Armenian Acts of Cultural Terrorism

A careful exploration of the lands and place-names is necessary in order to understand the history, culture and language of a dynasty. When tracing back the roots of a nation, history of the language and all the proper names play a particularly important role. Names of every surface feature -stream, lake, mountain, regions- bring to light a millennium of the nation's history. In short, proper names comprise the book of a nation's past and future. The more you read the book, the more you can find out sound information about the present and the past. Hydronims, oronims, etnonims and urbanonims that reflect the very identity of peoples are created and preserved in their moth…