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The Battle of Akori was a battle fought in 481, in the ancient village of Akori, the Persians had launched an attack in Armenia. The Armenian squadrons had led the Persians to the mountains of Ararat and ultimately defeated the Persian forces.[1]

The Armenian rebels consisted of 300 men against 7,000 Persian regulars in Agori.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kirakosyan, Jon (1992). The Armenian genocide: the Young Turks before the judgment of history. pp. xx.
  2. ^ Kurkjian, Vahan. A History of Armenia. p. 131.

http://www.akorri.us/index.html

Arguri

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Arguri also known as Arghurri, Arghuri, was an ethnic Armenian village in Russian Armenia. According to tradition Arguri was the oldest village in the world, and the first vine was said to be planted here by Noah.[1] [2] In the Armenian language, the word 'Arghurri' means "he planted a", or "the vine".[3] In 1840 a catastrophe earthquake buried the village. The population consisted of 1600 Armenians, with a number of Kurds also.[4]

Earthquake

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James Bryce wrote in 1877 about the 1840 quake:


The earthquake and fall of rock which destroyed the village of Arghuri, in 1840 may have been caused by a volcanic explosion, but the evidence is not satisfactory.[6]

References

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  1. ^ The Western literary messenger, Volumes 11-12. p. 171.
  2. ^ Fuller, John Mee. A dictionary of the Bible: comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, and natural history, Volume 1, Part 1. p. 222.
  3. ^ Stevens, Abel. The National magazine, Volume 1. p. 28.
  4. ^ Ballou's monthly magazine. 31: 517. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Balsiger, David. Miraculous Messages: From Noah's Flood to the End Times. p. 217.
  6. ^ Chisholm, Hugh (1910). The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 2. p. 320.