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EARLY HISTORY |
| 95-55 B.C. |
Armenian Empire reaches greatest size
and influence under Tigran the Great. |
| 66 B.C. |
Romans complete conquest of Caucasus
Mountains region, including Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Iberia. |
| 30 B.C. |
Romans conquer Armenian Empire. |
| ca. 301 |
Tiridates III adopts Christianity as
a state relegion. |
| 330 |
King Marian III of Kartli-Iberia accepts
Christianity for the Georgian people. |
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FIFTH-SEVENTH CENTURIES
First golden age of Armenian culture. |
| 645 |
Arabs capture Tbilisi. |
| 653 |
Byzantine Empire cedes Armenia to Arabs. |
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NINTH-TENTH CENTURIES |
| 806 |
Arabs install Bagratid family to govern
Armenia. |
| 862-977 |
Second golden age of Armenian culture,
under Ashot I and Ashot III. |
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ELEVENTH-FOURTEENTH
CENTURIES |
| 1100s-1300s |
Cilician Armenian and Georgian armies
aid European armies in Crusades to limit Muslim control of Holy Land. |
| 1375 |
Cilician Armenia conquered by Mamluk
Turks. |
| 1386 |
Timur (Tamerlane) sacks Tbilisi, ending
Georgian Empire |
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FIFTEENTH
CENTURY |
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SIXTEENTH CENTURY |
| 1553 |
Ottoman Turks and Persians divide Georgia
between them. |
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY |
| 1762 |
Herekle II reunites eastern Georgian
regions in kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetia. |
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NINETEENTH CENTURY |
| 1801 |
After Herekle II's appeal for aid, Russian
Empire abolishes Bagratid Dynasty and begins annexation of Georgia. |
| 1811 |
Georgian Orthodox Church loses autocephalous
status in Russification process. |
| 1813 |
Treaty of Gulistan officially divides
Azerbaijan into Russian (northern) and Persian (southern) spheres. |
| 1828 |
Treaty of Turkmanchay awards Nakhichevan
and area around Erevan to Russia, strengthening Russian control of
Transcaucasus and beginning period of modernization and security. |
| 1872 |
Oil industry established around Baku,
beginning rapid expansion. |
| 1878 |
"Armenian question" emerges
at Congress of Berlin; disposition of Armenia becomes ongoing European
issue. |
| 1890 |
First Armenian revolutionary party formed.
(Armenian Revolutionary Federation) |
| 1895 |
Massacre of 300,000 Armenian subjects
by Ottoman Turks. |