Kingdom of Armenia - Between Rome & Parthia - Ancient History DOCUMENTARY

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[@Haziq-Cxyi217yhm6]

Hello

[@superyamky]

Hi

[@hayktrashyan5988]

Hi thanks

[@hayktrashyan5988]

Council of Chalcedon was at 451 AD

[@veritasintegrity5054]

you should have mentioned that Gregory the Illuminator was also Parthian, he came from famous parthian dynasty Suren Pahlavs(Parthian), who defeated Crasus. As well as King Thridates III was also Parthian, as he was from parthian Arsacid dynasty.

[@slipfabrikant7900]

I am a Georgian and very glad that a channel with a neutral approach to history and a wide audience covers the Caucasus and our Armenian brothers. Kudos!

[@r.b8876]

I adore Georgians and their culture even though they don't necessarily have a positive outlook on us Armenians, Have a good one bro!

[@railababayeva8013]

Especially the Neutral view is written by Azerbaijani turkic writer - Ilkin Gambar. Hope our region-Caucasus will see a peace and throw the chains of Russian imperialism away

[@terpogarmand8771]

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[@hamletnalbandyan7002]

Gamarjoba akhper

[@JN-wr9he]

@@railababayeva8013 not that Azerbaijanis and Turks can ever expect such neutrality to be reciprocated

[@alexandrk9302]

I didn't know much about Armenia before 2022, just common history knowledge. But now, as I had to flee from the war and dictatorship, Armenia has become a safe haven for me and for hundreds thousands other russians. I thank armenians for their hospitality, and I'm glad that their history gets attention and recognition.

[@turkishultranationalist]

soon to be Turkey

[@kanibasami8256]

@@turkishultranationalist no matter how hard you try to erase history and people, we'll never forget the Armenians and their awesome history.

[@suzie55]

I was just there and so many Russians were there. Armenians treat foreigners so well. I love to see

[@augustazoe2844]

You are welcome, dear brother. Stay safe and well

[@alexavgitidis441]

@@turkishultranationalist iran wont let turkey so be prepared

[@cityofmagic4370]

For centuries, Kings & Generals have been making quality videos about history

[@nocosa]

I hope this is a video ( or whatever they got) on year 2700 or so.

[@davidhughes8357]

O K. ????

[@DM-oj9tr]

He’s right, I remember it myself 😅

[@Kristenm28]

The victors write history.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@Kristenm28 that quote is over used and its Cringe now

[@lufseto8]

Having went through so much oppression throughout history and still baving managed to retain their identity, Armenians are one of the most resilient people out there and among the nations I hold most respect to. I hope to visit your country soon. All the best from Lithuania. Artsakh is Armenia

[@Turcos_Khan]

Qarabağ Azərbaycandır ❤🇦🇿🇹🇷💪😎44days

[@lba6859]

Thank you very much🇦🇲❤🇱🇹 we are always happy to see everyone who comes to see our beautiful country. I am glad the relations between Armenia and Lithuania are getting stronger.

[@whatif2775]

Thank you very much! And welcome to the beautiful Land of Armenia! You will surely love it!❤

[@muradiskndr2518]

Sir, please, respect the territorial integrity and inalienable rights of Azerbaijani refugees which faced harsh deportation from Karabakh in 1990's

[@ognayandesign]

@@muradiskndr2518 bla bla bla stop blowing wind

[@zarehh123]

I’m Armenian and I feel like our history always gets left out! Thank you Kings & Generals!!

[@davidhughes8357]

I agree.

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

Hayastan free brother! The turkish and azeri oppressors still bleed your land and no one cares. When you are a big country that exports goods like Ukraine, everyone cares about a war. When you are small like Armenia, no one is concerned. But that's not fair and many of us know it. Greetings from Italy

[@EinarAI]

@@giorgiociaravolol1998 funny how the video was made by "Azeri oppressors" then.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@vladtheimpaler5454 The owner of "Kings and Generals" is from the Republic of Azerbaijan, but he lives in Canada, and most of his colleagues are from Turkey.

[@mh7135]

Barhev Hayastani brothers and sisters Form Parskastan| Iran :)🌻🌹

[@gggg-so9wv]

love uuuuuuuuuuu

[@unbroken1570]

❤✌

[@S.Bagratuni]

Salam Parskanati Brothers and sisters, Name Parskastan is much better then Iran, Persia have greate hystori!

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Tabriz will be capital of Great Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Bakı,Təbriz, Ankara biz hara farslar hara

[@ioannisbougios1451]

Much love to our Armenian siblings from Greece!!! What a fascinating people!!

[@davitpiruzyan2746]

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[@neoaryan]

🦅🇬🇷🤝🇦🇲🦁

[@Yoo-yooYeshua]

@Infedius why

[@googleuser4053]

@Infedius who is we?

[@rrinterieur6842]

Im actually planning to leave belgium and live in greece. Since i visited kreta i cannot function here, as an armenian greece felt home to me. You cant imagine how it feels to tell someone you are armenian and the geniunly become happy because of it. I love greece and every single one of its people.

[@aquila4228]

Everything about Armenia is fascinating, it’s history, location, architecture, and so much more. What a great video!

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@m60tsabra24]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran And you cant blame them

[@emreahmet167]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran there is a lot of video about iran

[@vardansimonyan966]

@@DragovianMythiX yes, maybe those 3 guys from K&G are neutral (although I dont think so) , it doesn't mean turks and azeris are not brainwashed fascists ))

[@behiran2252]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ get turkstan

[@ArthurVasilyan]

It is surprising that, being deeply integrated into the Iranian-Persian culture and traditions, Armenia became the first member of the Christian , which Rome later joined, and more later European countries. Armenia is a symbiosis of East and West. If I may say so, feet are in the East, head is in the West. And Armenian history and cultural heritage is underestimated or deliberately belittled. Thank you very much, KG team!

[@Monte_Melkonyan]

Echmiadzin cathedral is said to be the first cathedral built in the world, thus becoming an unesco heritage site.

[@gareginnjdeh9631]

Armenia is the general nation in Indo-European family) and Poulation of the world has spread from Armenian Highlands, like Noah ark landed on mount. Ararat.

[@erfansafaeian8906]

And the irony is that the Gregory the Illuminator who was the founder of the Armenian church was himself a convert from Zoroastrianism and a Parthian.

[@Ukit50]

Christianity as the state religion by the Armenians The myth of the adoption of The cornerstone of the Armenian mythologized history is the statement about Armenia as the first country in the world that adopted Christianity as a state religion in 301. However, science has long known that as early as the end of the 2nd century, i.e. more than a century before the Armenians, Christianity became the official religion in the Aramaic-speaking kingdom of Edessa (Osroene). In 165, the king of Edessa Abgar bar Manu (Abgar V or Manu VIII) converted to Christianity, as he was convinced by a missionary from Palestine, St. Fadei (Addai), (Cheetham, Samuel, "A History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries" , Macmillan), and his successor Abgar VIII made Christianity the state religion of Osroene (Lockyer, Herbert, "All the Apostles of the Bible", Zondervan (1988), p. 260.). At the same time, some sources write that this was done by Abgar IX (Adshead, Samuel Adrian Miles, "China in World History", Macmillan (2000), p. 27.), who also laid the foundations of Christian poetry. In 1905, the German historian and theologian Adolf von Harnack wrote: “... there is no doubt that even before 190 Christianity was actively spreading throughout Edessa and its surrounding areas, and (shortly after 201 or even earlier) the royal court also accepted the church ( i.e. Christianity)" (Adolph von Harnack, "The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries", Williams & Norgate (1905), p. 293.). Irfan Shahid writes about Abgar VIII as the first ruler of the Near Eastern state who converted to Christianity. (Shahid, Irfan, Rome and the Arabs: A Prolegomenon to the Study of Byzantium and the Arabs, Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University (1984), p. 96.). How, after all these facts, did the Armenians become the “first” Christian nation in the world? It is interesting that the Armenians, whose fabrications refute the historical facts, try to belittle the significance of the first adoption of Christianity by Edessa, resorting to outright distortions: some Yerevan “historians” argue that the adoption of established Christianity as a state religion, how to say, “does not count”, since at that time, it allegedly was not independent and still (or already) did not have statehood. In confirmation of these conjectures, they publish a map on which Osroene is indicated as part of Armenia. However, they are silent about the fact that Osroena was conquered by Tigran the Great long before that and for a short time, and by the time of the adoption of Christianity, it had long been independent. In addition to these distortions, these "historians" are trying in every way to belittle the significance of the first adoption of Christianity by the fact that it was associated with the apocryphal legend of the correspondence of Abgar V (Manu VIII) with Jesus Christ. No matter who the king of Edes “corresponded” with, and whatever the real reasons for his personal adoption of Christianity, the fact remains that no matter how much the false propaganda of Armenia puffed up today, more than a century before the Armenians, Christianity became the official religion in Osroene.

[@Ruben-by4oy]

For me it is obvious why. At that time it was clear that our more powerful neighbors will slowly assimilate us and our nation will dissolve by becoming part of Rome or Parthia. So our kings started to "experiment" with a new religion to distinguish the nation from neighbors, but 12 years later Rome also proclaimed Christianity as a national religion. Then at 405 AD Armenian alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots (who started to work on it several years before that by order of king Vramshapuh). This led to the translation of the Bible to the Armenian language and helped to preserve our history and culture by historians of that era (many of them were students of Mesrop Mashtots).

[@henrysmith4774]

I'm actually writing my Master's Thesis on the Roman-Parthian War of 58-63 CE in Armenia and this video was extremely helpful. The most difficult part of the project is the overall lack of primary sources from Armenia and Parthia (Tacitus has been the main primary source that I've relied on thus far). It's nice to find a video which focuses on Armenia's cultural and political history and the impact of being surrounded by larger Empires.

[@theawesomeman9821]

good luck

[@henrysmith4774]

@@arturmesropyan8087 Thanks, I'll check that out. Appreciate it.

[@karogaloyan750]

If you have any questions regarding sources or other questions, I may help you. I am a History PhD from Armenia (the only problem is that my field is later periods, not Antiquity).

[@jeffagain7516]

Though I suspect its prior to the time frame of what you are concentrating on, Herodotus (The Histories) provides interesting info on Armenia with regards to its relations with Assyria and Babylon, with enlightening considerations toward their esteemed river boat building, as well as their relations with the Persian Empire prior to Macedonian and Roman expansion. This may provide you some basis for why they were the way they were, once confronted by both Alexander and the Romans. Best of luck on your efforts.

[@suzie55]

Bc Armenian history was stolen and severely appropriated by turks. Who actively ethn*cally cleanse and spend millions rewriting history and claiming their culture

[@024Nimma]

I am Dutch, but something about Armenia has always intrigued me. It's history, being (one of) the first countries to adapt Christianity as State Religion while living in such a tumultuous place, it's beauty. Hopefully I will be able to visit this beautiful country once. Such a shame that they are in a war again... God bless the Armenians.

[@haykhakobyan9488]

Thank you)

[@georgekirakosyan5323]

Thank u so much brother

[@railababayeva8013]

They are in war because by the help of Russia they occupied the land of other country. that is shame. But biggest shame goes to Russia

[@haykhakobyan9488]

@@railababayeva8013 Nagorno Karabakh has 99% Armenian population and always had majority Armenian population. Now your president says that if they don't like to live under Azerbaijan they can leave. Thats the reason Armenians wont ever accept Azeri rule. Its a question of security of people not of territorial integrity

[@davidmccarroll2280]

@@railababayeva8013 "The political conflict between Mountainous (Nagorno or Upper) Karabakh and Azerbaijan dates back to 1918, when for the first time in history a state named Azerbaijan was founded with the break-up of the Russian Empire. Never in its history has Azerbaijan had sovereignty over the Mountainous Karabakh region." This is statement by the league of Nations, unfortunately the organization no longer exists .I'd also like to mention that Azerbaijan was actually called Aran and Shirvan while actual Azerbaijan was in the Azeri populated area in Northern Iran that Pan-Turk nationalists call 'south Azerbaijan'.

[@basyliskba5000]

Armenia should get a lot more attention and appreciation for there beautiful culture and history

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Nope

[@basyliskba5000]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ your comment littarly sums up what Azerbaijan desperately trying to do!

[@marswalker5457]

@@basyliskba5000 don't pay attention to him brother he's an azeri they're not humans

[@unperson7508]

@@basyliskba5000 it's funny, every nation in modern world trying to link their national identity with some ancient great empire. With such logic - Americans are barbarians, with no ancient history😉

[@GEE819]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ troll

[@TetsuShima]

10:52 Mithridates VI is actually a pretty underrated character in History, as he caused no less than THREE wars against Rome and fight for decades against brilliant generals, like Sulla or Pompey (there's actually a pretty good novel about his life written by Michael Curtis Ford and called "The Last King"). Not all monarchs are capable of declaring war on a mighty empire like Rome more than once, you know?

[@GaemingStudios]

I have seen you so much here are ypu like the justin y of history channels

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

The Macedonians and Carthaginians were the only others to have the privilege

[@TetsuShima]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 But they were ruled by different men throughout the successive conflicts against Rome. Mithridates himself led most of the conflicts until the final defeat

[@HernasRoom]

You're forgetting someone that fought (and beat) Macedon, Carthage and obviously Rome on different occasions: Pyrrhus of Epirus. What came of those "victories," of course, everyone knows...

[@muruaneq848]

@@TetsuShima Yeah, he is underrated. Not as underatted as some of the Romans who fought him (Lucullus, Sulla, Pompey). May I add that just about anytime one of these generals who knew what they were doing came along, Mithridates didn't stand a chance. Furthermore, he was lucky enough to be in an area (next to Greece) with A LOT of people willing to rebel - and Rome wasn't doing too hot... they were sort of distracted by civil wars, corruption, invasion, purges, etc. Despite this line of reasoning, none can deny that Mithridates did perform impressively. Not nearly as impressive as someone like Hannibal Barca.

[@araksvanyan1596]

Thank you for educating people about Armenian history. As mentioned Armenia 🇦🇲 is one of the oldest countries amd the first country to officially accept Christianity ❤

[@netaji-thebritishslayer]

chrsitianty id the worst religion evr ,period!!

[@mantis3177]

Not the first country, pretty sure ethopia was first.

[@RP-vi8fx]

​@mantis3177 not true

[@theassassin9326]

@@mantis3177Ethiopia was the second after Armenia

[@fan4life]

At the end of the day Armenia is still Pagan. The religion of Christianity is both considered Pagan by Jews and Muslims. Christian’s believe god can be 3 different beings and some Christians pray to a painting of White Jesus. Sorry but Christianity is going to slowly fade away with more and more Christian’s going WOKE AND LIBERAL

[@basyliskba5000]

It's really beautiful to shed light on this beautiful often forgotten part of near eastern history. I'm studying history and the more I dive in Armenia's history the more I get fascinated with it.

[@soiz0611]

I agree with you, small but beautiful my Armenia

[@steliosbitzilekis4423]

Armenia is one of the most ancient and fascinating people in world.They have also been through hell and managed to survive and maintain identity. Never forget the Armenian Greek and Assyrian genoside commited by the Turks in anatolia. My respect to Armenia from a Greek brother of yours

[@henogee8320]

I'm Iranian Armenian I've always see Armenian one of most fascinating nations from Ancient times to modern day Armenian nation has gone through hardship but always stands strong, also Armenian ppl are very smart and strong 💪 🇦🇲 🇮🇷

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

44 🤣

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Tigran Abazyan what happened in September hahaha 😆

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Tigran Abazyan We just liberated hills

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Tigran Abazyan *liberated actually you are Putin slaves

[@alexavgitidis441]

love from armenia to everyone, because i dont want and hate to turkisch or azeris or everyone, i am armenian and i am not ashamed to say that i respect everyone and love everyone, from from armenia

[@vardgeshovsepyan7433]

This video about Armenia by the Kings and Generals is much more than a video. For it brings to us the ancient history of the entire region so vividly that we have the impression of going back in time and reliving the history of the region, as though it never ended. This is amazing! Thank you Kings and Generals! I can't wait to see the next series of this great work.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Poland: I have the worst location Armenia: Amateur

[@AVV_Beats]

Worst location in the world, by far.

[@Darkseidsolosfiction]

Georgia

[@aramkhachatryan3321]

@@Darkseidsolosfiction Well Georgia and Armenia are in the same location, we’re literally neighbours brother. Peace and Love!!

[@Ruben-by4oy]

​@@DarkseidsolosfictionGeorgia's northern borders were held by the Caucasus mountains.

[@dejanmasnic584]

Yes. Finally a video on Armenia. Long and proud history. 👍

[@Numba003]

Armenia is one of those places that I've only recently learned how fascinating its history really is. I would like to learn more about the Caucasus region in general. Thank you for this video! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@rahimmalikov8763]

If you want to learn more about Caucasus region, I advice you to use more balanced information resources , but not panarmenian

[@rahimmalikov8763]

@Au92 of course, you may use panazerbaijanis. At least it's balanced ))

[@suzie55]

@@rahimmalikov8763 the invaders who left central Asia is talking

[@haykvardanyan6349]

@@rahimmalikov8763 you're hilarious

[@agarykane2127]

@@rahimmalikov8763 learn about your ancestors from mongolia

[@CarpeDiem070]

I have been waiting for a long time for an amazing video about Armenia, Armenians are a mystical people, rich in culture, language, history, a people not yet fully studied by scientists, the only thing is that during the Armenian Kingdom, the territory. It was not called Anatolia, it was the Armenian Highlands, and the name Anatolia appeared in the books after the Turkish invasions in the early 1030s. Thank you very much, I wish there were more interesting history videos like this..!

[@ibrahimismailov4506]

Armenians language--19-th century. They made 2 language--Vest and East. Grammar of Armenians language--1903 y. Nikolay Marr--1903 y. Russian akadem. Kipchak-Turks Grammar--17-th Century. By "frmenians" Liters. Name "Armenian Highlands"--termin of 19-th Century. Read Lawrinson "Seven Great monarchies". There is not kingdom armenia.

[@CarpeDiem070]

@@ibrahimismailov4506 😂😂😂😂- just only answer for your comment...

[@ibrahimismailov4506]

@@CarpeDiem070 You need to read Rawlinson, Lenorman, Oppert and other autors. NEVER READ Movses Chorenatsi)))))) В 1978 г. Профессор Р.Томпсон (Оксфорд) перевел Мовсеcа Хоренаци на английский язык. В своем вступительном комментарии к «литературному источнику» он пишет: «Ни одна работа в армянской литературе не имеет столько противоречий… Мовсес…был мистификатором высшего разряда… дерзким и лживым обманщиком….(«an audacious and mendacious faker», «a mystifier of the first order»). Он использует вторичные источники так, как будто он читал оригинал; он выдумывает архивы, чтобы придать достоверность письменного слова устным традициям или собственным выдумкам; он переписывает историю в абсолютно ложной манере… Какова была его цель в сочинении такой необычной книги, где факты и фикция, история и легенды, реальность и выдумка переплелись в такой сбивающей с толку манере?»

[@asharista3152]

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[@ANane-fj6fg]

I agree. the name Anatolia was coined much later

[@darius99zzz]

Been wanting to see some ancient Armenian history for a long time. I would like to know more of Armenia during the MIddle Ages ^^

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Read about the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia that was vital for the crusades and the Rubenid dynasty that founded it. Also look up the medieval armenian city "Ani" known as the "city of 1001 churches" and the Bagratid Armenia under the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty which was flourishing in the middle ages.

[@suzie55]

Hard to find since turks actively w*ped out western armenian. And Azerbaijan turks w*ped out all armenian culture from nakhichevan and Azerbaijan. Since Armenians built Baku and so forth.

[@zorro-hq6qp]

@@suzie55 But the wars were between Armenians and Eastern Romans( Byzantium) as you know it! Even 1071, Romanos Diegones killed all of the Armenians in Sebastie and didn't left a living one...

[@zorro-hq6qp]

For that reason Armenian soldiers in the Eastern Romen army changed their side and joined to Seljucs army... And there wasn't any war between Turks and Armenians... till 19th century. Historians also agree that Armenian population increased in the term of Seljucs and Ottomans!

[@armdixie]

@@zorro-hq6qp you tell nonsense things, Seljuks had several military expeditions to Armenia and finally invaded it.

[@m.jacobi6276]

Long live Armenia from Iran; brilliant work K&G.

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

Enver pasha says hello

[@fernandooliveira3432]

@@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 Turks killed many Armenians in Iran 🇮🇷

[@ayeshaha1865]

@@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 Hakob Melkumov says hi

[@ayeshaha1865]

@@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 Tehliryan says hi, Armenak Yekaryan says hi, Artashes Gevorgyan, Stepan Tsaghikyan, as well as Arshak Shirakyan, Petros Ter-Poghosyan say hi

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

@@ayeshaha1865 are they killed 5000 Armenian soldiers from 🐄 II Karabakh war?

[@gra4279]

You guys consistently put out better content than history channel and discovery at this point

[@ktvindicare]

Yea but their cheap reality TV game is really sub par. They gotta work on that if they really want to knock those channels out!

[@davidhughes8357]

What does real history have to do with a game.?

[@lordbane5627]

At this point? The History Channel has been talking about the alien ghosts for 15 years now. They created H2 so they could keep a channel about actual History, and then changed that too.

[@gra4279]

@@lordbane5627 you've completely reinforced my statement

[@lordbane5627]

@@gra4279 I know, but I think it's even worse than your comment suggests lol.

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Armenia can be considered among the most important Roman territories after the dissolution of the kingdom. Many of the best generals and emperors, and much of the core professional military, came out of Armenia or Armenian-settled Asia. In many historical games, including both the Total War series and the Paradox titles, Armenia is a decent stand-in for early-medieval Roman military structure, considering the emphasis on elite cavalry and archers, especially in contrast with the classical Roman legions and the Latin knights and levies. In pretty much any game that lacks an Eastern Roman, Byzantine, or equivalent faction, Armenia is my go-to choice.

[@outlawfly664]

Same can be said about Persia, many Sassanid generals came out of Armenia as well. Smbat IV Bagratuni was one of many who switched allegiance from a Byzantine general to a Persian Sassanid one. He led a campaign and defeated a whole coalition of Turks.

[@Monte_Melkonyan]

The Macedonian and lekapenos dynasty of emperors of byzantium were all of armenian descent

[@behiran2252]

Armenia iranic land not rumic

[@zorro-hq6qp]

@@Monte_Melkonyan 😂😂😂 For that reason Romanos Diegones killed the whole Armenian population in Sebastie in 1071 😂😂😂😂

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

​@@zorro-hq6qpNonsense. The Seljuks were invading the area around that time.

[@kingmike7965]

Love and respect to all our ancient and Medieval allies-rivals , we've all come along way . 🇦🇲🤝🇮🇷 🇦🇲🤝🇬🇷 🇦🇲🤝🇮🇹 🇦🇲🤝🇬🇪 🇦🇲🤝 Assyria 🇦🇲🤝🇱🇧 🇦🇲🤝🇸🇾 🇦🇲🤝🇮🇶 🇦🇲🤝🇮🇱🇵🇸 🇦🇲🤝🇫🇷

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

Greetings from Iran/Persia

[@fernandooliveira3432]

Israel is no friend of Armenia

[@davidmccarroll2280]

Israel hypocritically (since the Jews have been through the Holocaust) won't recognize the Armenian genocide as it's allied itself with both Turkey and Azerbaijan

[@BarHawa]

@@stephenchappell7512 it is necessary to separate the secular zionist state which is friendly to Azerbaijan from the Jewish people. Jews and Armenians have a great shared history going back to their time together under the Persians and there is a large Armenian Jewish population

[@BarHawa]

@@stephenchappell7512 understandable

[@VaroujMahtesi]

Thank you for making a video about our forgotten country. Sadly, we are currently in a very bad state and seeing videos like these always puts smiles on our faces.

[@unseen23221]

Greetings from Macedonia, love Armenia!

[@greenkoopa]

I wish peace for your region, due to the territory disputes there is no easy answer

[@pompeythegreat297]

Pashinyan is getting ready to give Karabagh.....

[@VaroujMahtesi]

@@pompeythegreat297 He has been planning on it for a very long time. Not only Karabakh, Armenia will not exist if he remains. But armenians love him and won't let anyone else be leader.

[@giod6266]

K&G really deserve our thanks my Armenian friend (Im Georgian btw), they are actually Azeris :) But as you see, they are not motivated by politics but are truly history lovers. So, respect to K&G!

[@esmailiyou]

Love to Armenia, one of oldest still living cultures in the entire world. They have suffered a lot throughout history.

[@MacArthurDouglas7]

Be patient and believe that Armenia 🇦🇲 will rise again🙏

[@michaelahawkins990]

Not True! There never was an Armenian Empire! There is no truth in everything they say! They killed a lot of innocent people. Armenians should acknowledge their crimes and lies about their history and their origins! Hypocrites!

[@RamtinHG]

Love Armanian bros and sisters from Iran 💚🤍♥️🦁🌞🇦🇲 we have many popular Iranian Armanian in Iran like Arsen minasian and Ando teimorian Iran and Armenia the immortal allies 😍🤝🏻

[@alifani832]

Arsen Minasian was from Rasht may God have mercy on her

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Baki, Təbriz, Ankara biz hara farslar hara

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Soon we will liberate South Azerbaijan, Tabriz will be capital of Great Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

[@alifani832]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Arvadını qumarda itirən prezidentdən nə gözləyirsiniz 🤣🤣🤣 Arvadını qumarda itirən kişi indi vətənini itirmək istəyir 👊👊👊

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@alifani832 Qızlarınız başı açıq olanda öldürən siz deyildiz?

[@aasemahsan]

2:03 Geographical context 3:33 Orontid dynasty 5:42 Artaxiad dynasty 9:13 Tigranes II/Tigranes the Great 12:30 Arsacid dynasty 6:24 & 13:40 Religion

[@marcello7781]

It never ceases to amaze me how big ancient Armenia used to be.

[@aregevoyan676]

@Sussy Bacon yes very short time 321B.C to 1045 A.D

[@aregevoyan676]

@Sussy Bacon In the time of Tigranes the Great Armenia was empire with 3mln territory. But Armenian homeland is Armenia with 400thousand territory. Now Armenia have only 29thousand. I'm about that

[@aregevoyan676]

@Sussy Bacon The difference is huge even when you compare the Armenia in Middle ages under Bagratid dynasty (885-1071)

[@aregevoyan676]

@Sussy Bacon where are you from ?

[@aregevoyan676]

@Sussy Bacon respect India ✌️

[@socal5039]

I'm Armenian Greek. When I did my DNA it came up I was 10% Roman. My grandparents would tell me story's about my Armenian heritage about the Armenian kingdom was from sea to sea. Thank you for this video. ❤

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

Armenians show up a lot in the history of the region and of its neighboring states. I run into mentions of them all the time as I study the Byzantines. There's the Emperor Leo the Armenian (Leo V), but also many other prominent figures of Armenia heritage in lots of Byzantine history.

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

My two favourites are Narses the general and John I Tzimiskes, two very important and fascinating armenian-byzantine figures. There are many more, a whole bunch of byzantine emperors were of armenian origin.

[@HenrikHovhannisyan]

yes i know, you are talking about Leo (Levon) V, the last king of Cilician Armenia. He also was a Leader of Castillian kingdom of Spain for some years.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

@@HenrikHovhannisyan I'm not. I'm talking about Leo V, Byzantine Emperor 813 - 820.

[@HenrikHovhannisyan]

@@olefredrikskjegstad5972 oh i didn't heard about this King before. Even i had seen in another documental videos that many Byzantine emperors were Armenians.

[@archuk6058]

the Byzantine empire had 13 emperors of Armenian descent.

[@nnnnnnnn8906]

Dear managers of Kings and Generals, thank you for releasing an interesting video about the Kingdom of Armenia, we hope it will be continous. It is great work.

[@FACM.]

Oh, this is so nice. I find the history of Armenia very interesting. It's incredible how this nation managed to survive the worst after so many years of existence. Truly a tough people. It's a shame the city of Ani, also known as "the city of one thousand and one churches" doesn't exist anymore. I would love to know how it looked in the past. PD: I hope you make a video about the Bagratid Armenia soon :)

[@TigranHakobyan-jh8ue]

The muslims destroyed it

[@lilith7572]

I have been a subscriber to your channel for a long time and I was very pleased to see that you made a video about the history of my homeland. Thank you very much for telling the story of ancient Armenia.

[@travelersimports6915]

@Note for Interest Yeah I know. That is why it is slightly altered and misrepresented. It was done masterfully so these dumb tiktok kids, who never read a book in their life, will watch and learnt this bs. At first, I even liked it :)

[@travelersimports6915]

At the same time, I would like to add that there were and are many Turks who wished and did a lot of good for Armenia while many many Armenian bustards harmed Armenia. Facts

[@TK-js7yz]

Yes, same here! I am even named after Tigranes.

[@ΧαρίλαοςΤρικούπης-σ1ρ]

Brothers! 🇬🇷🇨🇾❤️🇦🇲🇮🇷 Wish you all the best during these hard times, our thoughts are with you

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Karabakh is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Cyprus is Turkey 🇹🇷

[@ΧαρίλαοςΤρικούπης-σ1ρ]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ You are making everyone your enemy No one will be there to help you, no one will cry for you

[@fernandooliveira3432]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Azerbaijan is Iran 🇮🇷 Artsakh is Armenia 🇦🇲 Kashmir is India 🇮🇳 Cyprus is Greek 🇬🇷 Israel is Palestine 🇵🇸

[@armannnfhhh3986]

Oh armenia although i never visit this beautiful country but i feel strong connection with them . After Turkish genocide alot of armenian migrated in iran we f love u guy's. Sending my respect from iran .

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Bakı, Təbriz, Ankara biz hara farslar hara

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

South Azerbaijan is not Tehran republic

[@maxzalman]

Watching this in Yerevan, Armenia. Wonderful country and people. Great video as always!

[@maxzalman]

@Tigran Abazyan Yeah, one of the reasons. The other one being the company that I work for moved to Erevan.

[@StoicHistorian]

Love Armenian history, very unique and so long

[@holyarmor578]

💪💪💪

[@InvictusCore]

I know only one such people, which, despite such a small number, has such a strong representation throughout the world. I run into Armenians everywhere. This suggests that these people have some kind of core inside that feels that the people are in danger and produces more talented people so that the people can survive. Look for a list of famous Armenians. You will be surprised. The second such people with an even stronger core, it seems to me, are the Jews. Something has helped these two peoples not to disappear for so many years. This is simply amazing.

[@harmony5807]

Much love to you and blessings from Armenia to you friend❤

[@bedrosarko2858]

No nation in the world has experienced difficulties, disasters and genocides like the Armenian people got bless Armenian end we wil make Armenia great again 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@linguist3067]

The most mysterious country ever and the most fascinating people! How they even managed to live through all the hardships, traitors, wars, genocides… this is incredible. Long live Armenia 🇦🇲🙏

[@Dersimite]

It would be great if you could make a video about states or even 'empires' ruled by Armenian dynasty. For example, Byzantine dynasties such as Heraclian and Macedonian had Armenian origins, the tenure of the Macedonian dynasty (9th to the 11th centuries) is considered the apex of Armenian dominance in the political and military structure of the empire.

[@artbashmakian9217]

Thank you for this informative video. I hope people in Azerbaijan would see this video as the current authoritarian government of Azerbaijan, claims that Armenia and Armenians never existing and one day they just appeared in the region as colonizers.

[@125discipline2]

how are you still alive bruh.?

[@basyliskba5000]

@@haryypotterr1192 back up your words with one source

[@basyliskba5000]

@@125discipline2 turks failed

[@augustazoe2844]

@@basyliskba5000 Look, these people exist in alternative reality with alternative facts.

[@wisdomisbetterthansilverorg0ld]

He is a liar azerbaijan belonged to Iran , he wants to create false history for themselves

[@bampboy9938]

Great history, great country, wonderful people. Recently I even read about what kind of people Armenia has given to the world. I was stunned how so many minds could appear in such a tiny country! I wish peace and prosperity to Armenia and its citizens! With love from 🇺🇸 . I hope our government will do something with Azerbaijan, because they regularly violate human rights and all UN rules!

[@stepanovich777]

Thank you !!!

[@anar_minay]

Şərhini oxudum. Çox axmaqsan get tarixi oxu ay axmaq

[@user-wt2zk3yk5n]

Thanks for the video. Well done as always. I would just like to mention that Armenians did not join the ecumenical council of Chalcedon because we had one of the most historic battles in our history, battle of Avarayr 451 ce, which might be considered the first battle to protect Christian faith. I am not religious but it is interesting for historical reasons

[@pickacard4474]

10:26 brothers from ancient years even before Christianity ✝️ ❤🇬🇷🇦🇲

[@lusin23]

Proud to be Armenian 🩷🇦🇲🇦🇲 We had a hard time during centuries but still got a beautiful culture and great history ☺️❤️ Thank you for this amazing video. We appreciate your work 💕

[@MikeTysonOfficial]

THANK YOU SO MUCH KINGS AND GENERALS! I have been waiting for a video about Armenia for 2 years now, for I am a very proud Armenian! The video went beyond my expectations, and I learned a lot that I didn't know before!

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@MikeTysonOfficial]

Sorry to start an argument. I'm only 12 and I just said I liked the video and I like how it was objective.

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@MikeTysonOfficial don't care about these morons and keep being proud of your roots patriot people are needed everywhere world has enough thieves and bullies

[@r.b8876]

@@MikeTysonOfficial No need to apologize bro, you didn't start an argument this guy is just replying to everyone saying the same thing, have a good one bro!

[@qandak]

Nice video! You should make another one about Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia :)

[@Aku-sn9mu]

That’s where I’m from

[@haykisayan2206]

Making a video on Armenia means a lot to Armenians all over the world. I would absolutely love more! However, one fix - Gregory the Illuminator did not contribute to the alphabet. Alphabet was created in 405, hundred and more years after the adoption of Christianity and it was done by Mesrop Mashtots.

[@samvelmeliqsetyan7618]

"Though we are only a small people, limited in numbers and frequently oppressed by foreign kings, nevertheless even in our land there have been great acts of courage that are deserving of memory and record". Movses Khorenatsi, History of Armenia ( 5 century A.D.).

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

, In 1914, the Armenian historian Gevorg Aslan wrote in his book "Armenia and the Armenians": "The Armenians did not have statehood. They are not bound by a sense of Motherland and are not bound by political ties. Armenian patriotism is connected only with the place of residence." The chimerical idea of ​​recreating "Great Armenia", which never existed as a state, is a nationwide concept that has united all the hays of the world.

[@träumlicherritter]

​@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Смирись с реальностью, пациент дурки. Народ они реально древний. Дарий III персидский армянином был - правда, в итоге его Александр разбил. Парфия была. Великая Армения Тиграна II была. Киликия была. Потом правда действительно, века они провели под властью то халифата, то Османской империи, то России. Но хотя бы они не персидские манкурты, под влиянием пришлых кочевников-тюрков в 13 веке перенявшие тюркский язык. Манкуртов этих сейчас еще по территориальному признаку азербайджанцами называют :) Что касается автора этого, то на него ничего кроме этой же копипасты с азербайджанских сайтов не находится. Есть всего одно его сочинение, и то оно про отношения Армении и Франции: Arménie-France : leurs relations depuis les temps les plus reculés. И здесь накосячил.

[@garoarabian3017]

​@@YALQUZAQ_AZ you just can't accept the fact that Armenian history and culture is rich dating back to BC. In fact, azerbjan does not have motherland. It is a made up country of mixed Persians, Armenians and turkic people. Accept reality.

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Garo Arabian We are indigenous inhabitants of Caucasus,our first state was Atropatena. We are big nation with 50 million population in this region.

[@garoarabian3017]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Atropatene's are Persians (i.e. Iranians), not the made up name of azerbjan. Like I said, the so called modern day "azerbjans" are mixed Mongols, tatars, lezgins and Persian. during Atropatene's time, there were no turkic speaking tribes or nations. Tatal Mongols came to the region in 13-14th century and killed many indigenous people (Assyrians, Kurds, Armenians, Persians), stole their land, their food, culture and mixed with locals. The made up mixed race call "azrbjan" is only a province of Northern Persia.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Finally you are doing Caucasian history! I also hope you would do one for Georgia, both country's history's are often overlooked or completely ignored and are highly underrated

[@toko125]

რამდენიხანია მაგაზე ვეჩალიჩები ამ არხის მფლობელს იცი🤣 ვიდეოს არვმაზავდი საქართველოზე გაკეთებას ვთხოვდი სულ და წინა ვიდეოზე ჯვაროსნულ ომებთან დაკავშირებით დავით აღმაშენებელზე და დიდგორის ბრძოლის გაკეთება ვთხოვე და მზადების პროცესშიაო🤣 ერთხელ გააკეთოს საქართველოზე ვიდეო და ძაან ბევრი გამომწერი ეყოლება საქართველოდან და თან ჩვენს ისტორიასაც გაიგებსბხალხი🤣 თან სხვა ისტორიული არხებიც მიბაძავს შემდეგ ამას

[@toko125]

ცვეტში😂 მთავარია ერთხელ დადოს ამან საქართველოზე ვიდეო და მერე ჩვენვიცით მთელი საქართველო ვუყურებთ ისე რო სხვა იუთუბერებიბნახავენბაქტიურობას და ისინიც გააკეთებენ ვიდეოებს

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@toko125 your pear juice is good

[@user-evil_historian]

Support your hope, our great neighbours)

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

​@@sevak-leonazarian1564 Georgia was a world super power, During Georgian golden age we were protector's of all Christians in the middle east

[@TetsuShima]

It is an absolute shame that the gigantic eastern empire of Alexander quickly fell due to the premature death of the conqueror and the big ambitions of his generals, which caused a great bloodbath among Alexander's friends and family. Anyway, the conflicts between Alexander's heirs absolutely deserve to be fully represented in a movie or miniseries, being currently the scene of the intense fight in order to decide the resting place of the Macedonian king's corpse at the end of the Oliver Stone's movie "Alexander" the only depiction of the Diadochi Wars.

[@enriquelescure9202]

Alexander took over an Empire which already was consolidated. It was not a new polity. It was the Persian Empire. 90% of its administration was Achaemenid.

[@magafam4847]

Half Alexander's fault no line of succession he didn't even say which general at that time survival of the fittest

[@truthseeker6142]

Historian Charles Freeman in his book, "The Greek Achievement" - "In scope and extent Cyrus the great achievements ranked far above that of the Macedonian king, Alexander ("the great") who was to demolish the empire in the 320's but fail to provide any stable alternative."

[@cram8242]

@@enriquelescure9202 uhhhhh no wasn't that simple

[@enriquelescure9202]

@@truthseeker6142 He did not demolish the Empire. He just supplanted the elite at the absolute top. For all extent and purposes, Alexander ran the Persian Empire as much as William the Conqueror ran England. The Empire however was demolished during Alexander's successors.

[@avoaposhian82]

Thank you for covering ARMENIA! 🇦🇲 However, I want to see its continuity, because this documentary video covered only 3 of the 6 original Armenian kingdoms, which are essential to show the uninterrupted presence of the Armenian civilisation and the Armenian people in their native homeland: 1. The Urartian kingdom (The Kingdom of Ararat)։ This was a rival of the Semitic kingdoms of the Ancient world in the region. 2. The Orontid Dynasty, 3. The Artaxiad Dynasty, 4. The Arsacid Dynasty, 5. The Bagratid Dynasty, 6. The Cilician Kingdom. After the kingdoms, 14th century, the coexisting under Persian, Russian, and Ottoman empires proceeds, until the foundation of the Republican Armenia, in 1918.

[@TheArmenianSolider65]

Great video, thank you. I do want to point out one flaw that I did see though. The modern Armenian alphabet wasn't created by Saint Gregory, but by a priest named Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD in the Amaras Monastery in Artsakh. There is a famous museum dedicated to Mesrop Mashtots in Yerevan that you can go visit today called the Matenadaran.

[@ANane-fj6fg]

That's right, and it wasn't based on the Greek alphabet

[@alicebovarian3975]

@@ANane-fj6fg O, yes! Just look at the order of the first 10-12 letters

[@ANane-fj6fg]

@@alicebovarian3975 not sure you mean

[@ANane-fj6fg]

@@alicebovarian3975 I know my alphabet very well, and the story behind it. In fact, it is much, much older than what is presented today. I don't know if you are misinformed or if it's an intentional distortion of our treasures, but Greek has nothing to do here. No science can back this falsification, of course, if it's not funded by those anti-Armenian campaigns.

[@ArmanAnanikyan]

GOD BLESS ARMENIA 🇦🇲 Thank you Kings & Generals..!!!

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

God Bless Gaymenia

[@ArmanAnanikyan]

I have no doubt that you are a gay from azerGAYjan..!!!

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Arman Ananikyan remember 44 days war 🤣

[@ArmanAnanikyan]

I see that you have a problem not only with memory but olso with vission. 44 days we defended our land; So now the flag is waving in Stepanakert the flag of ARMENIA 🇦🇲 ( NOT azerGAYjan's ) REMEMBER this is FOREVER.. !!!

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Arman Ananikyan If Pashinyan didn't sign the agreement there wouldn't be a man in Gaymenia

[@mikemodugno5879]

Thank you so much. Classical Armenia was a country important enough to be on the periphery of western history without getting the coverage it deserves. K&G continues to deliver amazing content. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more videos on the kingdoms of the Caucasus. Maybe Georgia, Alania, or Cilician Armenia?

[@Adam_okaay]

Cilician Armenia is more Mediterranean as it wasnt in the Caucuses.

[@giopa110888]

@@Adam_okaay even Armenia is hardly caucasian at all.

[@MikeTysonOfficial]

@@Adam_okaay Not necessarily. Armenia is in the caucuses, and we are technically caucasian, but most people don't think of us like that; since caucasian these days tends to refer to white, like a Norweigian or something.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

Mikemodugno...Western exceptionalism is relatively a new idea based upon on Colonial academia!

[@spartanff7238]

It's so sad to see how small is Armenia today...

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

It should be removed from the map

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Tigran Abazyan we liberated many hills

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Tigran Abazyan keep dreaming

[@archuk6058]

Armenia declined after the invader turks arrived from mongolia and destroyed everything. They plundered, stole lands, caused suffering and destroyed most of Armenian/Byzantine culture.

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@sahakyan20 Ашот,иди домой Карабах наш

[@carlzend8091]

As a follower of Ahura Mazda and the Zoroastrian faith (around 200,000 left worldwide) this period of Armenia’s strong identity is of special interest and significance.

[@gamerk1625]

I agree. I'm armenian .. yet learned about zoroastrianism in my adulthood and felt an instant connection.. such a beautiful religion

[@joebidet1330]

Ushta te King Titadares 1was a devout follower of Zarathustra The book of mark i.e. myth of Jesus was taken from his era I.e. magi Halley's comet etc

[@vane909090]

You guys always deliver that more obscure history and I love this channel for it.

[@theyeening]

The fact that Armenian history is considered ''obscure'' is kinda sad.

[@soiz0611]

You don't like don't listen, close your ears, but worlds intelligent people they know truth theare watching, standing and listening about truth only truth love Armenia my beautiful country,which has old history,rich history,

[@noriksaroyan]

Thank you very much. I enjoyed this video. Long live Armenia 🇦🇲

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Short live

[@noriksaroyan]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ omg, you're so smart, now stfu, you flipping group project.

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@noriksaroyan Go away

[@noriksaroyan]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ I was away, prick. You were the one who decided to reply with that sh!t. But that's okay, who am I to judge an autistic human like you. I wish you a speedy recovery, buddy.

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@noriksaroyan I am a normal person unlike armenians

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

The Bagratuni dynasty of Armenia or the Rubenid dynasty are very interesting parts of Armenian history also. Make sure to check them out

[@Adam_okaay]

Woooo! I posted on here asking for an Armenia video a few times! Love that you guys have done one!

[@Metasa3son]

Thank you so much for bringing forward Armenian heritage and history, power to this channel

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran they made a video about Cyrus the great

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

​@@giorgijioshvili9713 Just a few videos. He has made many videos about other ancient countries.

[@Metasa3son]

@@DragovianMythiX While K&G have been neutral and as a history channel, one should expect nothing less but impartial and unbiased views, takes and facts, turkic governments have and people have denied empirically proven actions and events like the murder of the greek, kurdish, assyrian and genocide of armenians. I don't know what your point was but thank you for commenting and have a good day

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a great look into one of the more unique countries to the world at anytime. Great video.

[@hovnanghukasyan5254]

Thank you so much guys. Actually Armenia was established by Hayk and key factor was war of Hayots Dzor between Hayk and Bel (2492 BC).

[@a.s.944]

my home land Armenia 🧡 beautiful country, big history and more .. My love ARMENIA 🇦🇲

[@fotolex]

Thanks K & G. Interesting to see more new videos about history episodes of ancient Armenia 🇦🇲 and Urartu ⛰️⛰️

[@a.s.944]

🧡🇦🇲

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Urartu wasn't Armenian state

[@KristosEdits]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Qajar dynasty wasn't turkified persian

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@KristosEdits Who talked about Qajar,kid

[@jjtay97able]

🎉 always feel like a historical celebration whenever you upload a video of great history’s and the people who lived during those times

[@haigasdourian8455]

Great job guys. Hope K&G covers the battle of Avarair, Cilician Armenia, and the 19th, 20th and 21st century Armenian history as well. As always, thank you All.

[@thewarriorfrog]

Make video about ethnicities of the Roman/Byzantine dynasties. Many of them were founded by Armenians.

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Like one of the most famous Byzantine general Nerses. Or John I Tzimiskes the byzantine emperor. I agree that would be an interesting video.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@ArsenAl-zorK The most powerful emperors and queens of the Byzantine empire were of Armenian origin.

[@Aku-sn9mu]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran Not most, a good amount though.

[@michaelahawkins990]

What a Big Lie!

[@Fastbomber5]

I'm Iranian and i love Armenians

[@harmony5807]

I am Armenian and love Iranians too. The beauty of Persia is endless, it's culture, it's depth, it's civilazation, it's poet's wisdom,it's art, it's beautiful people, to me all is Love in Iran. Armenians and Iranians have a unique and strong bond that is based on shared admiration, on ancient wisdom, silent understanding, old civilazation, strong similarities also beautiful differences equally accepted, friendship and brotherhood like a shared and blessed destiny...

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Bakı,Təbriz, Ankara biz hara farslar hara

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

South Azerbaijan is not Gayran

[@Fastbomber5]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ i also love Azerbaijanis, im Azeri btw ❤

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@Azeri Fire There is not such nation named Azeri only Azerbaijani Turks and we don't need your love

[@Arman5581]

Thank you very much from Armenia

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mirko1913]

Another great chapter of history shed light on by Kings and Generals. I've always been sympathethic to the Armenians!

[@PhillMac]

No chance to find any of our neighbours from Caucasian North Korea (Azerbaijan) in this comment section as they are allergic to factual historic education. That being said, thank you very much for educating the world on the rich history of the Armenian people. Justice for Artsakh / Nagorno Karabagh! 🇦🇲❤

[@AbyssalZones]

This was a really good video! I was really happy to see a video on Armenian history. I did notice a couple mistakes. The Armenian Alphabet was created in 405 by Mesrob Mashdots, about 100 years after Gregory the Illuminator converted Tiridates III. Also, the Council of Chalcedon was in 451. Maybe that was a typo?

[@jjt1881]

Thanks for the info.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@DragovianMythiX Are you kidding?! Because he is Turkic-speaking (from the Republic of Azerbaijan), he doesn't make any videos about the history of Iran. Most Turks are hostile to Iran.

[@arnniemartinmarasigan1297]

truly, Armenia existed as a nation back then way back Greek Alexander Empire and Roman empire up to Medieval Age, but still no Azerbaiajn country and no Turkish country, they are just pop-up from Turkmenistan

[@tincan6747]

Would kill for a video like this on the ancient balkans and more specifically ancient Illyria and Thrace

[@dataexpunged2779]

Dude there is Albania in azerbaijan in this video at 6:45 so there is balkans.

[@A.A.]

@@dataexpunged2779 🤣😂

[@chifuee226]

Please make another video about Bagratid Armenia

[@aramkosyan734]

Thank you for making a video about Armenia, my country. It was a pleasant surprise. However, there are several mistakes I'd like to speak about. 1)Polygamy was popular only among the nobles and kings. 2)Tigranes the younger called himself "King of Kings" not because of his parthian wife, but because his father, Tigranes the Great forcefully took the title from Parthian King after a successful war, and as Tigranes the Younger claimed the throne for himself, he also claimed the title. By the way, he married the daughter of the parthian king to get support for becoming the king, not because he was obsessed with them. :D 3)Gregory the Illuminator did not contribute to the creation of the alphabet, the alphabet was created 100 years after Gregory the Illumiator(in 405). 4)Pharandzem was not the last monarch of Armenia. She and Arshak II had a son named Pap, who, after his parents death, was the one who drove back the persians and liberated Armenia. However, he did not like the romans' heavy influence and because of that he got killed in a party where he was invited by the comamnder of the Roman forces in Armenia. He got killed by a roman legionnaire during the party. After his death, Armenia got partitioned, but Armenian kingdom survived as a client state of Persia until 427. 5)Although I do agree that not everybody who lived in Armenia was Armenian, but I don't understand the need to emphasize it. It's not like Armenia was a multicultural paradise, although I understand that some of the creators are azerbaijanis and need to emphasize that armenians were not the only natives of the land. Armenia was always quite a monoethnic state, because the mountains and a harsh climate are not very welcoming for the outsiders. 6) Tigranes the Great didn't accept the "Lover of the Greeks" title. The greeks called him that way, because he helped kingdom of Pontus a lot, he gave shelter to greeks escaping from roman tyranny, but he did not have an official title like that. 7)I do agree about the fact that Persia influenced armenian religion a lot, especially the names, but armenian polytheism was not entirely zoroastrian. In fact,at first Parthians were using their influence to help spreading Christianity in Armenia in order to break cultural ties between Rome and Armenia, which were stronger than Armenian-Persian ties(much respect to our Iranian neighbours). 8) The Armenian Architecture was heavily influenced during Hellenism, but claiming that Armenian architecture is nothing but a mixture of Greek and Persian architecture is simply untrue. Armenian masons and arhitects were always famous for their unique works in Classical and Medieval ages. 9) It is said that Alexander did not conquer Armenia, as he was not interested that much. He sent a small contingent which was defeated.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

About Tigranes the Younger, even his mother was a Persian princess. His mother was Cleopatra of Pontus, the daughter of Mithridates VI, and she was a Persian princess from Pontus. Her father was a Persian king, and her mother was a Seleucid princess (a mix of Persians and Macedonians), the Seleucids were Iranian from the mother's side and Macedonian from the father's side. The most powerful and famous queen in the history of Armenia is a Persian princess. Cleopatra of Pontus was Tigranes the Great's wife. Her husband is the most powerful king in the history of Armenia.

[@aramkosyan734]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran Most powerful queen? Very debatable. She was a queen consort in an absolute monarchy and held no power. Most famous? Definetely not. Not even a subject to a debate. She is famous only for betraying Tigranes the Great and supporting her son's rebellion. Other than that, a very secondary person in Armenian history.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@aramkosyan734 The reason why the Persian princess Cleopatra of Pontus is the most powerful and famous queen in the history of Armenia is that her husband is the most powerful and greatest king in the history of Armenia.

[@aramkosyan734]

@@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran I am armenian, and I can tell you that she is not as famous as other queens like Zabel, Katramide, Erato, Satenik, etc. About being a powerful queen because her husband was Tigranes, well, that hardly makes her powerful. She didn't have any authority.

[@MumtazMahal_Persia_Iran]

@@aramkosyan734 Satenik and Erato of Armenia were Armenian queens of Iranian origin :)

[@tarongaming9507]

This channel is a big step for regional peace. Keep the great work man.🇦🇲🤝🇦🇿

[@vardansimonyan966]

don't talk bs ffs)

[@a.s.944]

Dont like azerbaijan and azerbaijani people 👎👎👎

[@alexavgitidis441]

King and generals should have the biggest respect from every corner of the world because first of all they cover almost everything and have the same respect( they are still doing a lot more and it is not finished ofc bec history is a lot and great) King and generals is also my favourtie channel because i learned so much, i have been following you for over 5 or 4 years!! keep up the great work heroes!!

[@hubble2228]

@@vardansimonyan966 most of content creators in this channel are Azerbaijani though (look at the names at the ending of the video).

[@chifuee226]

NOW THIS is a topic I've been dying to see covered

[@michaelporzio7384]

Excellent K&G! I am curious about how written languages were developed based on the work of Christian missionaries. Armenia, Serbia and Poland are great peoples that were located in bad neighborhoods. So much tragedy in their histories.

[@ancientsitesgirl]

A wonderful ancient nation! Personally, I am fascinated by the 400-year history of Polish Armenians - the most loyal and brave defenders of the Commonwealth! ❤🇵🇱

[@Fulcrum25607]

Age of Empires II dlc got me curious and searched the history of Armenia. Clicked as soon as I see Kings and Generals video.

[@darkhorse989]

My grandfather would have liked this. He passed back in 2014 at age 102. We miss you Papa Dee.

[@livy456]

Love this! Armenia and the Caucasus in general doesn't get enouth attention. I'm still waiting for you guys to make a video on the Kingdom of Georgia, or even just the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

[@vardansimonyan966]

Because our region was kinda derivative of what was happening in the centers like Rome, Constantinople etc. We were very important , yes but we often didn't play the first violin in term of dynamics of historical events.

[@bullafelix9647]

U guys forgot Hayassa-Azzi, ArmenShupria and Urartu... they are also armenian states... Hurrian and armenian are the same 🎉

[@gregon_sk8640]

LONG LIVE ARMENIA

[@hulaguhan6454]

1,5 million killed 😂

[@Snaut1]

The first Christian kingdom.

[@navisaulgoodman6356]

very based history but azerbijans national anthem us better so long live azerbijan

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

Short live

[@alexavgitidis441]

I just hope that the people that writed this comments will like armenian, i love and respect azeris as much as i do to everyone, love from armenia to azerbaijan

[@narab-n219]

There are some inaccuracies in the video. The one that jumped at me is Gregory the Illuminator did not create the Armenian alphabet. The alphabet was created by a scholar Mesrop Mashtots.

[@massey81]

14:00 just s slight correction. it was Mesrob Mashtots which invented the Armenian alphabet, not Gregory the Illuminator.

[@What_if233]

Fantastic video, love from Armenia❤️

[@johnd2550]

Just to add a little, Armenian kingdom wasnt technically started around 300BC but prior to the Achmeamenid Empire, Urartu (Ararat Kingdom) Kingdom of NAIRI, Hayasa Azzi. Orontids (Yervanduni, Ervandui, or sometimes pronounced Arvand, some scholars say Yervanduni (Orontids) might be linked to the Hittite kings of Arnuwanda and it's very likely that Orontids we're a well established dynasty before the Persians took over. Also there are sources from the past which indicates that Armenian alphabets was not created in the 4/5 the century but prior to that even BC, Armenian Alphabets was said to be sacred and wasn't used on currency or for politics. Plus that region was Hellenized for 600 years, so it wasn't out of the ordinary to have Greek inscriptions in Armenian rather than its own that time. Anyways I would say nothing is definite, there is always more to it.

[@adamkirakosyan6073]

Thank you for this great educational video. I wish some of our neighbors can learn a thing or two about ancient Armenia and the region. According to them, Armenians and Armenia are new to that region. Based on the ancient maps and countries on those maps, it is very clear who is new to that region. Keep up the great work!!

[@oclue263]

Keep that in mind 2 Azerbaijanis own this Channel. At least respect

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

🇦🇲🚽

[@alexavgitidis441]

@@oclue263 i have the biggest respect for them, but why do other azeris still think armenia is there country long time ago. I hoped the armenians, turkisch and azeris were friends, we could learn alot from eachother, i just dont understand the conflict. love from armenia to azerbajian and turkey. (the genocide and the war was useless loss of good, working people and loving people)

[@alexavgitidis441]

@@YALQUZAQ_AZ why that much hate

[@YALQUZAQ_AZ]

@@alexavgitidis441 Do I hate gaymenia for no reason?

[@PeopleOfAr]

Nice to see a video on this often overlooked nation, but unfortunately the lack of understanding the uniqueness and distinctiveness of the Armenian people and their kingdom is completely overlooked. In fact the large part of the video is focused on emphasising the influence of foreign peoples over Armenian culture and territory. Armenia was not just a geographical term of the antiquity, the Behistun inscriptions for example don’t just mention the region as Armenian but also clearly identify the ethnic people and name several of their generals and kings. Same applies for Ancient Greek sources where ethnic Armenians are clearly described and analysed. It speaks for itself that royalty of a kingdom especially with imperial ambitions is of mixed blood. It was always the case and is still the case with European monarchs who all trace diverse origins. It does not change the fact that they viewed themselves as monarchs of Armenians. The pagan Armenian religion too is poorly understood. Its not a simple mixture of Persian , Semitic and Greek deities but rather their names have been used applying the dominant regional languages. Armenian deities had completely different and unique attributes. For example the Armenian war and fire deity Vahagn was significantly different from the Zoroastrian cognate deity of victory verethragna. For this purpose he was more often identified with Heracles than its Zoroastrian counterpart. But most religions are international and often adopted and borrowed from one ethnic group to another, especially the Indo-European people have had many common deities. Even the Germanics like the Armenians worshiped a deity named Tyr. Not to mention the fact that some of the earliest mentions of many Aryan deities like Mithra and Varuna have been attested within Armenian habitat in the bronzen age Hurro-Aryan kingdom of Mitanni long predating the arrival of the Persians in the region. To paint the Armenian pagan religion as simply an adoption of the Persians would not do justice to the uniqueness of these people whose history far exceeds the Persian and Roman influences in the region. The Armenian Christianity too is completely unique with its iconography where the cross is never depicted as a tool of suffering but instead a source of life. If Zoroastrianism was part of the Armenian culture and Armenian kings would have considered themsleves Persian why would they then fight numerous wars against the Persians, invent a unique alphabet and create their own form of Christianity if not to separate themsleves from Persian and Roman assimilation? Armenians as a people have separated themsleves from others long before the influence of the Persians, Romans and the Greeks and have display an isolated genetic continuity in the region going back as far as the Neolithic. Not the Persians nor Romans or even the Greeks are genetic and culturally homogenous people. All those kingdoms included multiple populations, their royal houses mixed and their religions adopted and influenced by their neighbours. Today Armenians are one of the few people who have their own unique national alphabet in the region, their own language (which is an isolate within the IE family tree), their own national branch of Christianity, unique art style and culture which has proven to be far more resilient than even the Persians who have adopted Islam and use Arabaic script for writing. Nice attempt to highlight this forgotten kingdom but completely missed the mark on identifying the unique Armenian ethnos.

[@solomyrrazvan3199]

During the previous days, I watched your series about Persia, Muslims' expansion, and the Ottoman Empire only to feel pity for the fate Armenia had. Today, it feels like a quiet country shrouded in mystery and mysticism. A video to know more about it it's exactly what I needed, thanks! :)

[@lambert801]

Exactly how I feel. They've been a constant subject of genocide, discrimination and bullying for the past two centuries or so. Such a unique nation with an amazing history and rich culture, and it's being wiped away before our very eyes by Turkey and Azerbaijan. And we're doing nothing about it.

[@outlawfly664]

​@@lambert801 You will never be wiped out, Iran will make sure of that, if that's not enough Russia will step in as well. Both countries did a big mistake for not supporting Armenia in the last war, now they are paying the price geo-politically. Azerbaijan received unprecedented support from both Israel and Turkey. The only reason Turkey helps Azerbaijan is because they want to cut of both Iranian and Russian natural gas and oil. And the only reason Israel supported Azerbaijan is because they feel threaten by Iran, so they want to have access to their land by building bases in the same way Iranian proxies are surrounding Israel.