History of Nagorno-Karabakh - Shusha Pogrom, House of Hasan-Jalalyan, Artsakh, Armenian-Azerbaijani War, Treaty of Gulistan, Karabakh Khanate (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Shusha pogrom, House of Hasan-Jalalyan, Artsakh, Armenian-Azerbaijani War, Treaty of Gulistan, Karabakh Khanate, Republic of Mountainous Armenia, Kingdom of Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Treaty of Kurakchay, Askeran fortress, Karabakh Council, Dizak, Askeran Rayon. Excerpt: Nagorno-Karabakh is the modern designation for a southern part of the Lesser Caucasus range, encompassing the highland part of the wider geographical region Karabakh. The name Karabakh itself (derived from Turkic and Persian, and literary meaning "Black Garden") was first employed in Georgian and Persian sources from the 13th and 14th centuries to refer to an Armenian principality known by modern historians as the Kingdom of Artsakh or Khachen. Currently most of this area is under the control of the internationally unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which has economical, political and military support from the Republic of Armenia, but which is internationally formally a part of Azerbaijan and its final status is still a subject of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This article encompasses the history of the region from the ancient to the modern period. The region of Nagorno-Karabakh was occupied by the people known to modern archaeologists as the Kura-Araxes, and is located between the two rivers bearing those names. Little is known about the ancient history of the region, primarily because of the scarcity of historical sources. Jewelry has been found within the present confines of Nagorno-Karabakh inscribed with the cuneiform name of Adad-Nirari, King of Assyria (c. 800 BC). According to the local traditions held by many people in the area, the two river valleys in Nagorno-Karabakh were among the first to be settled by Noah's descendants. According to a 5th century AD Armenian tradition, a local chieftain named Ara...