Should Armenians be regarded as Caucasian, Anatolian, or Mesopotamian?

**~~Imamudin~~** · 12-30-2016, 01:56 AM

Armenians are North Assyrian and not Caucasian. Only Karabakh Armenians are Kaspid influenced because they have mixed with ancient Caucasus Albanians.

**~~Melki~~** · 12-30-2016, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by Armenian Bishop

Yes, that's right, and (as you probably know) the Armenian Highlands extend deeper into the South Caucasus, beyond present day's Republic of Armenia. The Armenian Highlands includes Nakhichevan, and all of Armenia's Karabakh Stronghold, that lie within present day Azerbaijan. It includes a huge area of present day Eastern Turkey, extending through Kars, Erzerum, Bitlis, Muş, Erzincan, and Van, and includes Lake Van. In addition to the Western Armenian Highlands, the historical boundaries of Western Armenia stretched much further, all the way to Adana (aka Cilicia), on the Mediterranean Coastline near Cypress. Small portions of Southwest Georgia (in javakhk territory), and Northwest Iran (to the Northwest shores of Lake Urmia) are also defined as part of the Armenian Highlands. It might be interesting to note that my ancestral town is Muş (aka, Mush, or Moush), located west of Lake Van, in the heartland of Western Armenia.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Armenian-Highland

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I visited Van 12 years ago. Gorgeous landscapes. No tourists (tourists never venture east of Cappadocia

). I'm planning a trip to Armenia and Georgia (and if possible, to Azerbaijan) for this year. Can't wait to be there.

**Armenian Bishop** · 12-30-2016, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by catgeorge

Euro-Persians with a decent amount of R1b type Persian haplos

R1b is the most common male haplogroup among people with Armenian Ancestry: R1b1a2a represents the largest haplogroup for Armenians in general. It has been estimated to be 8,000 years old. According to Vince Vizachero who runs the haplogroup R-ht35 Project: “From prior analysis, it appears that R1b1a2a moved north and west into Europe quite rapidly."

https://narinnamkn.wordpress.com/201...menian-people/

**Petros Agapetos** · 12-30-2016, 02:20 AM

**Petros Agapetos** · 12-30-2016, 02:22 AM

**Petros Agapetos** · 12-30-2016, 02:24 AM

I would call historic Armenia as Transcaucasian, South Caucasian, and Anatolian.

**user_** · 12-30-2016, 04:34 AM

I don't really know.
Armenian culture is not Caucasus like, it's like Assyrian. But nowadays Armenia is located in Lesser Caucasus mountains, they play huge role in Caucasus life. If they want to be Caucasians, why not.

North Caucasians don't like to call Armenians and Azerbaijanians Caucasian.
I'd say Armenia is culturally Mesopotamian, politically Caucasian.