Lords of the Mountains: The Foundation of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Lords of the Mountains: The Foundation of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

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Apr 9, 2026

For nearly three centuries between 1080 and 1375 a kingdom of exiles from the Armenian Plateau survived in the Taurus Mountains of modern day south-central Turkey. This is the story of the foundation of Armenian Cilicia during the maelstrom of violence that was the end of the Eleventh Century.

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