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RabizLand.com - Armenian Rabiz Portal
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The history of Armenia adds up to over 3 millennia, dating back to the history of Urartu(the Araratyan kingdom), a powerful state, a peer and rival of Assyria.
Trdat I became the founder of the Arshakunid dynasty in the 1st century A.D. Important events took place while the dynasty was in power. The country embarked on the period of development of feudal relations, it adopted Christianity in 301A.D as a state religion and in 405 A.D the Armenian script was created by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots.
In 428 having lost its sovereignty, Armenia became a part of Sasanid Iran, but it preserved certain institutes of self-governance as well as the social status of landowners. But towards the end of the 5th century the situation changed. Iran increased the taxes and urged to convert Armenians to Mazdeism, a branch of Zorostrianism professed in Iran. A popular uprising was the response. On May 26, 451 the decisive battle was waged on the Avarayr plain which was conducted by sparapet Vardan Mamikonyan. According to an eye-witness historian Yeghishe there were neither winners, nor losers in this battle.
