A history of Armenia / By Vahan M. Kurkjian.

First published in 1958 New York, NY Armenian General Benevolent Union of America.

Cont.: Preface -- The Land -- Before the Dawn -- The Neighbors of Armenia -- Ancestral Stocks -- The Hittite Empire -- The Country of Hayasa-Khayasha -- The Kingdom of Urartu -- The Beginnings of Armenia -- Armenia as Xenophon saw it -- Alexander the Great and his Successors -- Artashesian and Zarehian Kingdoms of Armenia -- The Armenian Kingdom -- Tigran the Great -- Artavazd — The Last Tigrans -- Rivalry between Parthia and Rome -- Persian Civilization -- The Arsacids (Arshakunis) of Armenia -- Trdat III and St. Grigor (Gregory) -- Successors of Trdat — Partition of Armenia -- Period of the Marzbans — Battle of Avarair -- Vahan Mamikonian and the Patriotic Uprisings -- Armenia in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries -- The Arab Khalifate -- The Bagratid Dynasty — The Bagratuni -- Magnificence to be soon followed by Calamity -- Destruction of Ani and Spread of the Turkish Power -- The Barony of Cilician Armenia -- Greeks, Crusaders and Moslems — Rise of Leon II -- The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia — Mongol Invasion -- The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia — Mongol Invasion -- French-Armenian Dynasty: End of Kingdom -- Armenia after the Loss of her Independence -- The Tragic Prelude -- Armenian Mythology -- The Feudal System in Armenia -- The Armenian Church — Early History -- The Paulikians and the Tondrakians -- New Effort Towards Church Unity -- Leaning Towards Unity -- The Armenian Language -- Armenian Literature -- Modern Armenian Literature -- Architecture in Armenia/ by Arshag Fetvadjian -- Armenian Sculpture and Painting -- Armenian Music Secular and Religious -- History of Education among the Armenians -- The Armenians Outside of Armenia -- The Armenian Republic -- Epilogue -- Armenian Soviet Socialistic Republic -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Index.