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See also:ANI (anc. Abnicum)
, an See also:ancient and ruined Armenian See also:city, in See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, See also:government See also:Erivan, situated at an See also:altitude of 4390 ft., between the Arpa-chai (Harpasus) and a deep See also:ravine
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In 961 it became the See also:capital of the Bagratid See also:kings of See also:Armenia, and when yielded to the See also:Byzantine See also:emperor (1046) it . was a populous city, known traditionally as the " city with the See also:tool churches." It was taken eighteen years later by the Seljuk See also:Turks, five times by the Georgians between 1125 and 1209, in 1239 by the See also:Mongols, and its ruin was completed by an See also:earth-quake in 1319
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It is still surrounded by a See also:double See also:wall partly in ruins, and amongst the remains are a " patriarchal " See also: |
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