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Greater Armenia or Armenia Major (Latin: Armenia Maior,[1] Armenian: Մեծ Հայք, romanized: Mets Hayk, Ancient Greek: Ἀρμενία Μεγάλη) is the region made of the 15 provinces of the kingdom of Armenia: Upper Armenia, Fourth Armenia, Aghznik, Turuberan, Mokk, Korjaik, Parskahayk, Vaspurakan, Syunik, Artsakh, Paytakaran, Utik, Gugark, Tayk, and Ayrarat.[2] Greater Armenia was separated from Lesser Armenia (Pok'r Hayk′, Latin: Armenia Minor) by the Euphrates.[2] Lesser Armenia was never part of the Kingdom of Greater Armenia.[2]

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  • Emirate of Armenia 9th century AD
    The Emirate of Armenia in the 9th century AD
  • Armenia Maior in Ptolemy's Cosmographia
    Armenia Maior in Ptolemy's Cosmographia
  • Armenia Maior, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria with Adjacent Regions, Karl von Spruner, published in 1865
    Armenia Maior, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria with Adjacent Regions, Karl von Spruner, published in 1865
  • Greater Armenia within the borders of King Tigranes II's brief-lived empire (ca. 80 BC)
    Greater Armenia within the borders of King Tigranes II's brief-lived empire (ca. 80 BC)

References

  1. ^ Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes; Wieser, Veronika (2023). "Chapter 8 Early Medieval Armenia between Empires (Fourth–Eleventh Century CE): Dynamics and Continuities". In Pohl, Walter (ed.). Emerging Powers in Eurasian Comparison, 200–1100: Shadows of Empire. Brill. p. 263. doi:10.1163/9789004519916_010. ISBN 978-90-04-51991-6.
  2. ^ a b c Hewsen, Robert H. (1997). "The Geography of Armenia". In Hovannisian, Richard G. (ed.). The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. Vol. I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-333-61973-5. OCLC 940378935.

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