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How well does your ethnicity or nation represent a nation or nation-state?

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How well does your ethnicity or nation represent a nation or nation-state?

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Armenians can represent a nation-state. Their historic homeland is located between Europe and Asia. Armenia is located in a small part of its own homeland. Almost all people in Armenia identify as Armenian which makes it a good example of a nation-state.

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What struggles have the Armenians gone through to become a nation-state?

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What struggles have the Armenians gone through to become a nation-state?

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The land of Armenia was first under control of Ottoman and Iranian empires in the 18th and 19th century, and then was overtaken when the Soviet Union was formed. When the Soviet Union broke up, Armenia was one of the countries that was formed as a result. They've had many conflicts the neighboring Azerbaijan over whether or not to join the two states, which generally ended up not happening.

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What is the history behind their quest for a nation-state or reasons that support their quest for a nation-state?

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What is the history behind their quest for a nation-state or reasons that support their quest for a nation-state?

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in the 15th century, the Armenians were observed into the Ottoman empire. The Ottoman rulers and people were primarily Muslim but they allowed other minority religions to practice while under their rule. The Armenians were almost entirely Christian and they were subjugated to discrimination from the Ottomans. After the Ottoman Empire began to fall the Turks still ruled over the Armenian people. In the 1890s Armenian people started calling for equal treatment and for more political representation. In 1915, during the middle of World War I the Armenian Genocide began. Turks killed and forced Armenians out of their historic homeland ignorer to expand a new Turkish empire eastward. In 1918 the Arminians finally acquired weapons and military and defended themselves, agents, the Turkish invasion. At the end of World War I, Turkey as well as the other Central Powers lost the war and ended the Turkish invasion. The Allied Powers ended up recognizing Armenia as an independent republic in 1920. Armenia was now a nation-state located on part of their original homeland. Armenia was once again taken over by the Soviet Union during the cold war just after World War II. The U.S. then re-recognized Armenia as an independent state in 1991.

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Are they going to succeed in their quest to become a nation state?

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Are they going to succeed in their quest to become a nation state?

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Armenia is already a nation state. In 1918 they experienced a brief period of independence before being taken over by the Soviet Union, but when that dissolved they became the nation-state they are today.