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Posted on 03/31/2021 10:42:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Bagratid Kingdom, also known as Bagratid Armenia, was founded by Ashot I Bagratuni of the Bagratuni dynasty around AD 880 following centuries of Abbasid rule.
The kingdom emerged as a buffer state between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate, absorbing several Armenian principalities and the kingdoms of Taron, Vaspurakan, Kars, Khachen and Syunik.
The earliest description of Ani comes from the 5th-6th century Armenian chronicler Ghazar Parpetsi, who gives mention of a hilltop fortress constructed by the Kamsarakan House (one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran closely associated to the Arsacids)...
By the start of the 11th century, Ani had peaked with a population over 100,000 inhabitants, and became known as the "city of forty gates" and the "city of a thousand and one churches"...
Bagratid rule ended with the death of Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia, when in AD 1046 Ani was surrendered during a brief war of succession between the Byzantine Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian, and Gagik II King of Ani, resulting in the collapse of the Bagratid dynasty.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
Washington, DC, 3256 AD.......................
The Four Black Deaths
Monica H. Green
The American Historical Review, Volume 125, Issue 5, December 2020, Pages 1601–1631, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhaa511
Published: 17 December 2020
https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/125/5/1601/6040962?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Wow, those are great photos of amazing ruins. It’s a shame it isn’t possible or safe to visit so many ancient places.
Seven year reign, destroyed a buffer state between the Byz and the muzzies, was ‘elevated’ by the corrupt libertine Empress Zoe.
https://www.ancient.eu/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-IV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian
Kamsarakan was an Armenian noble family that was an offshoot of the House of Karen, also known as the Karen-Pahlav. The Karens were one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran and were of Parthian origin.Those Karens -- they are everywhere and throughout all history.
LOL
Looks like it’s pretty cold there, so, y’know, I have enough of that around here.
Thanks for posting this.
I have the red and white flag of Ani as my wallpaper at work.
It’s a poignant and grim reminder that even a city of 1000 churches can be reduced to nothing by its enemies.
Fair warning for America, unfortunately.
Flag can be found at:
Seven years later, in 1071, Alp Aslan would defeat the Romans at Manzikert, sending the Roman Empire into a downward spiral that would end with the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Meanwhile, back in your former life haunt of Ani, they are recovering your library of sonic energy jokes.
Just like what started on January 6, 2021 in Washington DC.
Sounds like it was a huge place, and based on the current surroundings, probably mostly of masonry construction.
Zoe was a total disaster.
His victory in Anatolia has been credited as being one of the major reasons for the rise of the Crusades.
In a year or so they can write the story:
Abandoned New York City - The Post Modern Socialist Disaster ... 🤨
If archaeologists go there they will be taxed!
The Religion of Peace having a party.
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