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Article: 1919: Armenia resurrected.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Kurdish Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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The word, Armenia, to which the Armenians owe their name, is said to have been derived from the two words ar (land) and meni (mountain)--the land of mountains. Strictly speaking, however, Armenia is a plateau, with an election of about six thousand feet, lying between the Taurus mountain range in the south and Anti-Taurus range in the north. The Armenian plateau, running from the east to the west, is easily accessible from Asia and Europe, forming a sort of a highway in times past between Central Asia and Greece.
Before the outbreak of the Great War, Armenia was divided among Russia, Turkey and Persia. On the east, the Armenians are bounded by Persians and ...