"A short account of Armenia's 10,000-year history... The text start with evidence of the early inhabitants of the Mt. Ararat region who had a well advanced civilization in the metals, medicine, heiroglyphics, astronomy, and culture. The narrations continue through trials and tribulations of the Armenian nation and people to the present period. The amply colorful illustrations and maps show the high points of Armenian chronology including both its dark and glorious chapters"--P. [4] of cover.