Tigranakert (also spelled Dikranagerd), now known as Dyarbekir, was founded by the Armenian Emperor Dikran the Great in the 1st century BC and after the fall of Julius Caesar. Dikranagerd was founded as the new capital of the Armenian Empire in order to be in a more central position within the boundaries of the growing nation. Armenia at this time had expanded east to the Caspian Sea, west to the Mediteranean, and south towards Israel advancing as far as the regions surroundings what is now the Krak des Chevaliers. Dikranagerd became a center for Armenian culture and was home to the Armenians up until the Armenian massacres of the 19th century and the Armenian Genocide of 1915, whence the population was erased and replaced by Kurds and Turks. Tigranes (sometimes Tigran or Dikran) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia. ... (2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) Events The Roman Republic... Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Krak des Chevaliers Krak des Chevaliers (also Crac des Chevaliers, fortress of the knights in a mixture of Arabic and French) was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria during the Crusades. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide Thesis (also known as the Armenian Holocaust or the Armenian Massacre) is a term which refer to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over a million Armenians, during the government of Young Turks from 1915 to 1917. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...