In Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia many experienced players also play long narde, which some see as requiring deeper strategy.

Led by His Holiness Karekin II, the spiritual and administrative work of the Armenian Church is carried out in the Republic of Armenia in the areas of religion, preparation of clergy, Christian education, construction of new churches, social services, and ecumenical activities.

When Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the considerable growth of cargo shipments resulted in the construction of a new cargo terminal in 1998, with modern technical equipment that can handle about 100, 000 tonnes of cargo annually.

The monastery of Geghard (, meaning spear ) is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs.

Uncertainty over, and debate about, the date of the church's construction have assumed nationalist undertones in Georgia and Armenia, with the prize being which nation can claim to have invented the " four-apsed church with four niches " form.

After Emperor Nero recognized Tiridates I as king of Armenia in 66, he granted him 50 million sesterces and sent architects and construction experts to help in the reconstruction of the ruined city.

* InterContinental Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia ( Under construction )

According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

The city expanded rapidly during the 20th century as Armenia became one of the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union.

However, after a short period of independence, on 29 November 1920, the Bolshevik 11th Red Army entered Yerevan during the Russian Civil War, on 29 November 1920, and Armenia was incorporated into the Soviet Union on 2 December 1920.

Also conquered during the 7th century were Syria, Palestine, Armenia, Egypt, and North Africa.

* Gaius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, dies from wounds suffered during a campaign in Artagira, Armenia ( b. 20 BC ).

He was a Deputy Minister of Interior in Armenia during the difficult years 1988-1992.

The apricot was known in Armenia during ancient times, and has been cultivated there for so long, it is often thought to have originated there.

In 505 an invasion of Armenia by the western Huns from the Caucasus led to an armistice, during which the Romans paid subsidies to the Persians for the maintenance of the fortifications on the Caucasus.

Armenia had been divided during the reign of Shapur III according to the terms of a peace treaty.

I Minervia and V Macedonica, under the legates M. Claudius Fronto and P. Martius Verus, served under Statius Priscus in Armenia, earning success for Roman arms during the campaign season of 163 ,< ref > Birley, " Hadrian to the Antonines ", 161 – 62, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani < sup > 2 </ sup > C 874 ( Claudius Fronto ); Prosopographia Imperii Romani < sup > 2 </ sup > M 348 .</ ref > including the capture of the Armenian capital Artaxata.

Little is known about the life Sejanus led prior to this date, but according to Tacitus, he accompanied Gaius Caesar, adopted grandson of Augustus, during his campaigns in Armenia in 1 BC.

Gaius died two years later in Lycia at the age of 24, after being wounded during a campaign in Artagira, Armenia.

Moved from Yerevan, Armenia, to Evesham during the first world war for ten years.

* Clay pots and vats discovered at a sprawling cave system in southern Armenia near the border with Iran shows signs of an organized effort to press and distill grapes during the Copper Age.

The Tenth later followed Mark Antony in Armenia, during his Parthian campaign.

Mikoyan tried, but failed, to save one from being executed during his trip to Armenia.

Armenia was spared the devastation and destruction that wrought most of the western Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War of World War II.

The imperial reign of Tigranes the Great is thus the span of time during which Armenia itself conquered areas populated by other peoples.

This event ushered the Golden Age of Armenia, during which many foreign books and manuscripts were translated to Armenian by Mesrop's pupils.

* 1827 — Count Erivansky for Ivan Paskevich for his capture of Erivan in Armenia during the Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828 ;

However, during their absence Sempad usurped the Armenian throne with the aid of Constantine III of Armenia.

In 1304, the Mamluks continued their assault on Cilician Armenia, and succeeded in taking back all the lands which the Armenians had acquired during the Mongol invasion.

The throne of Armenia had changed hands multiple times during Leo's brief lifetime, being held variously by his uncle Hethum II in 1295, passed peacefully to his father Thoros III in 1296, then usurped by another uncle Sempad, who was usurped by his brother Constantine III of Armenia, who himself was deposed by his brother Hethum II in 1299.

He gathered only the beautiful girls and the handsome boys from all over Armenia, so that the latter get married and settled in the newly establish town.

The Finns then gained four points from their difficult away ties against Armenia and Kazakhstan, drawing 0 – 0 with the former and beating the latter 2 – 0.

Armenia, so long the battle-ground of Romans and Persians, lost its independence in 387, and was divided between the Byzantine Empire and Persia, about four-fifths being given to the latter.

The latter was subsequently assassinated on behest of Sembat Saharuni who replaced him as sparapet of Armenia.

The latter married his daughter to Smbat VII Bagratuni, Constable of Armenia.

Tiridates III was the son of Khosrov II of Armenia by an unnamed mother, the latter being assassinated in 252 by a Parthian agent named Anak under orders from Ardashir I. Tiridates had one known sibling, a sister called Khosrovidukht and was the namesake of his paternal grandfather, Tiridates II of Armenia.

Harutiun Arakelian of the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia ( ADLA ) has also declared that the party will challenge the adoption of the name of the new party once the latter applies for registration, due to the similarity of the names and ADLA will demand that the new party adopts a different and more distinctive name to alleviate any confusion with the ADL / ADLA.

It was probably at some point during the latter part of Arshak's reign that Nerses went to Constantinople to ensure the emperor's support of Armenia against the Persians.

When King Sapor II of Persia invaded Armenia ( 360-370 A. D .), he led away from Artashat 30, 000 Armenian and 9, 000 Jewish families, the latter brought by King Tigranes from Palestine, and then completely destroyed the city.

Modern Armenia term means Republic of Armenia which occupies part of historical Armenia, whose ancient centers were in the valley of the Araks River and the region around Lake Van in Turkey.

For the most part however, Armenia is considered one of the more pro-democratic nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Currently, Armenia deploys 130 soldiers in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ).

Islamic armies conquered part of Persia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Armenia, and what is now the modern-day post-Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan and surrounded the Byzantine heartland ( present-day Turkey ) in a pincer movement which extended from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus and the southern shores of the Caspian.

The most earthquake-prone part of Turkey is an arc-shaped region stretching from the general vicinity of Kocaeli to the area north of Lake Van on the border with Armenia and Georgia.

The terrain's ruggedness is accentuated in the eastern part of the country, where the two mountain ranges converge into a lofty region with a median elevation of more than 1, 500 meters, which reaches its highest point along the borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.

As the capital of Armenia, Yerevan is not part of any marz (" province ").

* Armenian brandy has been produced since the 1880s and comes from the Ararat plain in the southern part of Armenia.

It had destroyed what were the two former foremost military powers, the Sassanid Empire, which it absorbed completely, and the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, including Syria, Armenia and North Africa, although Leo the Isaurian stemmed the tide when he defeated the Umayyads at the Battle of Akroinon ( 739 ), their final campaign in Anatolia.

By the early 2nd century BC it was part of the Kingdom of Armenia.

After a preliminary strike against the Arabs in Armenia, Justinian managed to augment the sum paid by the Umayyad Caliphs as an annual tribute, and to regain control of part of Cyprus.

On the fall of Pompey, Pharnaces II, son of Mithridates, took advantage of Julius Caesar being occupied in Egypt, and reduced Colchis, Armenia, and some part of Cappadocia, defeating Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, whom Caesar subsequently sent against him.

* Hagop Sandaldjian, microminiature sculptor, lived and worked in Montebello after emigrating from Yerevan, Armenia ( then part of the Soviet Union ) in 1980.

At the same time he intervened in the affairs of the Persian part of Armenia and restored Iberia to Iran's effective control.

The later part of his reign was occupied by his attempts to convert Armenia to Zoroastrianism.

This designation continues to be used for sparkling wine produced in several countries formerly part of the Soviet Union, including Moldova, Armenia, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

Shavo Odadjian was born in Yerevan, Armenia ( then a part of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ).

Gurdjieff was born to a Greek father and Armenian mother in Alexandropol ( now Gyumri, Armenia ), then part of the Russian Empire.

The first athletes from Armenia also competed, as part of the team from the Ottoman Empire ( referred to as Turkey ).

Between the 1930s and 1980s, Armenia was a part of the Soviet Union, within which Kurds, like other ethnic groups, had the status of a protected minority.

The term Aghuank is polysemous and is also used in Armenian sources to denote the region between the Kur and Araxes rivers as part of Armenia.

In some instances Arran was a part of Armenia.