UESTION l. WAS EASTERN ANATOLIA THE ORIGINAL HOMELAND OF THE ARMENIANS?
Even Armenian historians disagree on this question. Let us examine some of their contradictory theories while looking into Anatolian history. The Biblical Noah Theory. According to this idea, the Armenians descended from Hayk, great-great grandson of the Biblical patriarch Noah. Since Noah’s Arc is supposed to have come to rest on Mount Ararat, the advocates of this idea conclude that eastern Anatolia must have been the original Armenian homeland, adding that Hayk lived some four hundred years and expanded his dominion as far as Babylon. This claim is based entirely on fables, not on any scientific evidence, and is not worthy of further consideration. The historian Auguste Carrière summarily dismisses it stating that “it depends entirely on information provided by some Armenian historians, most of which was made up.” (1) The Urartu Theory. Some Armenians claim that they were the people of Urartu, which existed in eastern Anatolia starting about 3000 B.C. until it was defeated and destr
