Armenia and Armenians from Ancient to Medieval Eras

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides a survey of Armenian history from the earliest mentions of Armenia more than 2500 years ago to the end of the last Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia and the rise of the Ottomans in the 1400s. It will focus on the connections of Armenians and Armenian kingdoms with neighboring empires (including Persian, Roman, Abbasid, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Mongol), ethnic and religious groups and cultures. The aim of the course is to explore various social, political, and economic transformations that both linked Armenians with their neighbors and differentiated them as an ethno-religious group.