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    In Assyrian times, the region of Armenia was called Urartu. A Hurrian people lived in the Armenian region by about 3000 BC under pressure from the Hittites and then the Assyrians, the people of the region eventually united.

    Aramu (Armenian Aram) was the first king of Urartu in 880 BC. His capital was at Arzashkun. By 824 BC, the capital had moved to Tushpa (modern Van).
    During the eighth century BC the kingdom expanded until it reached from Cololius to Syria and as far north as the land of the Georgians.

    Urartu fell apart around 600 BC under the pressure of Cimmerians and Scythians from the north and from the Iranian Medes. Indo-European and other peoples now entered the region and absorbed the earlier Urartians, who survived for some time as the Chaldians or Alarodians.

    Armenia was a statropy or province of Persia during the times of the Achaemenids.
    An Armenian dynasty ruled independently after Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great. Hannibal of Carthage was a friend of the Armenian ruler, Artaxias or Artashes (190 to 159 BC and he reportedly retired to Armenia. Armenia became a major power under Artaxias' descendant, Tigranes II the Great, who ruled from 95 to 56 BC.

    Under Tigranes, Armenia's boundaries echoed those of Urartu at its height. the Romans later battled with the Armenians and the emporer Mero handed Armenia to a Parthinian prince, known as Trdat, or Tiridates.

    Sources:
    1) Avesta.org
    2) The Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations, ed. Arthur Cotterell, New York. Penguin Book 1980, 1988
    3) the Ancient Orient


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    Those wear great years for the Armenian nation, but our golden age is yet to come...

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      Re: In Assyrian times...

      Originally posted by Davo88
      Those wear great years for the Armenian nation, but our golden age is yet to come...


      I won't hold my breath.

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        ^Interesting, I have heard about Urartu through the internet as well, but I always wondered if it was a different culture, or if it was Ancient Armenia. Thanks for clearing that up!

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          A very short (accurate) summary. I'd like to point out that Assyria crumbled and did not exist after 600 B.C., so most of this is not happening during their time. Also, there were semi-autonomous and independent Armenian rulers, namely the Yervandunis, who ruled parts of Armenia as early as 585 B.C. The Artaxiads are mistakenly recognized as the first Armenian dynasty, a common misconception. They did have greater autonomy than the Yervandunis, though, who were on-and-off enemies of the Seleucids and had parts of their kingdom (namely Dsopk or "Sophene") absorbed into the Seleucid realm.


          Originally posted by Elia
          Interesting, I have heard about Urartu through the internet as well, but I always wondered if it was a different culture, or if it was Ancient Armenia.
          Urartu (or Bianili as the Urartians called it) had a different culture and language from Armenians. Obviously, after Urartu's downfall, Armenian culture absorbed aspects of Urartian culture, including some Urartian words. There are many theories as to the language of the kingdom, although it is evident that in the later years of Urartian power, most of its inhabitants were Armenian speakers, and some of their late kings were Armenians. The relationship of Urartu and Armenia is similar to that of the Etruscans and Romans.

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            Re: In Assyrian times...

            Originally posted by ArmSurvival View Post
            A very short (accurate) summary. I'd like to point out that Assyria crumbled and did not exist after 600 B.C., so most of this is not happening during their time. Also, there were semi-autonomous and independent Armenian rulers, namely the Yervandunis, who ruled parts of Armenia as early as 585 B.C. The Artaxiads are mistakenly recognized as the first Armenian dynasty, a common misconception. They did have greater autonomy than the Yervandunis, though, who were on-and-off enemies of the Seleucids and had parts of their kingdom (namely Dsopk or "Sophene") absorbed into the Seleucid realm.




            Urartu (or Bianili as the Urartians called it) had a different culture and language from Armenians. Obviously, after Urartu's downfall, Armenian culture absorbed aspects of Urartian culture, including some Urartian words. There are many theories as to the language of the kingdom, although it is evident that in the later years of Urartian power, most of its inhabitants were Armenian speakers, and some of their late kings were Armenians. The relationship of Urartu and Armenia is similar to that of the Etruscans and Romans.
            Very sorry, but can you remind me who the Etruscans were? (I don't really remember much from 6th grade history)

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              They were the dominant cultural and linguistic group of central/northern Italy before the Latins gained power in Rome. The Etruscans used to rule the Latins until many decisive military victories by the Latins, which led them to create the Roman Republic and eventually the Roman empire, and the Etruscans were assimilated into Roman culture in the centuries which followed.

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                Originally posted by ArmSurvival View Post
                They were the dominant cultural and linguistic group of central/northern Italy before the Latins gained power in Rome. The Etruscans used to rule the Latins until many decisive military victories by the Latins, which led them to create the Roman Republic and eventually the Roman empire, and the Etruscans were assimilated into Roman culture in the centuries which followed.
                So, Etruscans are to Romans, as Urartians are to Armenians, right?

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                  Yea there are many similarities between the two relationships.

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                    Originally posted by ArmSurvival View Post
                    Yea there are many similarities between the two relationships.
                    Does that mean Armenians are technically part Urartian?

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