Andrew Andersen 1235 – 1535 |
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In the second quarter of the 13th century the
South Caucasus and The Mongol rule was accompanied by devastation of the
land, destruction, mass murder and extremely high tribute imposed on the
population. Armed resistance and uprisings were put down with extreme
cruelty. |
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By 1337 the Mongol domination collapsed, however the
Mongols were succeeded by various Turkic invaders. Most of the Old Armenian lands fell under
Kara-Koyunloo and later Aq-Koyunloo.
Other areas of In 1392-1404 all Armenian lands faced Turco-Mongolic
invasions under the leadership of Tamerlane that happened
top be the most devastating cataclysm in the last 300 years. Armenian,
Georgian and Greek cities and towns of the area were ruined,
Many thousands of Armenians were slaughtered. Many more thousands flee to
Western and Eastern Europe as well as Africa and |
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The death of Tamerlane in 1405 resulted in almost immediate
fall of his empire. After that, Ottoman Turks and Egyptian Mamlyuks became the two dominant powers in the By the middle of the 15th century, West
European Crusaders completely lost the 350 years-long battle for By the same time, East Roman Empire lost all her
possessions except the capital city of |
By the middle of the 15th century, most of the Armenian
feudal aristocracy was already destroyed, their lands taken by Turkoman, Tatar and even Kurdish nomadic military
nobility. Thus the By 1516, the expanding Ottomans put all Several Armenian provinces remained for a while parts of |