Orontid Armenia

Orontid Armenia was a state in Caucasus (Middle East) that lasted from c. 570 to 200 BCE, about 370 years. Its people spoke Other Indo-European languages (Armenian, Albanian, Thracian, Illyrian, Phrygian, Tocharian, Dacian).

Armenian satrapy under the Medes and Achaemenids that became a kingdom after Alexander. The Orontid dynasty ruled until Artaxias, a Seleucid general, replaced it around 200 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 570 to 200 BCE

Duration

370 years

Type

State

Region

Caucasus, Middle East

Language family

Other Indo-European

Capital

Armavir, Yervandashat

Came from

• Urartu c. 860 to 590 BCE

Became

• Artaxiad Armenia 189 BCE to 12 CE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 539 BCE Cyrus takes Babylon
• 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela

Neighbours in Middle East

• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE
• Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) c. 302 BCE to 580 CE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Seleucid Empire 312 to 63 BCE
• Kingdom of Pontus 281 to 63 BCE
• Kingdom of Pergamon 282 to 133 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE, East Asia
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE, Europe

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