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Հիմնարար հայագիտություն=Fundamental Armenology
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First Haykides And The “House Of Torgom” (Some comments on the problem)
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Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
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“House of Torgom ; ” Hayk ; Armenian ethnogenesis ; Movses Khorenatsi ; Primary Armenia
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In the article is discussed the “Torgomian” hypothesis of the Armenian ethnogenesis in regard to which until now scholars could not arrive at consensus. The study of various sources (written - cuneiform Hittite, Assyrian, Urartian, Hieroglyphic Luwian, classical Greek, linguistic, archaeological, mythological, etc.) points on the historical context in the history of the Armenian Highland which could fit our information drawn by Khorenatsi for the period of the First Haykides. Definitely, that period should be characterized by 1) the absence of considerably big political organization in the Highland, 2) the absence of more or less durative Assyrian control over several political entities in the south, 3) mobility of population.