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{{Short description|The state of Armenia in the 2nd century BC}} |
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{{for|United Armenia, a political goal of Armenian irredentists, sometimes known as "Greater Armenia"|United Armenia}} |
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{{see also|Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)}} |
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'''Greater Armenia''' or '''[[Armenia Major]]''' ({{lang-la|Armenia Maior}},<ref>{{Cite book |first=Johannes |last=Preiser-Kapeller|chapter=Chapter 8 Early Medieval Armenia between Empires (Fourth–Eleventh Century CE): Dynamics and Continuities |
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|chapter-url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004519916/BP000018.xml?language=en |editor-last=Pohl |editor-first=Walter |url=https://brill.com/view/title/62312 |title=Emerging Powers in Eurasian Comparison, 200–1100: Shadows of Empire |last2=Wieser |first2=Veronika |date=2023 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-51991-6 |doi=10.1163/9789004519916_010|page=263}}</ref> {{lang-hy|Մեծ Հայք|translit=Mets Hayk}}, {{lang-grc|Ἀρμενία Μεγάλη}}) is the region made of the 15 [[provinces of the kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|provinces of the kingdom of Armenia]]: [[Upper Armenia]], [[Fourth Armenia]], [[Aghznik]], [[Turuberan]], [[Mokk]], [[Korjaik]], [[Parskahayk]], [[Vaspurakan]], [[Syunik (historical province)|Syunik]], [[Artsakh (historical province)|Artsakh]], [[Paytakaran]], [[Utik]], [[Gugark]], [[Tayk]], and [[Ayrarat]].<ref name=Hewsen1997>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/HewsenHistoricalGeographyArmenia/page/n15/mode/2up |chapter=The Geography of Armenia |first=Robert H. |last= Hewsen |author-link=Robert H. Hewsen |
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|title=The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times|volume=I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century |date=1997 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0-333-61973-5 |location=New York, NY|oclc=940378935|editor-first=Richard G. |editor-last=Hovannisian |editor-link= Richard G. Hovannisian |pages=15–16}}</ref> Greater Armenia was separated from [[Lesser Armenia]] (''Pok'r Hayk′'', {{lang-la|Armenia Minor}}) by the [[Euphrates]].<ref name=Hewsen1997/> Lesser Armenia was never part of the [[Kingdom of Greater Armenia]].<ref name=Hewsen1997/> |
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'''Greater Armenia''' ({{lang-hy|Մեծ Հայք|translit=Mets Hayk}}) is the name given to the [[Armenian Empire|Armenian state]] that emerged in the [[Armenian Highlands]] during the reign of King [[Artaxias I]] at the turn of the 2nd century BC. The term was used to refer principally to the fifteen provinces that made up Armenian kingdoms throughout the [[classical history|classical]], [[late antique]], and [[Middle Ages|medieval]] periods by contemporary Armenian and non-Armenian authors alike.<ref>Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia," in ''The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times'', vol. 1: ''The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century'', ed. [[Richard G. Hovannisian]]. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997), p. 15.</ref> |
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==Extent== |
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Though its borders were never exactly defined, Greater Armenia usually referred to the stretch of land beginning from the [[Euphrates River]] to the west, the region of [[Artsakh (historic province)|Artsakh]] and parts of what are now [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Iranian Azerbaijan]] to the east, parts of the modern state of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] to the north, with its southern boundary rounding the northern tip of [[Mesopotamia]].{{cn|date=October 2023}} |
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The [[Roman Empire|Romans]] referred to it in Latin as ''Armenia Maior'' while the [[Greeks|Greek-speaking peoples]] called it ''Armenia Megale'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀρμενία Μεγάλη}}), to differentiate it from [[Lesser Armenia]] (''Pok'r Hayk′'', in Latin ''Armenia Minor'').<ref>{{in lang|hy}} [[Suren Yeremyan|Yeremyan, Suren]]. "Mets Hayk'," [[Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]], vol. 7, pp. 434-36.</ref> It would later be used to distinguish it from the medieval kingdom that was established in [[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia|Cilicia]], which was sometimes referred to as Little Armenia (not to be confused with Lesser Armenia).{{cn|date=October 2023}} |
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==Maps== |
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|The [[Emirate of Armenia]] in the 9th century AD |
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|Armenia as seen depicted in [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Cosmographia]]'' |
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|Armenia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria with Adjacent Regions, Karl von Spruner, published in 1865 |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*[[Nicholas Adontz|Adontz, Nicholas]]. ''Armenia in the Period of Justinian: The Political Conditions Based on the Naxarar System'', trans. [[Nina Garsoïan]] (Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1970). |
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*[[Robert Hewsen|Hewsen, Robert H.]] ''Armenia: A Historical Atlas'' (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2001). |
*[[Robert Hewsen|Hewsen, Robert H.]] ''Armenia: A Historical Atlas'' (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2001). |
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Revision as of 13:14, 4 December 2023
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Greater Armenia (Armenian: Մեծ Հայք, romanized: Mets Hayk) is the name given to the Armenian state that emerged in the Armenian Highlands during the reign of King Artaxias I at the turn of the 2nd century BC. The term was used to refer principally to the fifteen provinces that made up Armenian kingdoms throughout the classical, late antique, and medieval periods by contemporary Armenian and non-Armenian authors alike.[1]
Extent
Though its borders were never exactly defined, Greater Armenia usually referred to the stretch of land beginning from the Euphrates River to the west, the region of Artsakh and parts of what are now Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan to the east, parts of the modern state of Georgia to the north, with its southern boundary rounding the northern tip of Mesopotamia.[citation needed]
The Romans referred to it in Latin as Armenia Maior while the Greek-speaking peoples called it Armenia Megale (Ἀρμενία Μεγάλη), to differentiate it from Lesser Armenia (Pok'r Hayk′, in Latin Armenia Minor).[2] It would later be used to distinguish it from the medieval kingdom that was established in Cilicia, which was sometimes referred to as Little Armenia (not to be confused with Lesser Armenia).[citation needed]
Maps
Maps of Greater Armenia
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The Emirate of Armenia in the 9th century AD -
Armenia as seen depicted in Ptolemy's Cosmographia -
Armenia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria with Adjacent Regions, Karl von Spruner, published in 1865
References
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia," in The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, vol. 1: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century, ed. Richard G. Hovannisian. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997), p. 15.
- ^ (in Armenian) Yeremyan, Suren. "Mets Hayk'," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, pp. 434-36.
Further reading
- Adontz, Nicholas. Armenia in the Period of Justinian: The Political Conditions Based on the Naxarar System, trans. Nina Garsoïan (Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1970).
- Hewsen, Robert H. Armenia: A Historical Atlas (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2001).