Ararat is one of the provinces of Armenia. It is in the south of the country, bordering Turkey and Azerbaijan. Its capital is Artashat. Image File history File links ArmeniaArarat. ... (Artaxata), city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, founded by Artashes in 166 BC. Strabo and Plutarch described it as a large and beautiful city, terming it as the Armenian Carthage. ... Armenia is divided into 11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz): Aragatsotn Ararat Armavir Gegharkunik Kotayk Lorri Shirak Syunik Tavush Vayots Dzor Yerevan Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Provinces of Armenia ... (Artaxata), city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, founded by Artashes in 166 BC. Strabo and Plutarch described it as a large and beautiful city, terming it as the Armenian Carthage. ...
See also:Urartu. Urartu map Urartu was an ancient kingdom in eastern Anatolia, centred in the mountainous region around Lake Van (present-day Turkey), which existed from about 1000 BC, or earlier, until 585 BC, and which, at its apogee, stretched from northern Mesopotamia through the southern Caucasus, involving parts of present-day...
The Anatolian peninsula or Anatolia (Anadolu) consists of a high central plateau with narrow coastal plains, in between the Köroğlu and East-Black Sea mountain range to the north and the Taurus Mountains (Toros Dağları) to the south.
The province usually bears the same name as the provincial capital, also called the central subprovince; exceptions are Hatay (capital: Antakya), Kocaeli (capital: İzmit) and Sakarya (capital: Adapazarı).
Major provinces include: İstanbul 11 million, Ankara 4 million, İzmir 3.5 million, Bursa 2.1 million, Konya 2.2 million, Adana 1.8 million.
The traditional Mount Ararat, known as "Agri Dagh," is a single mountain in a vast plain in eastern Turkey; it is not a region of mountains as the Bible specifies.
By the time of the conversion of Armenia to Christianity (fourth century) and the introduction of an alphabet, so that the Bible could be translated into Armenian (fifth century), Armenia was a semi-independent kingdom whose religious and administrative centers were concentrated in the northern part of the country.
He was told that something is on top of this mountain, and he climbed as high as possible but was turned back by local tribesmen who said demons live on top of the mountain, and wild animals would harm him if he attempted to climb further.
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