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Document Details : Title: The Armenians of New Julfa and their Cultural Heritage Author(s): GHOUGASSIAN, V.S. Journal: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies Volume: 52 Issue: 3-4 Date: 2000 Pages: 201-220 DOI: 10.2143/JECS.52.3.565601 Abstract : During the first half of the eleventh century, the Bagratuni and Arcruni kings and most of the prominent princely families of Greater Armenia were coerced by the Byzantine Empire to exchange their lands with imperial territories in Armenia Minor, Cappadocia and Cilicia or were forced into permanent exile to the interior parts of the Empire. Consequently, by the middle of the century, Armenia was deprived of its political leadership and military force and was almost completely annexed by Byzantium. In 1071, at the battle of Manazkert to the north of Lake Van, the Byzantine army suffered a devastating defeat in the hands of the Seljuk Turks and retreated from the eastern provinces of the Empire, leaving Greater Armenia wide open before invading Turkic tribes from Central Asia. |
