Armenia has a millennia-old history of education and culture
In 301 AD, Christianity was declared the state religion
At the beginning of the Fifth Century, St. Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian alphabet for the prime purpose of translating the Bible into Armenian from the Syriac and Greek texts. This took place between the years 404 - 434 AD and was performed by a group of saints known as the Holy Translators.
From the Sixth to the Fourteenth Centuries there was tremendous scholarly activity at numerous centres of higher education.
With the fall of Armenian statehood in the second half of the 14th Century, Armenian cultural life continued to develop abroad in India, Italy, France, Russia, Georgia, and other countries.