
Armenia
Cradle of Civilization
David Marshall Lang(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-1-032-16927-9 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1970, this book is the result of many years of study and research in the field. It begins with a geographic and ethnic survey of the land and Armenian people and traces the land's prehistory back to the Old Stone Age. The origins of the wine-making and bronze-working industries are discussed, in which Armenia played a pioneering role. The outstanding Armenian contribution to Church art and architecture is also explored as is the contribution of Armenia to painting, philosophy, and science. The final section is devoted to an account of Soviet Armenia.
Reviews / Votes
'It is no overstatement to say that the work... is one of the most informative monographs on the ancient land of Armenia that has been published.... David Marshall Lang is a caucasiologist of the first rank' Gustav Glaesser, East and West, Vol 23, 1/2, 1973.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
46 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 8 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
8 Halftones, color; 46 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
662 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-16927-9 (9781032169279)
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Person
David Marshall Lang was appointed Acting British Vice-Consul in Tabriz in 1945. In 1946 he became a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and lecturing in Georgian at SOAS London from 1949-52. From 1952-1953 he was senior fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia University in New York. In 1958 he was appointed Reader in Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Visiting Professor of Caucasian Studies at UCLA from 1964-5, in 1965 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies at London University. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1962-64 and held an Honorary Doctorate from Tbilisi University.
Content
1. Land and People 2. Earliest Man in Armenia 3. Early Farming, Community Life and Technology in Armenia 4. Urartu - Armenia's First Nation State 5. The Forging of the Armenian Nation 6. Triumph and Decline - Tigranes the Great and After 7. Early Christian Armenia 8. Armenia, Byzantium and the Arabs 9. Cilician Armenia and the Crusades 10. Christian Architecture and the Arts 11. Literature and Learning 12. Death and Resurrection.