The Armenian diaspora established itself after continued participation in global trade networks. This began with the Armenian merchants of the later middle ages, who were trade partners with the Crusaders and Mongols. During the early modern period, Ottoman Armenians and others, who were forcibly relocated to Persia, placed themselves as tradesmen in Persia, India, and Europe. Thus, Armenian communities were established around the world, creating an earlier diaspora then the one which resulted after the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Later, after the Soviet collapse, the new Republic of Armenia was born, hundreds of years after the fall of the last Armenian kingdom. History of Armenia Part 1 is not a pre-requisite to take this class.