Completion requirements
Overview
This lesson provides information about the Mongol campaigns to Armenia, hard conditions of people under the Mongol Empire rule, and the religious prosecutions of Armenians, as well as Leng Timur’s vast destructions in Armenia. The lesson also aims to familiarize students with Yerevan as a government center of Eastern Armenian and the move of Catholicos’ See to Echmiadzin.
Topics
- Mongol Empire campaigns to Armenia
- The struggle against Mongol Empire rule
- Armenia in XIV century
- Yerevan as government center of Eastern Armenia
- The move of Catholicos’ See to Echmiadzin
Outcome
At the end of the week students will know the causes of nomad Mongol campaigns to Armenia, the governing and economic center of Eastern Armenia, as well as the move of Catholicos’ See from Cilicia to Echmiadzin.