A Wikipedia entry describes the life and achievements of Robert Hewsen, the extraordinary American historian and cartographer. His magnum opus is the present Atlas.
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Contents: Foreword, by Cyril Toumanoff; Preface; Acknowledgments; Tables of Transliteration; Symbols; Map Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Introduction: 1. Historical Armenia; 2. The Armenian Plateau; 3. Armenia in Its Historical-Geographical Setting; 4. Orography; 5. Mt. Ararat; 6. Hydrology; 7. Climate; 8. Vegetation.
The earliest civilizations known from the territory of historical Armenia: the Nairi states (13th-9th centuries B.C.), the kingdom of Biainili (Urartu) (9th-6th centuries B.C.), Achaemenid "Armina" (550-330 B.C.), Orontid (Eruanduni) Armenia (4th-3rd centuries B.C.), Artaxiad (Artasheshean) Armenia (180 B.C.-A.D. 14), the lesser Armenian kingdoms, the Georgian kingdoms, the kingdom of Aghuania/Caucasian Albania, and the kingdom of Commagene.3rd-4th Centuries
Armenia as known to the Romans (1st-3rd centuries), Arsacid (Arshakuni) Armenia in the period 63-298 and later.
Armenia in the 4th century, the lordly (naxarar) system, the organization of the Armenian Church, the first Byzantine expansion into Armenia (387-591), the wars for religious freedom, and the second Byzantine expansion (591-654).
Armenians and the Byzantine empire, the territorial expansion of the great Armenian princely Houses, the anonymous Ravenna Cosmography, Armenia according to the 7th-century geographical work called the Ashxarhats'oyts', the Arab domination: the Ummayad period (654-750), and the Arab domination: the Abbasid period (750-885).
Armenia in the early Bagratid period (884-962), in the later Bagratid period (962-1064), the Bagratid kingdoms in Armenia and the Caucasus, the kingdom of Vaspurakan (908-1021), Eastern Armenian kingdoms and principalities (822-1261), the principality and kingdom of Siwnik', and the third Byzantine expansion into Armenia (949-1064).
11th-14th Centuries, Eastern Armenia
Eastern Armenia under the Saljuqs/Seljuks (11th-12th centuries), under the Georgians (1199-1236), Armenia according to Idrisi's map (1156), and Armenia under the Mongol Ilkhans (1256-1335).11th-14th Centuries, Cilician Armenia
Cilician Armenia as a Barony (1080-1198/1199) and a Kingdom (1197-1375).
Armenia under Turkmen domination (1378-1502).16th-17th Centuries
Armenia in the Early Ottoman-Saffavid Period (1478-1590), Armenia in the Middle Ottoman-Safavid Period (1590-1639), the Armenians in Iran, Armenia in the Late Ottoman-Safavid Period (1639-1722), the Armenians of South and Southeast Asia, and the Armenian Diaspora in Eastern Europe.18th-19th Centuries
The Age of the Meliks (1678-1828), Armenia in the 18th Century, the Khanate of Iravan or Ch'ukhur Sa'd, the Russian Expansion into Caucasia (1774-1878), and Armenia in the Period of Russian and Turkish Reform (1828-1877).
This section begins with a Chronology (1878-1920), and continues with text about Modern Armenia: Armenia on the Eve of the First World War (1878-1914); the City of Constantinople; the City of Smyrna; the Vilayet of Erzurum; the Vilayet of Sivas; the Vilayet of Adana; the Vilayet of Mamuretulaziz and the Autonomous Sanjak of Marash; the Vilayet of Diyarbekir and the Autonomous Sanjak of Urfa; the Vilayet of Bitlis; the Vilayet of Van; and the Vilayet of Trabzon.19th-20th Centuries-02
This section describes Western Transcaucasia (Russian Armenia), 1878-1914; Eastern Transcaucasia, 1878-1914; the Peoples of Caucasia; the Armenian Episcopal Sees in 1910; and the Armenian Dialects.
20th Century-01
Armenia in the First World War, 24 Oct. 1914-30 Oct. 1918; the Armenian Genocide; and the First Republic of Armenia, 28 May 1918-2 December 1920.
20th Century-02
This section begins with a Chronology (1920-2000) followed by text about Armenia in the Soviet Period (1920-1990); the Armenian Republic (Physical); Soviet Armenia: History and Administration (1920-1990); and Soviet Armenia: Economy.
20th Century-03
Contemporary Armenia: the City of Erevan; the Monastery of Ejmiatsin; the Autonomous Province of Highland Karabagh (Nagorno-Karabakh); the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; Armenian Historical and Cultural Sites in Western Armenia, Iran, and Eastern Armenia.
20th Century-04
This is the final portion of the Atlas and deals with the Armenian Diaspora and the Armenian Republic (to 2000). Topics: the Armenians in the Middle East; in Europe; in South America; the Armenians in the United States and Canada; the Armenian Church in North America; Diaspora Communities Elsewhere; Epilogue: the New Armenian Republic; and Conclusion.
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