Armenia has been the battleground where diverse systems of religion and civilization have fought for supremacy. Its fate has always been to suffer, whichever power was for the time victorious. It has been sometimes ground to powder between the upper and nether millstone. In this book, Augustus Warner Williams definitely seeks to awaken interest in the history and fate of what may truly be called the Martyr Nation of the World. The chapters include: EARLY HISTORY OF ARMENIA THE RISE OF ISLAM THE STORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE THE GREAT TARTAR INVASIONS THE BULGARIAN MASSACRE