Who's your favorite minor power?

[Martok]

Anyway, I noticed some unusually powerful Armenians (this was in High):

Is that normal? I've never seen them crush the [remnants of the] Byz so easily and quickly, the pic is taken in 1240-1245.

Depends. If you started the game in Early, then yes it would be very unusual for the Armenians to even have survived that long, let alone prospered. They generally get eliminated by the Byz, Eggies, or Turks within the first 20 years or so.

If you started playing at the beginning of the High period, though, then the Armenians have a better chance of getting somewhere. None of their three original neighbors are as powerful, and the Crusader States seem to have a tendency to be friendly towards them.