey, as well as for adjustments of business partnership and cooperation in different areas for creation of new. The modern republic of armenia is somehow the homeland for all peoples assyrians, greeks and yezidis who perished alongside armenians in and after 1915. Armenianassyrian relations covers the historical relations between the armenians and the assyrians, dating back to the mid 1st millennium bc. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the assyrians. List of books and articles about armenian history online. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. It gathers and analyzes the findings of a broad spectrum of historical and scholarly. There have been comparisons of this book to james clavells shogun, and its scope is just as wide, but there was.
Assyria is named for its original capital, the ancient city of asur a. Nineveh existed and was inhabited from atlest 6,000 b. Throughout history, relations between the assyrians and armenian majority have tended to be very friendly, as both groups have practiced christianity since ancient times and have suffered through persecution under muslim rulers. The history of the most prominent empire of the ancient near east kindle edition by charles river editors.
On march 24, armenias national assembly passed a resolution recognizing the assyrian and greek genocides committed by the ottoman empire of 191523. For decades, the assyrian genocide, like the armenian genocide, had become a forgotten genocide. Books on the armenian genocide also clearly mention the assyrians, who. Routledgecurzon, 2003, 2124, state, some assyrians today do not like being called nestorians and feel the term is derogatory and inaccurate. The original armenian name for the country was hayk, later hayastan armenian. This is a very timely edited volume that will fill a very significant gap in the study of greek, assyrian, armenian, and turkish history on the one hand, and, on the other, provide an analysis of the collective violence these nonmuslim minorities had been subjected to in the ottoman empire and later on. The mere title of the morriszeevi book, the thirtyyear genocide. The origin of the assyrian nation is involved in great obscurity. An analysis of the turkish position regarding the armenian claims of genocide during world war i and the continuing debate over this issue, the author offers an equal examination of each sides historical position. This article will focus largely on the later period of assyrian history and its parallels with the bible, so well only briefly cover the intervening time. The book of esdras describes the journey of the israelites out of palestine above the black sea. Armenia is your country, and yerevan is your city 7,000 assyrians live in armenia today, he added.
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