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Armenia, also the Kingdom of Greater Armenia [9] or simply Greater Armenia or Armenia Major (Armenian: Մեծ Հայք Mets Hayk; [10] Latin: Armenia Maior), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Empire under Tigranes II, was an Armenian kingdom in the Ancient Near East which existed from 331 BC to 428 AD.
Ancient Armenia refers to the history of Armenia during Antiquity.It follows Prehistoric Armenia and covers a period of approximately one thousand years, beginning at the end of the Iron Age with the events that led to the dissolution of the Kingdom of Urartu, and the emergence of the first geopolitical entity called Armenia in the 6th century BC.
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), also known as Artaxiad or Arsacid Armenia, 380 BC to AD 387/428 Bagratid Armenia , also known as the Kingdom of Armenia, AD 885 to 1045 Other ancient Armenian kingdoms
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Public baths. Artashat (Armenian: Արտաշատ), Hellenized as Artaxata (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάξατα) and Artaxiasata (Ἀρταξιάσατα), [2] was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions.
15 provinces of Historical Armenia The ancient kingdom of Armenia had 15 provinces. [ 1 ] The provinces were called ashkharh ( Armenian : աշխարհ ), which means "world" in Armenian .
Stone tools from 325,000 years ago have been found in Armenia which indicate the presence of early humans at this time. [16]In the 1960s, excavations in the Yerevan 1 Cave uncovered evidence of ancient human habitation, including the remains of a 48,000-year-old heart, and a human cranial fragment and tooth of a similar age.
The Orontid dynasty, also known as the Eruandids or Eruandunis, ruled the Satrapy of Armenia until 330 BC and the Kingdom of Armenia from 321 BC to 200 BC. The Orontids ruled first as client kings or satraps of the Achaemenid Empire and after the collapse of the Achaemenid Empire established an independent kingdom.