Publisher's Synopsis
Beginning in the 1980s, the late Dr. Levon Krikor Topouzian began a process of commissioning subject experts to write introductory essays in their respective field outlining the history of the Armenian civilization. With an editorial team of academics and financial support from radio and television entrepreneurs Sarkes and Mary Tarzian, Dr. Topouzian set out to have these essays compiled as a single text for Armenians to have immediate access to their history. That single text has now been published thanks to the joint effort of Dr. Levon Topouzian's wife Dr. Nancy Topouzian and their son Krikor Topouzian.
The various chapter essays outlining roughly 5,000 years of Armenian history were written by Anna Arevshatyan, Gérard Dédéyan, Gevork Jahukyan, Archbishop Mesrob Krikorian, Gerard Libaridian, Very Rev. Fr. Krikor Maksoudian, Anahide Ter Minassian, Seta Claire Mouradian, Hagop Nersoyan, Marc Nichanian, Vahé Oshagan, and Richard D. Wilkinson. Chapter topics include the earliest inhabitants of the areas historically occupied by Armenians since 3000 B.C.; the Armenian language as a source of history of the Armenian people; the Avarayr War; the Vartanantz War; Arab domination; Cilicia Armenia; Armenia as situated between Persian, Ottoman, and Turkmen-Mongol advances; Armenian cultural revival in the 19th and 20th century; the rise of the Armenian nation during the turn of the 19th and 20th century; the Armenian Genocide; Armenian culture throughout the diaspora, Soviet Armenian history, Soviet Armenian literature, and Armenian music through the centuries. The text is accompanied by a foreword by Richard Norsigian and an introduction by Hagop Daniel Mouradian. The publication team includes Executive Production Editor Alice Nigoghosian, Executive Editor Richard Norsigian, and Executive Editorial and Design Coordinator Hagop Daniel Mouradian.
