LITTLE ARMENIA


Meaning of LITTLE ARMENIA in English

or Lesser Armenia

Ancient kingdom, southeastern coast of Anatolia .

After initial struggles with the Byzantine Empire, it was established in Cilicia by the Armenian Rubenid dynasty in the 12th century and developed contacts with the West. It was influenced by cultural contacts with Crusaders and with Venetian and Genoese merchants. It was conquered by the Muslim Maml 016B; k dynasty in 1375.

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