Armenia

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Armenia is a not-quite-Asian, not-quite-European country in the Caucasus region. It is bordered by Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, and Iran.

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[edit] Religion

The Kingdom of Armenia was the first nation to recognize Christianity as the official state religion in 301, predating the Roman Empire's legalization of Christianity by 12 years. Consequently, the Armenian Apostolic Church (an Eastern Orthodox body) is the world's oldest state church. Nearly 95% of Armenians belong to the Church, despite Armenia having been a part of the Soviet Union from 1922 through 1991.

[edit] Armenian Genocide

The Armenian genocide took place between 1915 and 1918; the Ottoman Empire committed systematic killings, deportations, and forced displacement of the (predominantly Christian) Armenian population, resulting in the deaths of 1 to 1.5 million people. The factuality of the Armenian genocide is denied by the government of Turkey, who argue it was a religious and ethnic war, and that up to a million Islamic Turks and Kurds died during the period at the hands of Armenian militiamen, as part of the broader phenomena of Christian-Muslim violence throughout the Ottoman Empire at the time.

[edit] (In)famous Armenians

Despite being from a family that is said to have produced an Armenian Apostolic priest in every generation since 301,[1] an Armenian fellow by the name of Rushdoony converted to Calvinism and was educated at the University of Edinburgh. Fleeing the Armenian genocide, he came to the United States in 1916 in the company of his wife and young son. Said young son grew up to be the prominent Dominionist kook, R.J. Rushdoony.

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