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Was an independent Armenian state established by Ashot I Bagratuni of the Bagratuni dynasty in the early 880s following nearly two centuries of foreign domination of Greater Armenia under Arab Umayyad and Abbasid rule.
Establishment
January 886: Ashot restored the Armenian monarchy and became Armenia's first king.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars between a number of Muslim Arab dynasties and the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 11th century. Conflict started during the initial Muslim conquests, under the expansionist Rashidun and Umayyad caliphs, in the 7th century and continued by their successors until the mid-11th century.
January 891: The Hamdanid Dynasty was established in 890.
1.1.Byzantine reconquest of Edessa
Byzantine reconquest of Edessa.
January 943: Byzantine reconquest of Edessa.
Were military raids undertaken by the Rus' between the late 9th century and c. 1041 on the Caspian Sea shores.
2.1.First Caspian expedition of the Rus'
The Rus' undertook the first large-scale expedition in the Caspian Sea in 913. Having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged in the Georgan region, in the territory of present-day Iran, and more to the west, in Gilan and Mazandaran, taking slaves and goods.
January 914: The Rus' undertook the first large-scale Caspian expedition in 913. Having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged in the Gorgan region, in the territory of present-day Iran, and more to the west, in Gilan and Mazandaran, taking slaves and goods.
February 914: The Rus' undertook the first large-scale Caspian expedition in 913. After having pillaged the Gorgan, Gilan and Mazandaran (Modern-day Iran), the Rus' forces left these regions.
Were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia.
3.1.Georgian campaigns of Basil II
Was a military campaign by Byzantine emperor Basil II in Georgia.
January 1017: George I launched a campaign to restore the David Kuropalates’ succession to Georgia and occupied Tao in 1015-1016.
September 1021: The Byzantines defeated the Georgians in the Battle of Shirimni.
January 1022: The Ardzruni kingdom of Vaspurakan was annexed by the Byzantine Empire.
January 894: The Kingdom of Hereti was a medieval monarchy which emerged in Caucasus on the Iberian-Albanian frontier.
January 909: In about 908 Abkhazian king Constantine III (c.894 . 923) annexed a significant portion of Kartli.
January 952: Muhammad ibn Shaddad conquers Dwin.
January 965: Kaysite dynasty conquered by Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia.
January 968: With the death of Ashot Bagratuni of Taron in 967 (not to be confused with Ashot III), his sons Gregory and Bagrat were not able to withstand the pressure from the empire, which annexed their principality outright and converted it to a theme.
January 972: In 971, Lashkari ibn Muhammad, a member of the Shaddadid dynasty, established himself in Ganja.
January 984: With the weakening of the buyid power after the death of Adud ad-Daula after 983, the Kurdish Marwan tribe under Badh, a former shepherd, gained control of Mayyafariqin and the areas of Amida and Nusaybin.
Disestablishment
January 1046: The Syunik kingdom was an Armenian state that survived after the fall of the centralized Armenian kingdom.
January 1046: After the fall of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia in 1045, Kiurike II was bestowed by the Byzantines with the title of Kouropalates and became an independent ruler in the region of Tashir.
January 1046: After the death of King Gagik I (in 1017 or 1020), the kingdom of Armenia was split between his two sons. However, after the death fo both brothers in 1040-1041 during a civil war, the Byzantine emperor claimed the kingdom of Bagratid Armenia.
January 1046: Establishment of the Kingdom of Artsakh and end of Bagratid Armenia.
Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia
