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George Allen & Unwin Ltd, Published 1970. Hardcover, 320 pp.; 26 cm; First edition; illustrated in black-and-white plates, maps, architectural plans, and drawings, with a few color photographic plates; chronological table.
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Mild edge wear with a hint of color loss at the corner tips and bottom of spine. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a pictorial front panel in red, featuring a medieval Armenian manuscript illumination, with the title in brown and yellow lettering; a few tiny nicks and light creasing along edges, mild shelf wear and toning to edges of jacket flaps. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A comprehensive survey of Armenian history and civilization from the Stone Age through the mid-twentieth century, by the Professor of Caucasian Studies at the University of London. Drawing on years of fieldwork and research in the region, Lang traces Armenia's prehistory from earliest man through the Urartian kingdom (Armenia's first nation state), the dynasty of Tigranes the Great, early Christian civilization, the medieval kingdom of Cilician Armenia and its role in the Crusades, and the country's literary, architectural, and artistic heritage. The final chapters address the massacres of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks, the establishment of Soviet Armenia, and the cultural and political life of the Armenian diaspora.Contents: Preface; Chronological Table; I. Land and People; II. Earliest Man in Armenia; III. Early Farming, Community Life and Technology in Armenia; IV. Urartu - Armenia's First Nation State; V. The Forging of the Armenian Nation; VI. Triumph and Decline - Tigranes the Great and After; VII. Early Christian Armenia; VIII. Armenia, Byzantium and the Arabs; IX. Cilician Armenia and the Crusades; X. Christian Architecture and the Arts; XI. Literature and Learning; XII. Death and Resurrection; Bibliographical Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading; Index.