The Early Modern History of Armenia - 8-25-2026 425

The year is 1500 AD. Armenia is under the control of the vast Ak Koyunlu which stretches from Azerbaijan to the Arabian sea and from Syria to Balochistan. The capital, Tabriz, sits with political control high in the mountains along with Isfahan. As the mountains turn into plains, the city of  Shiraz and Hormuz rest in southern Persia. The ancient city of Baghdad and Persia sit on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates and the city of Baku sits on the Caspian sea coast. In 1502 AD, Persia declared independence from Ak Koyunlu, conquering Tabriz and Armenia. By 1510 AD, all of Ak Koyunlu was now conquered by Persia. In 1579 AD, Persian Armenia was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, but it was reconquered by the Persians in 1608 AD. In 1723 AD, Persia was conquered by Afghanistan. In 1724 AD, the Ottoman Empire reconquered Armenia this time from Afghanistan. By 1736 AD, Afghanistan was reconquered by Persia and Persia reconquered Armenia. In 1748 AD, the Shah of Persia died and Persia temporarily collapsed. Georgia and Azerbaijan gained independence and both gained portions of Armenia. By 1791 AD, Qajar was the most dominant Persian power and they conquered Azerbaijan. In 1796 AD, Qajar conquered about a third of eastern Georgia. From now on, we will call Qajar Persia because they unified all the previously divided Persian states. In 1802 AD, Russia came across the Caucasian mountains and conquered Georgia. In 1814 AD, Russia conquered Azerbaijan from Persia. By 1830 AD, Russia had occupied all of Caucasia. In 1879 AD, the Russo-Turkish war ended with a Russian victory and they got a part of northeastern Anatolia from the Ottoman empire. For this entire period, Armenia went from owner to owner being conquered and conquered over and over again. The Armenians hope to one day be a soverign state. For more history of Armenia, see the next paragraph! -- Written by Vikenait Productions