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Since ancient times humans have struggled to surround themselves with prosperity, security and safety. Then of course came desire of wealth creating greed, wars, death and destruction.
Due to domination of agriculture in economic growth, prosperity depended, to a great extend on the amount of territory a certain kingdom or empire controlled and therefore could gather wealth from. Wars were the only mean available to powerful rulers in their quest for more control and wealth. Lands changed hands, people died and were enslaved, and mankind went about its normal course of development. It is no surprise, therefore, that present day world is full of ethnic territorial disputes, which often cause violence and wars. While in some case (e.g. Japan - Kuril islands, Russia - Chechnya) land is an economic necessity, in others it is a mere desire to satisfy the medieval lust for more territory. Recent developments in history of mankind have shown however that although military power remains important, actual physical control of land is no longer a required factor. Moreover, economic strength can successfully substitute the need for military intervention. An example of US domination, both economic and military is perfect to illustrate this point. Most US influence around the globe is exercised through economic means. An example of such unjustified appetite for territorial expansion is one of Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. Many "reasons" have been fed to the public, both Armenian and Western, of why Karabakh should be united with Armenia. However, the "Grand Plan" might put things in order for an observer - The Greater Armenia. According to Armenian historians a territory between three sees - Caspian, Black and Mediterranean - once was an Armenian Empire in...95-55 BC "The weakening of the Seleucids allowed the founding of the Armenian Artaxid dynasty(189 BC). Sometime later, the Artaxiad Tigranes II, the Great, (95-55 BC), along with hisally Mithradates VI (Eupator) of Pontus established a short-lived Armenian-Hellenisticempire which stretched from the Caucasus to Lebanon, and from Mesopotamia to the Pontic Alps. "(Source: http://www.calpoly.edu/~pkiziria/pub-files/history.html) True or not, these claims, appear to be enough to increase the appetites of the present day Armenians. A comparison of the alleged territorial span of the so-called Greater Armenia with what Armenian territory is today might give the reader an approximate idea of what the real extend of Armenian dream is. Therefore, Karabakh is just a beginning. Next, according to Armenians is Ararat (Turkey)
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