I’m glad the Armenian story didn’t end here, in 1199 the Georgians liberated Armenia and recaptured Ani, and defeated the eldiguzids, and welcomed the Armenians back to their land. Amazing video!
Turk from Adana here. Thank you very much for this comprehensive work shedding light on the Armenian side of the Cilician history. It is fascinating that the Armenians stood up even against the Byzantines and captured the shore line at their expense. Apparently the land of Cilicia often had an exceptional level of autonomy compared to the rest of Anatolia even when the region was ruled by great empires. Similarly, the Turkish beylik of Ramazanoglu ruled Cilicia for two and a half centuries, and managed to preserve its autonomy until the early 17th century. It was the last Anatolian state to eventually join the Ottoman Empire.
Since there was no royalties or governments in existence - also the Church would represent the ethnic identity as the protector - the Church was the official representative and protector . At least the Cilician church remained free when the Etchmiadzin was under Soviet rule . After the Genocide the Armenians were placed in the Middle East where there is historical continuity and the governments recognized the Armenian Church as the official representative of the community .
It's crazy to me how these Armenian kings don't hold these meetings in their own court. "Yeah sure I'll meet you where my forces and I are completely surrounded and will likely be taken prisoner." I can understand leading from the front, but after what happened to Gagik II, how does Leo fall for the same trap, TWICE.
It happened before Gagik too. Arshak II of the Arascida went to a meeting with the Persian King, he was captured and his right hand man, Vasak Mamikonian was flayed alive.
I feel like throughout Armenian history there is always a blind spot for betrayal. They are smart, adaptable and financially successful, but naive to treachery. Not meant to be a shot at Armenians, just an observation.
The Armenians actually did that, with Bohemond III in 1194. They called him to meet with them but instead imprisoned him; he was eventually freed in 1195 after negotiations.
Amazing video! Sadly Turks in Adana are never taught about this part of the history of the region! It is as if it never happened even though Armenian castle dot the landscape
Its not correct.we Turks in Turkey know very well the history of the Roman, Armenian past in Anatolia and see it as part of own history of Turkey and are proud of it too. The Glorieus Armenian and Roman and Seljuck and Ottoman times are part Ower glorious history
Great video and one of the best if not the best Ive seen on Cilician Armenia, every time I watch a video of Stoic historian I always learn a great deal on a subject I thought I knew almost everything about, great story teller, he really breaks down what was going on at the time in great detail. Stoic Historian is the Documentarian of Documentarians, would have been a King of Kings in those days : ) շատ Մերսի
This is the only deep dive into this region in this time period I have ever seen and it's an excellent one at that. Kudos my friend for a job well done!
@talfriedman1265 as Armenian I can add to the list Native Americans and and Black people , Irish, Greeks, Assyrians, Yezidis, Palestinians recent past as far as I leave I'm 35, but yeah I can agree we suffered a lot but we kinda dislike each other but in Armenian 3 nation names always fascinated me Հայ-Hay(Armenian) Հույն-Huyn (Greek) Հրեա-Hrea (Jew) There is connection in-between our names all of them starts with letter H only them is not a just coincidence
Hey, I’m a bit late here, but really liked the video man! It seems to be doing well too and, like you said, Armenian history is just so fascinating - there’s plenty of different chapters to explore. I don’t know why, but after Nagorno-Karabakh, I find myself wanting to know more the Defense of Van in 1915 and Nakhchivan.
They're amazing people. Just the fact that they still exist (and exist as an independent nation and state) after all they went through, makes me think they're one of the toughest people on earth.
Կիլիկիա Երբոր բացվին դռներն հուսո, Եվ մեր երկրեն փախ տա ձմեռ, Չքնաղ երկիրն մեր Արմենիո, - Երբ փայլե յուր քաղցրիկ օրեր. Երբոր ծիծառն իր բույն դառնա, Երբոր ծառերն հագնին տերև` Ցանկամ տեսնել զիմ Կիլիկիա, Աշխարհ, որ ինձ ետուր արև: Տեսի դաշտերըն Սուրիո, Լյառն Լիբանան և յուր մայրեր. Տեսի զերկիրըն Իտալիո, Վենետիկ և յուր գոնդոլներ. Կղզի, նման չիք մեր Կիմպրիա Եվ ո’չ մեկ վայրն է արդարև Գեղեցիկ քան զիմ Կիլիկիա, Աշխարհ` որ ինձ ետուր արև: Հասակ մը կա մեր կենաց մեջ, ՈՒր ամենայն իղձ կավարտի. Հասակ մը, ուր հոգին ի տենչ` Հիշատակաց յուր կարոտի. Հորժամ քնարս իմ ցրտանա, Սիրույն տալով վերջին բարև` Երթամ ննջել հիմ Կիլիկիա, Աշխարհ` որ ինձ ետուր արև: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4QmA_SWK-40.html
Amazing video. It filled a lot of the gaps I had for this period. Do you recommend any books you've found in your studies so I can read more about this topic?
@@StoicHistorian A History of the Crusades by Steven Runciman - Tells all about the Armenian Cilicia and its roll during the history of the Crusaders en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Crusades
I followed in the footsteps of those Frankish Crusaders by marrying an Armenian beauty! Being blessed by her past, roots, Christian heritage and beauty (true that) and my Germanic Frisian Viking heritage! Mer Hayarin Kenats!
We fast forward to 🇹🇷 Talaat Niggol Pashayan 🇹🇷 Armenia- 1st CIA Country.. We used to be Christians. Talaat Mustafa Pashayan "Give the Sultan what they want, or they won't like us anymore." We went from General Antranik Ozanian 🇦🇲✝️🇦🇲 to Secretary Anthony Blinking 🇪🇺🤡🇺🇲 in one generation. Armenia, the next Ukraine led by Talaat Pashayan.
Pl dont as long the turks live there you do nothing else than Support muslim opression when you go there. The money that you spent will be better in christian hands.
@Stoic Historian At Manzikert, it was Romanos Diogenes who was the emperor. And he was betrayed by the Doukas family, but that was because he'd married the Empress who was a Doukas widow and was a political rival to the Doukas family.
Hoping to get the continuation of the story of Cilician Armenia! and of course an important point is that the Byzantine Empire was Eastern Orthodox (dyophysite, Chalcedonian), while Armenian Apostolic Church (miaphysite/anti-Chalcedonian) is part of Oriental Orthodox churches and they have little to do each other. In fact, Byzantines considered Armenian Church as heretical. It's just that when people say Orthodox in everyday situations they automatically mean Eastern Orthodox but in reality there is no Christian denomination called Orthodox.
After Rubenids came Herumids and Armenian Cilicia survives until 1380 or something like that. Do you have a story about that. Hetumids had alliance with Mongols
I get that you ended the story at a point to continue it later, but you kind of give the wrong impression. The Byzantine occupation was brief, Thoros II, Leo’s third son was able to reconquer Cilicia and hold it seven years later.
I feel like it was either them or the Georgians, but they knew about them, so I think prester John was simply a made up story, unless you count Ethiopia
There were Christian communities in India since the 5th century. It's not impossible that some carved out a small polity that the Christians found out about through Indian ocean trade (and added all of the superficial details as a result)
@@StoicHistorian The confusion began when English speakers read Latin words in English. To be correct you have to create your own alphabet that’s why there are many misunderstandings in map reading or in names. Kilikia is well know region with it’s history. And yes it is pronounced the same way in Armenian, Greek, Latin and all other languages normal languages.
Both pronunciations have merit. I personally lean more toward “Kee-lee-kee-ah” than “Se-lees-see-ah”, but we must also admit that the original Latin/Greek pronunciations do not dictate English pronunciation, or else we’d call the phonetically similar Sicily “See-kee-lee” instead of “Sis-sil-lee”.
@@duy-anhdang705 well if you have so many Italians in the USA that they can correct you well yes you will learn. But if there are not many people from that region you start thinking that it was written in your language not in Latin or other one. For example how you pronounce Regina?
@@ZenionPlay but that’s the thing, the Greeks who originally established colonies there called it Sikelia, but now Italians pronounce it like Si-chi-lya, it’s Si-si-ly in English because we learned that from the French, so who’s right? Who’s wrong?
nothing is by accident. also armeninas lived as far west as cappadocia since before the assyrian networks that went to hatti. several armenian kingdoms, and their remnants existed west of the greater armenia. bunch of offshoots that made the main body weak, in the east there were 4 to 5 kingdoms liek arran syunik karabakh nachichivan only came from necessity but was always loyal to ani. Cappadocia edessa sophene Commagene. filled with armeninas, who all predate the persians and greeks western centric baby brain books pretend were always there ahahahahhaahhahahaha nice try though
You know what's super-annoying about this video? The narrator doesn't know the difference between the simple past tense and the past conditional. He's always saying that "X would be" instead of "X was". This is established history, and we know what happened - there's no need for the conditional here. I fucking hate that shit.
A History of the Crusades by Steven Runciman - Tells all about the Armenian Cilicia and its roll during the history of the Crusaders en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Crusades