CHAPTER IV

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THE GREAT TARTAR INVASIONS.

The Turcomans--Seljuks--Persia Conquered--Armenia Wasted-- 140,000 Slain--Ani with 1,001 Churches Falls--Awful Slaughter --Asia Minor Ravaged--Emperor of Constantinople Defeated-- Damascus Falls--Saladin--Jerusalem Capitulates--Silence on the Coast--Jenghiz Khan--Armenia in Great Distress--Turks in Europe--Tamerlane--Armenia again in Torture--Pyramids of Human Skulls--Death of Tamerlane 104

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