| Armenia , officially the Republic of
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| | emerging democracy and because of its
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| Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous
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| | strategic location, it lies among both
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| country in Eurasia between the Black Sea
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| | the Russian and Western spheres of
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| and the Caspian Sea, located in the
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| | influence.
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| Southern Caucasus. It shares borders with
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| | Name
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| Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north,
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| | The original Armenian name for the
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| Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the
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| | country was Hayq. The name later evolved
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| Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the
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| | into Hayastan a combination of Hayasa or
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| south. A former republic of the Soviet
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| | Hayk with the Persian suffix '-stan'
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| Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty,
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| | (land) in the Middle Ages. Hayk was one
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| democratic nation-state and one of the
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| | of the great Armenian leaders after whom
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| oldest and most historic civilizations in
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| | the The Land of Hayk was named. According
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| the world. It has a rich cultural
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| | to legend, Hayk was a
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| heritage and was the first nation to
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| | great-great-grandson of Noah (son of
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| adopt Christianity as its official
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| | Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer, who was
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| religion. Although today Armenia is
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| | a son of Japheth, who was a son of Noah),
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| constitutionally a secular state, the
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| | and according to an ancient Armenian
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| Christian faith plays a major role in
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| | tradition, a forefather of all Armenians.
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| both its history and the identification
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| | He is said to have settled at the foot of
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| of the Armenian people.
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| | Mount Ararat, traveled to assist in
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| Culturally, historically, and
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| | building the Tower of Babel, and, after
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| politically, Armenia is considered to be
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| | his return, defeated the Babylonian king
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| part of Europe. However, its location in
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| | Bel (believed by some researchers to be
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| the southern Caucasus means that it can
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| | Nimrod) in 2492 BCE near the mountains of
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| also be considered to be at the arbitrary
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| | Lake Van, in the southwestern part of
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| border between Europe and Asia; in other
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| | historic Armenia (present-day eastern
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| words, a transcontinental nation.
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| | Turkey). Pre-Christian accounts suggest
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| However, both these classifications are
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| | that Nairi, meaning "land of rivers",
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| entirely arbitrary, as there is no easily
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| | used to be an ancient name for the
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| definable geographic difference between
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| | country's mountainous region, first used
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| Asia and Europe.
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| | by Assyrians around 1200 BCE. In the
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| Armenia is currently a member of more
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| | fifth century BCE Herodotus, in his
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| than thirty-five different international
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| | review of the troops opposing the Greeks,
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| organizations, including the United
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| | he wrote that “the Armenians were armed
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| Nations, the Council of Europe, Asian
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| | like the Phrygians, being Phrygian
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| Development Bank, the Commonwealth of
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| | settlers (refugees). The traditional
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| Independent States, the World Trade
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| | etymology for the ethnology is from
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| Organization and the Organization of the
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| | Armenak or Aram, the great-grandson of
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| Black Sea Economic Cooperation. It is a
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| | Haik's great-grandson, and another leader
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| Partnership for Peace (PfP) member of
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| | who is, according to Armenian tradition,
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| NATO and in a military alliance of CSTO.
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| | the ancestor of all Armenians. Akkadian
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| It is also an observer member of the
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| | language inscriptions (2400 BCE) mention
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| Eurasian Economic Community, La
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| | Armani, locating them in the southern
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| Francophonie, and the Non-Aligned
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| | Armenian Highlands near Lake Van. Armani
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| Movement. Armenia is also active in the
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| | was the earlier form of Armens who were
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| international sports community with full
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| | of Proto-Indo-European descent. To this
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| membership in the Union of European
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| | day Assyrians (direct descendents of
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| Football Associations and International
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| | Akkadians) refer to Armenians by their
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| Ice Hockey Federation. The country is an
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| | inscription form Armani.
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