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  1. Armenia

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    Armenia is a transcontinental country located in Western Asia and the Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. The nation is bordered by Turkey to the west and northwest, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and southeast, and Iran to the south and southwest. With an area of approximately 11,484 square kilometers and a population of roughly 3 million peop…

  2. Armenia

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    Armenian history extends back to antiquity, with evidence of human settlement dating to the Stone Age. The region was inhabited by Indo-European tribes, and the Armenian kingdom was formally established around the 6th century BCE.
    The most significant turning point in Armenian history occurred in 301 CE when King Tiridates III converted to Christianity, subsequently declaring it the state religion. This made Armenia the first nation-state to do so, predating the [Roman Empire](/entries/roma…

  3. Asia Minor

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    Asia Minor was gradually incorporated into the Roman Republic during the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. By 133 BCE, the Kingdom of Pergamon had been bequeathed to Rome, and by 64 BCE, the entire region had been organized into Roman provinces. Under Roman rule, Asia Minor experienced unprecedented prosperity and urbanization. The region became one of the wealthiest parts of the empire, with cities such as Ephesus, Antioch, and Pergamon serving as major centers of commerce and culture.[^5]
    Following the divisio…

  4. Shinto

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    Meiji Restoration and State Shinto
    The Meiji government undertook deliberate efforts to reconstruct Shinto as a modernized state religion, partly to distinguish Japan from Western Christianity and to consolidate national identity. This initiative, termed "State Shinto" (Kokka Shinto), elevated the emperor to supreme religious authority as a living kami descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu. Simultaneously, the government mandated the separation of Buddhist and Shinto institutions—reversing centuries of integration—through the "Separat…