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Anatolia has known many masters: Hittites under the sign of<br />

the double eagle; Persians; Alexander the Great; Greeks;<br />

Romans; Byzantines; Arabs; Mamluks; and finally Seljuks and<br />

Ottomans. They all ruled over the historical region of<br />

"Armenia" in eastern Anatolia. The name o f this region has<br />

nothing to do with the claims of the Armenians (who call them­<br />

selves "Haik" and probably came originally from the Balkans).<br />

The Haik never constituted a majority in this region.

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