Timeline

640 The first Arab invasion of Armenia
Armenians retain local autonomy as vassals of the Arabs
840-929 Catholicos & Historian Hovhannes V Draskhanakerttsi
850 Armenian rebellion against Arab domination
(Events described in Tserents’s Travails of the 9th Century)
885-1045 Kingdom of Ani – Armenian self-rule established by King Ashot I Bagratuni
895-906 Tatev monastery in Syunik
c. 900 Historian Tovma Artsruni
c. 900 Daredevils of Sassoon epic
914-929 King Ashot II Bagratuni Yerkat (“Iron”) wards off Byzantine and Muslim invaders
915 Aghtamar church is built in Lake Van by architect Manuel