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Book Reviews / Iran and the Caucasus 14 (2010) 457-458 457 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157338410X12743419190700 Step an Melik -Bax yan, Hayoc pa tamunk ayin vayrer [The Armenian Places of Worship], Erevan: “State University Press”, 2009, 427 pp. This is a posthumous publication of a fundamental work by the late Ar- menian historian Step an Melik -Bax yan. The publication is supported by the Galouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon). Along with many im- portant contributions to the study of the history and culture of Arme- nia, Melik -Bax yan was also one of the creators of the voluminous en- cyclopaedic dictionary of the toponyms of the Armenian Highland (see Hayastani ev harakic r anneri te anunneri ba aran, vols. 1-5, Yerevan: “State University Press”, 1986-2001). Armenia is distinguished by its thousands of magnificent places of religious worship, memorials, churches, monasteries, and sanctuaries. Due to its being situated at the juncture of two continents and conse- quently a bridge between the East and West, Armenia has historically been populated by religious communities of various backgrounds with their own unique traditions. Christianity spread very early to Armenia in 40 A.D. and eventually became the state religion in 301. As
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Published: Jan 1, 2010
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