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The Orontid dynasty, also known by their native name Eruandid or Yervanduni, was a hereditary Armenian [99] dynasty and the rulers of the successor state to the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu (Ararat). [100] [101] [102] The Orontids established their supremacy over Armenia around the time of the Scythian and Median invasion in the 6th century BC.
In the early fourth century, the Kingdom of Greater Armenia adopted Christianity as its state religion, becoming the first state to do so. The Arsacid king of Armenia at the time, Trdat, was converted by Gregory the Illuminator, who became the first head of the Armenian Church. The traditional date for the conversion of Armenia is 301, although ...
The Bagratuni or Bagratid dynasty (Armenian: Բագրատունի, Armenian pronunciation: [bagɾatuni]) was an Armenian [3] royal dynasty which ruled the medieval Kingdom of Armenia from c. 885 until 1045. Originating as vassals of the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity, they rose to become the most prominent Armenian noble family during the ...
Armenia, also the Kingdom of Greater Armenia (Armenian: Մեծ Հայքի թագավորություն, romanized: Mets Hayk’i t’agavorut’yun), [8] or simply Greater Armenia or Armenia Major (Armenian: Մեծ Հայք Mets Hayk; [9] Latin: Armenia Maior) sometimes referred to as the Armenian Empire, was a kingdom in the Ancient Near East which existed from 331 BC to 428 AD.
After the fall of Urartu around 585 BC, the Satrapy of Armenia arose, ruled by the Armenian Orontid Dynasty, which governed the state in 585–190 BC. Under the Orontids, Armenia during this era was a satrapy of the Persian Empire, and after its disintegration (in 330 BC), it became an independent kingdom.
The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron. 642. Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery. 645. Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650.
The Macedonian dynasty, which ruled the empire between 867 and 1056, has been called the "Armenian dynasty" by some Armenian scholars such as George Bournoutian [78] and Mack Chahin. [79] Zachary Chitwood suggests the term Macedonian dynasty is "something of a misnomer" because of the (alleged) Armenian origin of Basil I, the dynasty's founder ...
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 ...