Ancient Armenia

Ancient Armenia refers to the history of Armenia during Antiquity. It follows Prehistoric Armenia and covers a period of approximately one thousand years, beginning at the end of the Iron Age with the events that led to the dissolution of the Kingdom of Urartu, and the emergence of the first geopolitical entity called Armenia in the 6th century BC. Highlights of this period include the rise of ancient Armenia as an important state in Western Asia in the 4th century BC; a briefly held empire under Julius Caesar's contemporary the Great King Tigranes II ("the Great"); the kingdom's official conversion to Christianity in 301;^[1] and the creation of the Armenian alphabet in the year 405.^[2] It concludes with the demise of the Armenian kingdom and the country's partition later in the 5th century, marking the beginning of Medieval Armenia.

^ Herszenhorn, David M. (3 October 2013). "Armenian Church, Survivor of the Ages, Faces Modern Hurdles". The New York Times.
^ "Armenian alphabet | writing system".

[1] Herszenhorn, David M. (3 October 2013). "Armenian Church, Survivor of the Ages, Faces Modern Hurdles". The New York Times.

[2] "Armenian alphabet | writing system".

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