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| == Background == | == Background == | ||
| The ] is native to China and spread to Europe through the Armenia Highlands. It came to be known throughout the ancient world as the Armenian fruit. Its botanical name Prunus armeniaca, derives from the ] vernacular for apricot, Armeniacum |
The ] is native to China and spread to Europe through the Armenia Highlands. It came to be known throughout the ancient world as the Armenian fruit. Its botanical name Prunus armeniaca, derives from the ] vernacular for apricot, Armeniacum. | ||
| The Armenian Plateau was the "epicenter of the Iron Age". <ref>S. K. Dikšit. Introduction to Archaeology, Moscow, 1960.</ref> | The Armenian Plateau was the "epicenter of the Iron Age". <ref>S. K. Dikšit. Introduction to Archaeology, Moscow, 1960.</ref> | ||
| It is also believed to be one of the possible locations of the ]. <ref>Mesopotamian Trade. Noah's Flood: The Garden of Eden, W. Willcocks, H. Rassam pp. 459-460</ref> | It is also believed to be one of the possible locations of the ]. <ref>Mesopotamian Trade. Noah's Flood: The Garden of Eden, W. Willcocks, H. Rassam pp. 459-460</ref> | ||
| After the ice age meltdown ca. 10,500 B.C., the climatic changes caused worldwide floods. Only a few highland areas survived. The major center of this haven was the Armenian Highlands, called Mountains of Ararat in the holy Bible. <ref>The World's Oldest Music Sheet in Hurrian (Aryan Armenian) By Melkon Armen Khandjian</ref> | |||
| Some scholars believe, for example, that the earliest mention of the Armenians is in the Akkadian inscriptions dating to the 28th-27th centuries BC, in which the Armenians are referred to as the sons of Haya, after the regional god of the Armenian Highlands. <ref>], Hnaguyn Petut’yunĕ Hayastanum–Aratta (Yerevan: Depi yerkir 1992) 41.</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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The Armenian Highland (also known as the Armenian Upland or Armenian Plateau) is part of the Transcaucasian Highland and constitutes the continuation of the Caucasus mountains, also referred as eastern Armenia. Most of the Armenian Highland is in Turkey, with some part in Iran. Almost all of Armenia is within the Armenian Highland. The Armenian Upland also extends into western parts of Azerbaijan.
Its total area is about 400,000 km². The highest point is Mount Ararat, 5,165 metres (16,945 ft). It is a mixture of lava plateaus, volcanic cones, and fault-fold ranges featuring mountain steppes and semi-deserts. There are a number of lakes in tectonic depressions (Lake Sevan, Lake Van, Lake Urmia). The name Armenian Highland is not used by the neighboring countries of Armenia for political and historical reasons. In Turkey, the term Eastern Anatolia Region (Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is now generally used.
Background
The apricot is native to China and spread to Europe through the Armenia Highlands. It came to be known throughout the ancient world as the Armenian fruit. Its botanical name Prunus armeniaca, derives from the Latin vernacular for apricot, Armeniacum.
The Armenian Plateau was the "epicenter of the Iron Age".
It is also believed to be one of the possible locations of the Garden of Eden.
See also
- Eastern Armenia
- Western Armenia
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Greater Armenia (political concept)
- Lesser Armenia
- Lesser Armenia (Cilicia)
- Russian Armenia
- Armenian Genocide
- Wilsonian Armenia
References
- "Armenian Highland." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia
- Kalantar, Ashkharbek, Armenia: From the Stone Age to the Middle Ages, Civilisations du Proche Orient, Se´rie 1, Vol. 2, Recherches et Publications, Neuchâtel, Paris, 1994;ISBN: 2-940032-01-7;ISBN13: 978-2-940032-01-3
- Kalantar, Ashkharbek, The Mediaeval Inscriptions of Vanstan, Armenia, Civilisations du Proche-Orient: Series 2 - Philologie - CDPOP 2, Vol. 2, Recherches et Publications, Neuchâtel, Paris, 1999;ISBN: 2-940032-11-4;ISBN13: 978-2-940032-11-2
- Kalantar, Ashkharbek, Materials on Armenian and Urartian History (with a contribution by Mirjo Salvini), Civilisations du Proche-Orient: Series 4 - Hors Série - CPOHS 3, Neuchâtel, Paris, 2004;ISBN: 2-940032-14-9;ISBN13: 978-2-940032-14-3
- S. K. Dikšit. Introduction to Archaeology, Moscow, 1960.
- Mesopotamian Trade. Noah's Flood: The Garden of Eden, W. Willcocks, H. Rassam pp. 459-460