 Sophene as part of the Empire of Tigranes The Kingdom of Sophene (Armenian: Ծոփքի Թագավորութուն) was an ancient Armenian kingdom.[1][2][3] Founded sometime around the 3rd century B.C. the kingdom maintained independence until 90's B.C. when Tigranes the great conquered these territories as part of his empire[3] . An offshoot of this kingdom was the Kingdom of Commagene, when the Seleucids detached Commagene from Sophene.[1] Haik, the legendary ancestor of the Armenians. ...
The name Armenia is an exonym, the Armenian language name for the country being Hayk‘ (see Haik for a discussion of that name). ...
Haik is the legendary establisher of the first Armenian nation. ...
Hayasa-Azzi or Azzi-Hayasa was a confederation formed between the Kingdoms of Hayasa located South of Trabzon and Azzi, located North of the Euphrates and to the South of Hayasa. ...
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Urartu at its greatest extent 743 BC Urartu (Biainili in Urartian) was an ancient kingdom in the mountainous plateau between Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Caucasus mountains, later known as the Armenian Highland, and it centered around Lake Van (present-day eastern Turkey). ...
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. ...
The Orontid Dynasty was the first Armenian dynasty. ...
The Artaxiad Dynasty ruled Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Romans in AD 12. ...
Map showing Commagene as a tributary kingdom of the Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great. ...
The Arsacid Dynasty (Arshakuni Dynasty) ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from AD 54 to 428. ...
The medieval history of Armenia covers the history of Armenia during the Middle Ages. ...
Marzpanate period is the time in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when most of Armenia was governed by Marzbans (Governors-general of the boundaries), nominated by the Sassanid Persian King. ...
Byzantine Armenia is the name given to the Armenian part of the Byzantine Empire. ...
The Arab conquest of Armenia was a part of the Muslim conquests which began after the death of the prophet Muhammad. ...
The Bagratuni or Bagratid royal dynasty of Armenia (Armenian: Ô²Õ¡Õ£Ö€Õ¡Õ¿Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶ÕµÕ¡Ö Ô±Ö€Ö„Õ¡ÕµÕ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ ÕÕ¸Õ°Õ´ or Bagratunyac Arqayakan Tohm) is a royal family whose branches formerly ruled many regional polities, including Armenian lands of Syunik, Lori, Vaspurakan, Kars, Taron, and Tayk. ...
Vaspurakan was a province and then kingdom of Greater Armenia during the Middle Ages. ...
The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1199-1375. ...
Zakarid Armenia Ca. ...
Persian Armenia, AD 387-591 Persian Armenia corresponds to the Armenian territory controlled by Persia throughout history. ...
Patriarch Harutyun I The Ottoman rule of Armenia or Ottoman Armenia, beginning with the rule of Selim II (1524 – 1574) becomes the integral part of the Ottoman Empire. ...
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Contemporary political cartoon portraying Hamid as a butcher of the Armenians During the long reign of Sultan Hamid, unrest and rebellion occurred in many areas of the Ottoman Empire. ...
Armenian Genocide photo. ...
Motto None Anthem Mer Hayrenik (Our Fatherland) Map of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from March 1919 to March 1920. ...
State motto: ÕŠÖ€Õ¸Õ¬Õ¥Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€ Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ¸Ö€ Õ¥Ö€Õ¯Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ«, Õ´Õ«Õ¡ÖÕ¥Ö„! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ...
The military history of Armenia encompasses a period of several thousand years, as the Armenian people have existed as a nation since the Early Bronze Age. ...
// 883 BC: Foundation of the Kingdom of Urartu with Aramé. 834-828 BC: Reign of Sarduri I who constructs Tushpa (Van). ...
Roman province of Sophene, 120 CE Armenia Sophene was a short-lived (c. ...
Tigranes the Great (Armenian: , EA: Tigran Mets, WA: Dikran Medz, Greek: ) (ruled 95 BCE–55 BCE) (also called Tigranes II and sometimes Tigranes I) was a king of Armenia under whom the country became for a short time the strongest state in the Roman East. ...
Map showing Commagene as a tributary kingdom of the Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great. ...
Origins Initially a part of Urartu, Sophene became a province of the newly emerged ancient Armenian Kingdom of Orontids around 600 BC. Roman province of Sophene, 120 CE Armenia Sophene was a short-lived (c. ...
Motto: none Anthem: Mer Hayrenik Capital Yerevan Largest city Yerevan Official language(s) Armenian Government President Prime Minister Republic Robert Kocharian Andranik Markaryan Independence - Declared - Established From the Soviet Union August 23, 1990 September 21, 1991 Area • Total • Water (%) 29,800 km² (139th 1) 4. ...
The Orontid Dynasty was the first Armenian dynasty. ...
After Alexander the Great's campaigns in 330s BC and the subsequent collapse of the Achaemenid Empire, it became on of the first regions of Armenia to be exposed to Greek influence and adopted some aspects of Greek culture. Sophene remained part of the newly independent kingdom of Greater Armenia. Around the 3rd century BC, the Seleucid Empire forced Sophene to split from Greater Armenia, giving rise to the Kingdom of Sophene. The kingdom was ruled by a branch of the Armenian royal dynasty of Orontids[1]. For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ...
Founder of empires: Cyrus, The Great is still revered in modern Iran as he was in all the successor Persian Empires. ...
The Orontid Dynasty was the first Armenian dynasty. ...
References - ^ a b c Toumanoff, Cyril(1963) Studies in Christian Caucasian History, Georgetown University Press
- ^ Traditio, By Institute of Research and Study in Medieval Canon Law Summary(1943)Contributor Johannes Quasten, Stephan Kuttner, Fordham University Press
- ^ a b Bedoukian, Paul (1985). Coinage of the Armenia Kingdoms of Sophene and Commagene. Los Angeles: Armenian Numismatic Society, 30 pages. ISBN 0960684239.
| Kingdom of Sophene | Ancestor: Orontids Capital: Samosata, then Arsamosata
Dynasty: Sames (ca. 260 B.C.) •• Arsames I (ca. 240 B.C.) •• Arsames II (ca. 230 B.C.) •• Xerxes (ca. 220 B.C.) •• Abdissares (ca. 210 B.C.) •• Zariadres (ca. 190 B.C.) •• Morphilig (ca. 150 B.C.) •• Artanes (ca. 110 B.C.) •• The Orontid Dynasty was the first Armenian dynasty. ...
Samosata, meaning sun, was an ancient city whose ruins still exist at the modern Turkish city of Samsat. ...
Sames (Basque: Samatze) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. ...
Xerxes (died c. ...
Zariadres I (died 190 BC) was King of Sophene and the son of Xerses I and Antiochis of Syria. ...
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