Lords of the Mountains: The Foundation of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

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For nearly three centuries between 1080 and 1375 a kingdom of exiles from the Armenian Plateau survived in the Taurus Mountains of modern day south-central Turkey. This is the story of the foundation of Armenian Cilicia during the maelstrom of violence that was the end of the Eleventh Century.
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@HistoryTime 6 жыл бұрын

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@turinturambar8787 6 жыл бұрын

Do you know if the roman empire had problems in Dumnonia? I ask because that aria is not heard of much (apart from Exeter) and because of the celtic language (Cornish) which was still commonly used untill the 18th century.

@HistoryTime 6 жыл бұрын

The main reason Cornish survives to this day is because the Anglo-Saxons had problems in Dumnonia. Prior to their coming most of the inhabitants of Britain still spoke Celtic languages. I would imagine Cornwall wasn't easy for the Romans, though they certainly brought its tin and mineral deposits under control fairly quickly, as that was one of the reasons for invasion Britain in the first place. I would imagine the Romans sort of let the Cornish be, and gradually Romanised them over successive generations, though this Romanisation was only relatively skin deep, even after four hundred years of rule.

@turinturambar8787 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, your vids are the best :)

@nenadjovanovic1199 6 жыл бұрын

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@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

Just one correction @History Time, Gagik is pronounced Gah-geek. Also thank you for your amazing videos. Watching these videos is more interesting that watching Game of Thrones.

@stanhickerson5768 5 жыл бұрын

It’s my opinion the Armenian people are the toughest on Earth. I tip my hat to Armenia and it’s people for still being a viable nation. Stay strong!

@GAGA-kr5rg 5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome to visit us anytime!!

@thomaszaccone3960 5 жыл бұрын

And some of the most beautiful ladies.

@veritasintegrity5054 3 жыл бұрын

they are so tough that they surrender after 6 weeks of fighting just like their french buddies 😂

@KCM441 3 жыл бұрын

@@veritasintegrity5054 Yep, when you are by yourself against a rogue NATO power-- Turkey, which is being supported by taxpayers of many nations, and are betrayed by one power, for example, Russia, who has a long history of abandoning its allies (Serbs, etc)-- what do you expect? Got Integrity? Hmmmm....

@levonvardanyan3478 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you should visit the country if you have a chance to, I visited Armenia in 2010, coming from the USA I can say I never felt more at home, the people’s hospitality especially to foreigners is unbelievable, they’re so open and trusting, people actually talk to each orher out in the streets, unlike in the USA where everyone is in their own world and keep to themselves in public, weary of anyone they dont know. I made 3 good friends in the one month i was there, and the stories on how we met are too long to write but one lf them have me a ride after a left a casino and there were no taxis outside ao I started to walk down the road thinkkng ill find a taxinon the way. In less than 5 min a young guy pulled over and asked me where im going i said Yerevan he said hope in, he took me to his friends record shop, they burned music cds for me and we became friends hanging out almost everyday.

@nickpapadopoulos1353 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful video . My Great -grandfather was an Armenian with the name Manouk Papazian . He was from the town of Mersina near Tarsus . He was murdered by Turks in 1922. His son Nighogos Papazian escaped from his home town with his Greek Cypriot wife Despina [ nee -Nikolaidis ] by ship to Alexandria ,Egypt . His Greek in -laws persuaded Nighogos to change his name and citizenship to Greek . So he became Nicholas Papadopoulos. For years I though our family was from Smyrna but more recently my mother told me that my fathers people came from what was once Cilicia. Papouli[Papik/Buyukbaba/Grandpa]Nikos Nicholas John Papadopoulos. Auckland ,New Zealand .

@alexaroun979 3 жыл бұрын

My Grandfater was from Cilicia to .and I'm proud Armenian .

@nickpapadopoulos1353 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexaroun979 -Gisherme Alex Jian,... good to hear we have a Fatherland in common. Minak Pari ,... Papik /Papouli Nikos. Nicholas John Papadopoulos. Auckland , New Zealand .

@victoriawarfield5999 3 жыл бұрын

@Andrés Peña - [[[My Granddaughter Victoria Warfield -changed my ID name to hers the little monkey ...]]] Gesherme -Baron Andres Pena- Gian... thank you. Sometimes i feel Hai [Armenian ]at other times Greek ...I'm 7/8ths Greek and 1/8th Armenian ...but i know my paternity and that means i am a descendant of Hayk [the progenitor of the Hayastanis]...the one who is descended from Noah and who killed the mighty warlord Nimrod . Hayk was an archer ,the ancient Armenians were archers ... my brothers love archery as does my son ...and i try using a compound bow too but not so good as my siblings and son are . God bless you ...pray for Armenia /Hayastan and the enclave of Nagorno - Karabahr ...pray that God will give His mercy and grace to all the Armenians there ... and that he will stir up the heart of the Russian president to tell the MONSTER Erdogan to heel his proxies in ... we all need to pray for God to act for those who are faithful to the Wonderful Name above all other names of His Son Jesus,... Minak Pari,... Nighogos /Nicholas - Papazian / Papadopoulos ... Auckland ,New Zealand.

@Qwerka 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@amalek.92 Жыл бұрын

Such an interesting case. Thank you for sharing.

@NarekHovhannisyan 6 жыл бұрын

I'm Armenian, thank you for this hard work and majestic representation of Armenian Cilician Kingdom and Armenian culture. Looking forward to see more projects about Armenians and Armenian history from the early times, thanks a lot.

@elliegotfredson3712 5 жыл бұрын

Narek I read that Armenians are a tribal offshoot of Urartians, perhaps the original peoples of the Caucausus Mtns. Any comment?

@NarekHovhannisyan 5 жыл бұрын

ellie gotfredson Armenian people are native to Armenian Highlands, they are mixture of Indo-Europeans and Hurrians (Urartu / Ararat kingdom), Armenian language is a separate branch of Indo-European language. About the Armenian prehistory you can read here, especially the entrance, just a short and objective, informative passage. And the whole article is a magnificent journey into the Armenian civilization. karnegi.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-ancient-land-of-armenia.html

@sizack4809 Жыл бұрын

@@elliegotfredson3712 armenians are the natives of the Armenian highlands Urartians and Hurrians being the proto-Armenians the highlands extend from southern caucasus til anatolia

@MolotovVids 6 ай бұрын

@@elliegotfredson3712as far as I understand it, yes, there was a region in Urartu called Hayassi Azzi, and it sound very similar to the armenian word for armenia and armenian (hayastan and hay respectively). And after the kingdom fell, its successors were the Armenians. Even though all this information is factual, the actual details are not too well known. Thanks for asking and inquiring about Armenia!

@AppoJabarian Жыл бұрын

As a direct descendant of my ancestors who hail from Sis, historic capital of Cilician Armenia, I would like to express my appreciation to History Time and the narrator of "Lords of the Mountains: The Foundation of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia" for an accurate depiction of historic facts. Like many Armenians in USA and around the world, as a descendant of orphaned survivors of the 1915-1923 Turkish-Executed Armenian Genocide, and a third-generation survivor, my deepest appreciation to many of you, for your kind words about the Armenian Heritage. Appo Jabarian Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine

@arammarkarian2823 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather, born in that region, told me about that wonderful kingdom, and even sang very old songs that are still preserved, talking about the glory of those Christian Realms

@aramgocer253 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work about the Armenian history.

@magussimon7221 6 жыл бұрын

Love to Armenia, stay strong!

@guaycura 3 жыл бұрын

I remember from time ago I saw maps showing "La Pequena Armenia" (the Little Armenia in Spanish) but never imagined the rich history behind the Cilician-Armenian Kingdom. Thanks for sharing!

@innerparty1 6 жыл бұрын

Your video about Ani sparked my interest about Gergian and Armenian history of the high middle ages. I am grateful you are still focusing on this topic.

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

Oh its fascinating, they intermarries royal families, and together subdued Persian, Turks, Arabs and even Byzantines on several accounts.

@theblackprince1346 6 жыл бұрын

Another little known piece of history. Great video as always.

@mEtalec 4 жыл бұрын

The Black Prince History of this and the main Armenian kingdoms are full of epicness.

@tashnagarmeniaararad2329 4 жыл бұрын

Proud Cilician Armenian from Adana

@AniZadig 3 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow Cilician from Adana!

@tashnagarmeniaararad2329 3 жыл бұрын

@@AniZadig Hello dear

@aramanasal6994 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to go visit Turkey and explore western armenian ruins. I'm Armenian, but my dad is from Bolis (Istanbul). Going there with him would be best, but I don't think he would come with me, or even approve of me going setting foot in Turkey. He left the country in the late 70s at 16yo and never looked back.

@halit6407 2 ай бұрын

@@aramanasal6994 you can visit with a local guide. It is safe.

@nastyarmo456 22 күн бұрын

Me too brother ✊🏼🇦🇲

@arattaararat8023 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for video. Unfortunately the unique culture that Armenians were creating for milleniums was left alone without its real owners... in Western ARMENIA, in Armenian Cilicia. Although today Armenians are having only 10 %of their ANCESTORS land but even that small piece speeks a lot and huge about each page of Armenian History...from human creation to nowdays. Viva Armenia, God bless you and your nation.

@Incidental104 4 жыл бұрын

I got goosebumps Armenia could be so powerful if this was modern day Armenia

@flappley 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, it's sad how we have become one of history's biggest underdogs, always being taken from, and denied from taking back.

@judsonwall8615 2 жыл бұрын

@@flappley It’s super shitty that Turkey won’t give Armenia the historic site of Ani. Ani means nothing to Turkey, yet everything to Armenia. It’s right on the border, just on the Turkish side, and is abandoned fields and ruins now. Turkey has no use of Ani. It should be given back to its people.

@flappley 2 жыл бұрын

@@judsonwall8615 exactly! Just like ararat, if it's a symbolic mountain for us and not you, then why do they keep it. It's so stupid

@s1-luka149 7 ай бұрын

Because of Ataturk and the Bolshevik. I don't know why Ataturk is liked, he literally invaded Armenia. Without Turkey and the Bolsheviks, Armenia would be like that : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Republic_of_Armenia.png

@nole8923 2 жыл бұрын

There are some peoples who have had a hard time through the ages. Poland and Armenia are two of them. I wish future peace and prosperity to them for the future. They’ve been through so much.

@TSBoncompte 6 жыл бұрын

I really like these more obscure topics.

@92mariotta 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent narrative accompanied by medieval music and beautiful pictures of this precise area

@jmavyan818 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve truly historian spirit; the time and energy, the commitment to chronicle principles to include the ever present and vital story of the Armenians in your content when covering Anatolia and Caucuses, it is more often than not, omitted from channels claiming historical devotion. Such a presence and force cannot be left out and yet be remotely accurate depiction of history of this entire area stretching from the Caspian to the Mediterranean, and below to the holy land.

@jojiraammmaafinafachinglan2856 6 жыл бұрын

I watched your other video about the Medieval Armenian city of Ani, and god damn! I really like these medieval Armenian videos and your videos in general are very well produced and are really interesting(your video about the Scythians is one of the best imo) Also your take on Georgian history would pretty damn interesting i think, since in the medieval times all the various feuding Georgian princedoms and Kingdoms united into a single strong Georgian kingdom that was a regional power in the Caucasus and in the near east from the late 11th to 13th centuries.

@sedArt-ub9be 6 жыл бұрын

do a video about the kingdom of van/Urartu plzz love ur videos!!!

@danieljones9463 6 жыл бұрын

These presentations are interesting introductions to aspects of history that I have not become aware of before. These seem like the bricks and stones of the flow of Human History through time. Great pictures too. After watching this video, I feel like I know a bit more about the Armenians. Thank you for doing this work and building this channel.

@GAGA-kr5rg 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video, Regards from Nagorno Karabakh Independent Republic!!

@veritasintegrity5054 3 жыл бұрын

say that again 😂😂😂

@lilalucia1554 3 жыл бұрын

@@veritasintegrity5054 The whole of NKR, Artsakh will be returning back to Armenia, with Nakhijevan & the whole of Western Armenia in Turkey. This will be happening in the next few years, whilst Azerbaijan will be eaten up by Russia. Azerbaijan will become a region of Russia, just like Dagestan. There will also be a Kurdistan forming in eastern Turkey, so Turkey will be halved. Whatever remains of Turkey will become a strict Sharia Law country, just like Iran, Saudi Arabia etc. Just wait to see it happen, fun & games for everyone then! :) 😅🥳 IF U LIKE I CAN SAY IT AGAIN!!! 😂😂😂

@magaisraelyan1302 Жыл бұрын

@@veritasintegrity5054 I will say it ;) Greetings from Stepanakert, capital of Artsakh! 🇦🇲 Don't be so jealous, once upon a time maybe oil will help you to buy history and pride^^

@DesertFoxWITHAFREAKINGKNIFE Жыл бұрын

@@magaisraelyan1302 Azerbaijan belongs to our russian buisnessmen and companies,its nothing but a oil rig we still use.

@rainbowstalin594 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! this was very interesting.

@tiggurai 6 жыл бұрын

make armenia great again

@miguelmontenegro3520 5 жыл бұрын

Until 2100 Armenia will be reduced by 50% of its population. Cant understand Why ppl dont want to have children

@uzumaki81. 3 жыл бұрын

@@miguelmontenegro3520 it's the opposite now Armenia is growing faster than we thought

@JN-wr9he 2 жыл бұрын

@@uzumaki81. heard the opposite emigration increasing

@giladpellaeon1691 6 жыл бұрын

An alternate history author (Harry Turtledove) copied the markos/gagik affair in a book in the Videssos cycle. I hadn't realized it was an actual event from Byzantine/Armenian history but it makes sense as the Videssos cycle is heavily inspired by Byzantine history.

@mattrujillo5479 6 жыл бұрын

Finally....a narrator that can actually pronounce and articulate what they are reading. I'm tired of all the other channels mispronouncing names and other things in their videos. Maybe some of the other narrators from some of the other you tube channels can take a f*cking lesson and actually learn how to speak the words they are reading off Wikipedia. Good Job History Time...keep up the good work.

@Liphted 5 жыл бұрын

Dude thanks for getting deep into history brother!

@oktagram789 3 жыл бұрын

truly an underrated kingdom. great video! thank you!

@kartingdudeS 6 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your work that you have done. As an Armenian myself, I really enjoyed this video. Hope you make some more videos in the near future about Armenia. The Armenians will appreciate that a lot. Great work !

@dvobgo92 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, well developed, well edited, well narrated, well researched video. Awesome work!

@Arshahan 6 жыл бұрын

Start a serie on Armenian history since its establishment in prehistoric Sumerian times through its golden ages in the Ancient Roman, Macedonian, Sassanid times, where Tigran the Great formed an Empire from the ashes of the Seleucid empire, its up and downs in the middle ages, its thrivings for cultural and economic autonomy in the 1600s, its calls for a new crusade to save the Land of Noah in the 1700s, the Armenian Renaissance in mid 1750s and through 1800s, the Armenian genocide starting from 1894 and ending in 1922-23, the First Armenian Republic in 1918, Soviet times of Armenia and its route for independance starting in the 1980s, culminating in the war for the independance of Karabagh (Artsakh) in Armenian. You can also do a video on the Armenian principalities of Syunik and Artsakh who had survive, in the late middle ages the many attacks and attempts to submission comitted by the mongols, tatars and turks.

@S-Nova0 6 жыл бұрын

Be the change you want to see.

@nonosh 5 жыл бұрын

Sayat-Nova Wise words from the troubadour himself!

@rubenkerobyan6891 5 жыл бұрын

Great ideas

@junjungatbos3548 5 жыл бұрын

If you want something done right, do it yourself😛

@tatultadevossian5242 3 жыл бұрын

OMG, this was marvelous! Thank you so much!

@MariaCKouto 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing 😍❤️

@vladasryan9533 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Keep up the good work!

@kicsihubi 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work, this video was awesome!! :)

@rubenkerobyan6891 6 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, great channel, I have a video idea, can you please do a video about Urartu

@iran-persiapatriot9421 6 жыл бұрын

Ruben Kerobyan Very old Kingdom

@emir-8165 5 жыл бұрын

Urartu is turkic... they spoke turkish.

@emir-8165 5 жыл бұрын

Gev G proto turkic... Urartus spoke turkish...

@gevorgvanarmenie9788 5 жыл бұрын

BirÖlürBinDirilir - ‎𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜! Ahhahahah, was that a joke?)))

@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642 5 жыл бұрын

Urartu was an old kingdom, and, from what I understood it was some sort of Indo-European. Still unsure if it was Iranic or proto-Armenian or of the extinct Anatolian branch or an extinct single-language branch.

@arbymovses1440 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you for a very informative video.

@FlashPointHx 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely done - I have an Armenian friend who might like this

@HistoryTime 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope they like it.

@tommyodonovan3883 5 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History I'm here because there's a sweet Armenian Girl at work that I like-a-lot.

@FlashPointHx 5 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@vahekrikorian3581 5 жыл бұрын

Tommy O Donovan , any progress?

@Incidental104 4 жыл бұрын

"Forgive but never forget" Armenians remember we have to forgive everyone so we can move on, but we can't forget and we never will

@jonathanharootunian297 3 жыл бұрын

So very true !,never to forget the past!!

@sizack4809 Жыл бұрын

I think the term we both are looking for is Revenge

@Urartaci 3 ай бұрын

If you want to forgive the Turks (enemies), then first win in then forgive, so that your forgiveness would be generous in not pathetic. Garegin Njdeh

@shakesmctremens178 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes.. love the learning the history of these places I've never heard of before.

@georgevardan5924 2 жыл бұрын

Essentials picked... Brilliant work! Thank you for your work from today's Armenia!

@mukhumor 4 жыл бұрын

That was a gripping story. Epic.

@kingmike7965 5 жыл бұрын

My home , Cilicia ♥️🇦🇲

@sporasxwe 3 жыл бұрын

My friend im From sis cilicia :)

@kingmike7965 2 жыл бұрын

@@anastasia2681 that's cool man 👌 my blood comes from Adana-Kozan-Sis

@kingmike7965 2 жыл бұрын

@@anastasia2681 merci apero 🙏 I will visit you guys soon

@kingmike7965 2 жыл бұрын

@@anastasia2681 You know that Castle was based off of King Levon during his ruling times and its where his burial site is , these are rumors ofcourse about his burial site but I wouldn't be surprised

@kingmike7965 2 жыл бұрын

@@anastasia2681 thank you man you are too generous 🙏🙌 these ideas sound pretty cool

@japooskas 6 жыл бұрын

This is great public service. Thank you

@TheBarca1889 6 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful

@swedsteve93 6 жыл бұрын

This was great, knew nothing about it. I love when people make little kingdoms for themselves. Even more so when they get exiled or they have to migrate or something and they manage to do it anyway.

@cesareborgia6431 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a history buff, passionate by the Crusades and yet... I learn so much by watching your great videos

@vardansimonyan966 6 жыл бұрын

such a great channel. good job! :)

@mEtalec 3 жыл бұрын

Lords of the Mountains! ❤️

@oldfriend8001 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video❤❤❤

@henrymaldysz5929 6 жыл бұрын

armenians think about yours origin ! love you country !

@torgomaghanyan7633 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for you brilliant work.

@jtksworld1747 2 жыл бұрын

Just wow This is apart of history unknown Thanks alot 🙏

@cyranodebergerac636 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@faustinae3927 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video 🌹❤️

@stevenforman3044 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. 💛

@sonofman7047 8 ай бұрын

Thank you brother, I am proud to be Christian Armenian ✝️ 🇦🇲😇🙏 Love you all our brothers and sisters ❤️

@armenianhighland6810 4 жыл бұрын

Subscribed!

@notsoroyalacademy7001 4 жыл бұрын

didn't know that armenia still existed as a nation until i looked it up in the map some while ago, i always thought that the armenians were destroyed by the ottomans once and for all, especially after the genocide of the 20th century. i should read more to find out how the medieval aremenian kingdom has transitioned to give the modern armenian state.

@Urartaci 3 ай бұрын

The Middle Ages are essentially only the middle of Armenia's path. The history of the Armenian nation and state begins many thousands of years ago. Now the capital of the Republic of Armenia is the city of Yerevan, it is more than 2,800 years old, it is 29 years older than Rome. And we are waiting with love and warmth for any person who comes to us.

@vanishingfolklore 10 ай бұрын

great stuff

@Crafty_Spirit 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to do a trip but did not know a destination - seriously, I found it thanks to your video 👌🏽

@SB-qm5wg 6 жыл бұрын

Good video.

@emmaeskandari3922 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your great video God bless you.

@abrahambenlian4037 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MrRljohnson77 9 ай бұрын

I lived in the area for over 5 years. Thank you for this video.

@TheBelilu 5 жыл бұрын

And, the more one digs into the un-falsified ancient history of the Armenians, the more they'll understand who the 'Hittites' were & what is meant by 'Lords of the Mountains'.

@levonvardanyan3478 3 жыл бұрын

I have been collecting Cilician Silver and bronze coins, many of them I acquired from reputable sellers on ebay which I have authenticated. Its fascinating to hold a coin that was used by the people of the last Armenian kingdom. One of my most interesting coins on an overstrike coin which was part of the annual payment of hundreds of thousands of silver coins paid to the Mamluks after losing a war. Its an Armenian coin that was heated and overstruck with Arabic writing because it was easier and cheaper then melting and making new blanks. If this coin could talk the stories it would tell, I can imagine it on a horse and carriage making its way south to the Mamluk Arabs to pay their tribute.

@bingeltube 5 жыл бұрын

Very recommendable

@BeastrusKastrus Ай бұрын

I can trace my roots there. Marash, Cilicia. Thanks for sharing our history. I feel it's criminally underdated.

@_Calmase Жыл бұрын

Nice video! My grandfather's family was from Adana before having to relocate to Lebanon.

@accuratetaxes5504 7 ай бұрын

Amazing video. Many thanks. God Bless Armenia and Armenians. Great Nation, Great History

@pokerfun9388 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👍

@TheAndrewSchneider 7 ай бұрын

Age of Empires II has a new Armenian campaign about Thoros the Great of Cilician Armenia! This is why I have been listening!

@thomaszaccone3960 5 жыл бұрын

The brutality and religious intolerance of the Byzantines was responsible in part for the successes of Islam in the Eastern Empire.

@arbymovses1440 4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you. Armenia was a buffer zone between Muslems and Byzantines at that time. Armenia was already fighting in the east and Byzantines thought the moment is right to attack them from behind and capture Ani and turn Armenians into Greeks...Well, we know what happened next...

@oyonggofomocci2078 6 жыл бұрын

Armenian nationalism levels increase...

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

Whats wrong with nationalism? Its fascism and communism you gotta worry about.

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

@Dr. Kevorkian Facism is like the state of Turkey, what good comes from such a radical ideology?

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

@Ronald McDonalds Lmao, wow that was a good one, a Turk called himself an Anatolian. If we Armenians aren't the ancient Antolians, then who the fuck are you?

@quazifaiyaz1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 people like you give nationalism a bad name

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 3 жыл бұрын

@@quazifaiyaz1 And you?

@JapanJohnny2012 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear that Michael Owen has found a new sideline, now that he's hung up his footy boots :)

@alexaroun979 5 жыл бұрын

Who know which is the oldest City existing on planet at this momemt ? YEREVAN ,Capital of Armenia .

@kingleovilusignan8169 5 жыл бұрын

Yerevan is ONE of the oldest cities only 2800 years old

@alexaroun979 5 жыл бұрын

@@kingleovilusignan8169 The oldest just 150 years before Rome

@arbymovses1440 4 жыл бұрын

The oldest capital bro.

@agusbenzaenuri5881 4 жыл бұрын

Many olld city in Israel and Palestine, and Damascus and mosul are older.

@alexaroun979 3 жыл бұрын

@@agusbenzaenuri5881 Yes the oldest standing city is Damascus (Syria) and after that its Yervan (yerepouni)

@marbet2395 6 жыл бұрын

Nice

@VivoY-uu7dc 3 жыл бұрын

PAULUS, VERY GOOD

@goddesscilicia 4 жыл бұрын

Heck yes!

@sleeper7271 6 жыл бұрын

There are 2 large Wikipedia articles about the Bulgarian states,it is very surprising no one has created a video about them

@mhervardanyan2384 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you from Armenia,,, only the right way to pronounce Gagik, is to pronounce the second "g" the same way as the first.

@treyholman8440 6 жыл бұрын

A true legacy

@bobjackson4720 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@ninerfaithfulmtl 3 жыл бұрын

Great video very informative proud of my culture and heritage.. long live 🇦🇲 🇦🇲

@MCMLXXXVICCXII 6 жыл бұрын

I've done my national service at that region. I've watched Sis castle lots of time. It was a pure pleasure to be there... Thanks for mention, it worth;) Btw, seljuk population did not pour onto anatolia. They converted anatolian population mainly. Turkey Turks are mainly long converted Armenians and Ions.

@alexisdias1340 6 жыл бұрын

Saint Joseph Yes it did. The islamified turkic people that fought the once great abassid caliphate either migrated trought the muslim regions and served as either mercenaries or autonomosly invaded and settled anatolia , after manziquert it got real serious. They would either force the local populations to flee or if they were opressed or enslaved with turkic men taking by force greek or armenian wives or put them in harems. the males children or adults were killed or Enslaved. By the times that the turks conquered western anatolia the natives had nowhere to run, that's why the turks from western turkey have só many greek/anatolian blood.

@MCMLXXXVICCXII 6 жыл бұрын

Alexis Dias cool story bro :))))

@ArthaxtaDaVince777 5 жыл бұрын

Also, we forget the Kipchaks and the Cumans who were Christian Turks that settled in the area way before the Seljuks. You are right, Anatolian Turks are maybe 10% Turkic. Their ethnicity is closer to Kurds, Persians and Armenians.

@terrificsoprano5025 5 жыл бұрын

Fucking liar, check the gedmatch autosomal and y-dna results of Anatolian Turks. They are mostly N, R1a-z93, J2a(Central Asian Sub-branch). They are married with native anatolian girls. Also in the gedmatch most Turks get results like 45-55% Central Asian and the rest is Native Anatolian.

@leonsisuin4987 4 жыл бұрын

thats how u do research hahahaha ...he said Seljuk Turks did not pour lol ... it was even before Seljuk Turks... abbasid arabs made an agreement with some Turk familoes and hired them as money paid soldiers and placed them in the wrstern front which was anatolia... eastern part of anatolia..and together with the Seljuk Turks....an immediate migration conquring took place... today most of armenians carry Turk dna...

@gameexpert2011 5 жыл бұрын

Even Turks themselves know this isn't their territory.

@veritasvirtuslibertas3787 4 жыл бұрын

we captured all of it.Whats the point??

@robertg785 4 жыл бұрын

We captured Artsakh(karabakh) back!!! Hahahaha

@ercanylmaz967 3 жыл бұрын

no it is our territory🤣💪

@Sargis-tq5hz 5 ай бұрын

Спасибо автору за полезни чесни труд

@Nikanoru 6 жыл бұрын

You must be a dominons fan based on some of the music I've been hearing in your videos. Maybe a coincidence?

@gar0188 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for exploring Armenian history which is thousands of years old Armenia appears on the oldest clay tablet map of the world the Babylonian map of the world. PS a lot of Byzantine rulers and people of influence in the Eastern Roman Empire were Armenian by birth.

@GevEdgar 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Sir, thank You ever so much for the video. Please pronounce the name of "Gagik" transcripted as /ga'gık/: the second "g" is articulated as it sounds in "golf", and it is the final syllable that is stressed. Good luck.

@susanpower9265 2 жыл бұрын

spectacular sis/ wonderful discovery this sunday 1 august 2021/hope another video will cover intermarriage with cyprus/ yesterday i discovered abbess eschiva dampierre died 1330 and her armenian aunt fimi daughter of king of armenia

@TheMadisonHang Жыл бұрын

whats the song at @4:00 ?

@vha111 2 жыл бұрын

The area wasn't called Anatolia at the time you're covering. It was Asia Minor. Otherwise, nicely done. Thanks.

@imlaughinq7445 2 жыл бұрын

the Middle East was such a great place for an adventuring warrior. So many diverse civilizations to fight for and against!

@Thulgon 6 жыл бұрын

13:55 Is 'Rome' another name for 'Rûm'?

@ZenionPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Only the name spelling is not accurate. Gagik ( the last g should pronounce same way as first G not ji), Cilicia ( from Latin C in English is K sound - Kilikia ).