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Armenia
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Հայաստան (Հայք) - Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն [1]
Հայաստանը, (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն), պետություն է Եվրոպայի և Ասիայի սահմանագլխին, Հվ. Կովկասում, անկախացել է Խորհրդային Միությունից 1991-ին: 5-րդ դարում Մեսրոպ Մաշտոցը ստեղծել է հայկական գիրը, որը մինչև այսօր գործածվում է: Հայաստանի կրոնը Հայ Առաքելական եկեղեցին է` 301թ.-ից:
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Armenia - Republic of Armenia
The Republic of Armenia is a landlocked mountainous country in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, located in the Southern Caucasus. It shares borders with ► Turkey to the west, ► Georgia to the north, ► Azerbaijan with the break away republic of ► Nagorno-Karabakh to the east, and ► Iran and the ► Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south.
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| Short name |
Armenia |
| Official name |
Republic of Armenia |
| Status |
Independent country since 1990, recognized 1991 |
| Location |
Caucasus |
| Capital |
Երեւvan) |
| Population |
3,215,800 inhabitants |
| Area |
29,800 km² |
| Major languages |
Armenian |
| Major religions |
Armenian Apostolic Church |
| More information |
Armenia, Geography of Armenia, History of Armenia and Politics of Armenia |
| More images |
Armenia - Armenia (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Armenia |
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Detailed map of Armenia |
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Topography of Armenia |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Names of the provinces in Armenian |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Armenia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Armenia.
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Between 1500 - 1200 BC, states and tribes called Mitanni and Hayasa-Azzi existed in the western half of the Armenian Highland, often clashing with the Hittite Empire. Between 1200 - 800 BC, much of Armenia was united under a confederation of kingdoms, which Assyrian sources called Nairi ("Land of Rivers" in Assyrian"). The Egyptians used Nairi for Mitanni, referring to the "Land of Rivers". Nairi was later absorbed into the kingdom of Urartu. The Armenian state of Urartu exists between the ninth and sixth century BC. The second map shows Urartu at its greatest extent in the time of Sarduris II, 743 BCE. The following maps show the territorial development of Urartu between 860 and 585 BCE. |
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The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC |
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After the fall of Urartu around 585 BC, the Kingdom of Armenia was ruled by the Armenian Orontid Dynasty, which governed the state in 585 - 190 BC. Under Orontids, Armenia at times was an independent kingdom, and at other times a satrapy of the Persian Empire. This map shows the Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent. More maps: Atlas of the Persian Empire. |
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After the death of Alexander the Great, Armenia becomes part of the Seleucid Empire. |
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Kingdom of Armenia around 300 BCE under the Orontid Dynasty is most of the time a Seleucid vasal state. See also the next map. |
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Kingdom of Armenia in 250 BC. |
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After the destruction of the Seleucid Empire, a Hellenistic Armenian state was founded in 190 BC, with Artaxias becoming its first kings and the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty (190 BC - 1 AD). At the same time, a western portion of the kingdom split as a separate state under Zariadris, which became known as Lesser Armenia while the main kingdom acquired the name of Greater Armenia. At its zenith, from 95 to 66 BC, Greater Armenia extended its rule over parts of the Caucasus and the area that is now eastern and central Turkey, northwestern Iran, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, forming the second Armenian empire. For a time, Armenia was one of the most powerful states in the Roman East. It eventually confronted the Roman Republic in a war, which it lost in 66 BC, but nonetheless preserved its sovereignty. Tigranes continued to rule Armenia as an ally of Rome until his death in 55 BCE. This map shows Armenia between 189 and 63 BCE. |
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Later on, in 1 AD, Armenia came under Roman control until the establishment of the Armenian Arsacid dynasty. The Armenian people then adopted a Western political, philosophical, and religious orientation. For more maps see the Atlas of the Roman Empire. |
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Armenia was often a focus of contention between Rome and Parthia. This map shows the Parthian Empire (250 BCE-226 CE) controlling parts of Armenia. The Parthians forced Armenia into submission from 37 to 47, when the Romans retook control of the kingdom. |
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Under Nero, the Romans fought a campaign (55–63) against the Parthian Empire, which had invaded Armenia. After gaining (60) and losing (62) Armenia, the Romans entered (63) into the territories of Vologases I of Parthia, and returned the Armenian kingdom to Tiridates, founder of the Arshakuni Dynasty. This map shows Armenia under the Arshakuni Dynasty. |
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The Persian Sassanian Empire occupied Armenia in 252 and held it until the Romans returned in 287. In 387 the kingdom was split between the Byzantine or East Roman Empire and the Persians. Western Armenia quickly became a province of the Roman Empire under the name of Armenia Minor; Eastern Armenia remained a kingdom within Persia until 428, when the local nobility overthrew the king, and the Sassanids installed a governor in his place. For more maps see the Atlas of the Persian Empire. |
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In 591, the great Byzantine warrior and Emperor Maurice defeated the Persians and recovered much of the remaining territory of Armenia into the empire. The conquest was completed by the Emperor Heraclius in 629. See for more maps the Atlas of the Byzantine Empire. |
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In 645, the Muslim Arab armies of the Caliphate had attacked the country, which fell before them. Armenia, which once had its own rulers and was at other times under Persian and Byzantine control, passed largely into the power of the Caliphs. This map shows the expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman. See for more maps the Atlas of the Caliphate. |
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Evolving as a feudal kingdom in the 9th century, the Bagratuni Dynasty led Armenia on a brief cultural, political, and economic renewal. A new capital, Ani was constructed at the Kingdom's apogee, after recognition as a sovereign kingdom by Baghdad in 885, and Constantinople in 886. This map shows Armenia in the ninth century |
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This map shows the Armenian Kingdom of Vaspourakan in the 10th century |
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Armenia under control of Georgia 1089-1125 |
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To escape death or servitude at the hands of those who had assassinated his relative, Gagik II, King of Ani, an Armenian named Roupen with some of his countrymen went into the gorges of the Taurus Mountains and then into Tarsus of Cilicia. Here the Byzantine governor of the place gave them shelter. Thus, from around 1080 to 1375, the focus of Armenian nationalism moved south, as the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. This map shows Cilician Armenia 1199-1375 |
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This map shows changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders). For certain times, Armenia was under control of the Mongols.
Mongol Empire
By 1294 the empire had split into:
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The region in the aftermath of the Mongolian invasion, 1220-1245 |
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The region 1450-1515 |
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Armenia is conquered under the rule of Selim II (1524 – 1574) by the Ottoman Empire. However, the initial accession begins with Mehmed II, who also offered the Ottoman support to initiate Armenian Patriarch in Constantinople. This rule continued 300 years till the following the Russo–Turkish War (1828–1829), when the Eastern Armenia of this territory was ceded to the Russian Empire. The remaining Ottoman Armenia, till World War I, under Ottoman rule was also referred to as Western Armenia. See for more maps the Atlas of the Ottoman Empire. |
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The western part became part of the Ottoman Empire. Major Armenian extermination sites in the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide. |
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Armenia in 1914 |
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Border problems with the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. |
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Democratic Republic Armenia with the Democratic Republic of Georgia |
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In 1921 soviets invade Armenia and establish the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, that joins Transcaucasia in 1922. |
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Armenia inside the Sovier Union |
Armenia regains independence in 1991.
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Old map of Armenia from 1522 |
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Old map of Armenia from 1522 |
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Old map of Armenia from 1579 |
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Caucasus in 1729 |
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Map of Armenia and the South Caucasus in the Russian Empire from 1882 |
Ethnic maps
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Demographic map |
Satellite maps
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Satellite image of Armenia from May 2003 |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: Hayastan (Hayq)- Hayastani Hanrapetutyun.
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