The earliest attestations of the exonym Armenia date around the 6th century BC. In his trilingual
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While the Armenian language is classified as an Indo-European language, its placement within the broader Indo-European language family is a matter of debate. Until fairly recently, scholars believed Armenian to be most closel… See more

Armenians are believed to have had a presence in the Armenian Highland for over 4,000 years. According to legend, Hayk, the patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation, led Armenians to victory over Bel of Babylon and … See more

Before Christianity, Armenians adhered to Armenian Indo-European native religion: a type of indigenous polytheism that pre-dated the Urartu period but which subsequently adopted several Greco-Roman an… See more

• The Armenian Apostolic Church, the world's oldest National Church
• The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) founded in 1906 and the largest Armenian non-profit organization in the world, with … See more

A 2012 study found that haplogroups R1b, J2, and T were the most notable haplogroups among Armenians.
Most notable mtDNA haplogroups among the Armenian samples are H, U, T, J, K and X while the … See more