hotspot volcanism. It is antipodal to Easter Island oceanic volcanism. A magnitude 6 earthquake hit 140 km SE of the volcano in 6th October 2008. Volcanoes of Armenia: Armenia is a landlocked country located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Southern Caucasus. The terrain is mountainous with all land above 400 m altitude.The volcanic soils of the Armenian Plateau contain some of the world’s earliest sites of agricultural activity. Volcanoes of Armenia Aragats (Mt Aragats may have erupted
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is celebrated 98 days (14 weeks) after Easter. The tradition of Vardavar dates back to Armenia’s pagan era‚ when its Vishaps were worshipped for bringing life-giving water to the land. Some date the tradition of Vardavar to the early Bronze Age‚ others detect its origins in stone carvings on the Geghama Lehr going back more then 10‚000 years. Vishaps were placed throughout Armenia at springs and sources of rivers. They were guardians of life‚ and as Armenia began losing its forests in the Bronze
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Armenian Genocide Andy Leeds Ms. Bullis English 1 April 24 Armenians are a Christian nation‚ and when they were a country‚ they were the first to proclaim Christianity as the state religion. The Ottoman Empire took control of Armenia during the 15th century‚ and they were mistreated for quite a while due to religious differences (Christians vs. Muslims)‚ and this mistreatment culminated and peaked during 1915-1918. During World War I‚ the Ottoman Empire took the opportunity among a world of chaos
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The history of Christianity goes back into Jewish ancestry and revolves around the 300 prophecies in the Old Testament‚ which reveals the upcoming of a Jewish Messiah who would be a Savior of humanity. Around 2000 years ago this prophecy was fulfilled by the birth of Jesus from the Virgin Mary in the town of Bethlehem in the land of Israel. He brought a hope of delight to the poor and rejected ones. The New Testament book of Luke (1:26-38) and Matthew (1:18-25) explains the virgin birth of Jesus
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Being a part of the Armenian community implies that you will not be discriminated against; however‚ having identifiable differences in Armenia was something that Armenians could not look past. Though Armenia strongly prohibited discrimination‚ there were still things to question such as‚ violence towards women and hatred towards homosexual. As mentioned in Chapter 10‚ “In France‚ the achievement of universal male suffrage under the Third Republic went hand in hand with the creation of a new republican
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(Armenization) . After the proclamation of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic- the first democratic state in the muslim East on May 28‚1918‚ one of the first moves of its government was the cession of the city of Erivan (Yerevan) to the Republic of Armenia which though proclaimed its
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Semi-presidentialism In 1988‚ a new force was formed that was opposed to the existing communist rule in Armenia. This was the so-called Karabakh movement. In 1989 it was renamed the Armenian National Movement (ANM). The movement was initially formed by a group within the Armenian intelligentsia aimed at solving the Nagorno Karabakh issue. Nagorno Karabakh (or Artsakh) was historically part of Armenia‚ but had become part of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1920. By the end of the 1980s‚ about
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the South Caucasian nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership area of Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict has resulted in a considerable crisis especially in Azerbaijan‚ with the number of dislocated refugees close to approximately one million. As a result of the war over the NK region with Armenia‚ Azerbaijan has lost the entire NK region and 7 more surrounding districts of Lachin‚ Kelbajar‚ Agdam‚ Gabrail‚ Fizuli‚ Khubadly and Zangilan to Armenia. So Azerbaijan’s territories are occupied and
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There are many interesting places in the world to visit. Many places are interesting because of their popularity‚ some are interesting because of the climate and some are interesting because they are always on the news. Chicago‚ St Petersburg and Armenia are three places in the world that have an interesting history. Chicago is part of Illinois which is one of states of the U.S.. Chicago is not English word. It’s the word form one of languages used by Indians. It means the strong smell. This city
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of Asia”. “Kia Motors Armenia” CJSC was founded in 2006 and signed a distributorship agreement with Kia Motors Corporation and became one of the leading auto importers in the Republic of Armenia. Kia Motors Armenia is the official and exclusive distributor of Kia Motors Corporation in Armenia and the vehicles are imported directly from the Republic of Korea. It has both a showroom and a service department for repairs after sales. When first founded‚ Kia Motors Armenia adopted a strategy for their
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