CHAPTER I

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EARLY HISTORY OF ARMENIA.

A Martyr Nation--Need of a Voice--Historical Annals at Nineveh--Abgar's Letter to Jesus of Nazareth--Acceptance of Christianity--Council of Nice--Persian Conquests--Bible Translated--Great Persecutions--Dying for the Faith--Magi Driven Out--Saracens in Armenia--Fearful Tortures--Burned Alive--Bogha the Tyrant--Sultan of Turkey--Islam or Death --Yussuf the Persian--Great Horrors Repeated--Starvation --Peace Returns 21

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