Table of Contents

Introduction; R.Hovannisian The Geography of Armenia; R.Hewsen The Formation of the Armenian People; J.Russell The Emergence of Armenia; N.Garsoian The Arshakuni Dynasty; N.Garsoian The Marzpanate; N.Garsoian The Arab Invasions and the Rise of the Bagratuni; N.Garsoian The Independent Kingdoms of Medieval Armenia; N.Garsoian The Byzantine Annexation of the Armenian Kingdoms of the Eleventh-Century; N.Garsoian Armenian Literary Culture through the Eleventh-Century; R.Thomson Armenia During the Seljuk and Mongol Periods; R.Bedrosian Cilician Armenia; A.A.Bournoutian Medieval Armenian Literary and Cultural Trends (Twelfth - Seveteenth-Centuries); P.Crowe

About the Author

RICHARD G. HOVANNISIAN is the Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is the author of Armenia on the Road to Independence (1967) and The Republic of Armenia, 4 volumes (1971-1996), and he has edited three volumes on the Armenian genocide. A Guggenheim Fellow, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 1991 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Erevan State University, Armenia.

Reviews

"[This book] provides us with the most dependable general history of the Armenians written in the English language. . .a treasure trove of information and explanation." --"Canadian Journal of History"

"�This book� provides us with the most dependable general history of the Armenians written in the English language. . .a treasure trove of information and explanation." --"Canadian Journal of History"