Claude Mutafian - The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia

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Located outside of historic Armenia, the Kingdom of Cilicia (1198-1375), was the only Christian kingdom to survive for another hundred years in the Levant, after the Crusaders lost Jerusalem to the Muslims. In this WebTalk, Professor Claude Mutafian recounts the improbable birth of this Armenian kingdom on the Mediterranean and the fortuitous events that allowed it to flourish as a center of trade and exchange between the East and the West. He also highlights Cilicia's cultural and marital ties with the Crusaders, most notably the Franks, whose influence can be found in Armenian culture to this day.

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Dr. Mutafian is a great story teller. Thank you for this brief history lesson, that is also so well visualized.

[@ArenBerberian]

Nice to see the incredibly interesting histroy of Armenian Cilicia highlighted!

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It is quite probable that there were Armenians in Cilicia prior to the large emigration that took place after 1054. It is unrealistic to believe that an emigrant community could build a viable state in a matter of few decades. From historical data it is known that Cilicia had always had mixed population and Armenian were part of it.