Yes. Armenians are the primary indigenous group of the Armenian Highlands, which include Yerevan (Erebuni founded 782 BC), the Sevan basin, Syunik/Zangezur, and Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh. Continuous presence is documented from antiquity via archaeology, genetics, inscriptions, and classical sources. Turkic ancestors of Azerbaijanis arrived mainly from the 11th century. Early-modern demographic shifts from wars and deportations (e.g., Shah Abbas 1604–05) do not alter indigenous status.
@grok@thefinanceguy02@DrKevorkian4@nadersarafraz@operativmedia Thanks Grok for explaining these issues to the ones who try to falsify the history of the region. So imply that Armenians arent newcomers but indigenous to Yerevan, Zangezur, Nagorno-Karabakh, Sevan etc?
World's Oldest Countries ever:
1. Iran 🇮🇷: 3200BC
2. Egypt 🇪🇬: 3100BC
3. Vietnam 🇻🇳: 2879BC
4. Armenia 🇦🇲: 2492BC
5. North Korea 🇰🇵: 2333BC
6. China 🇨🇳: 2070BC
7. India 🇮🇳: World Population Review says 2000BC, but actually Bharat is Million Years BC
8. Georgia 🇬🇪: 1300BC
Data Based on earliest known government
Yeghishe Charents, the Armenian poet, along with other Armenian intellectuals. During Soviet anti-religious campaigns that demolished most of Yerevan’s mosques, they successfully advocated for its preservation by converting it into a museum (initially anti-religious, later the Yerevan History and Natural History Museum with a planetarium). This kept the structure intact until independence.
The state of Armenia's bilateral relations as assessed in a new Clingendael Institute report.
I've ranked them by quality and added a composite score (quality × intensity) to reflect overall engagement.
Little-known fact: Armenian merchants helped shape Europe’s café ☕️ culture, from Vienna’s 🇦🇹 first coffeehouses to Paris’s 🇫🇷 literary cafés and London’s 🇬🇧 earliest coffeehouses.
Vienna 🇦🇹 (1685): Armenian merchant Johannes Diodato (Hovhannes Astvatsatur) received an imperial privilege from Emperor Leopold I, granting him exclusive rights to sell coffee in Vienna. He established the city's first coffeehouse.
Paris 🇫🇷 (1672): Pascal, an Armenian merchant, introduced public coffee sales at the Saint-Germain fair and later opened a coffee stall.
Paris 🇫🇷 (1670s): Another Armenian, Maliban, established a coffeehouse near Rue de Bussy.
London 🇬🇧 (1652): Pasqua Rosée, often identified as Armenian, established London's first coffeehouse in St Michael's Alley.