3000 BCE - 2023
Tarihin Armeniya
Armeniya tana cikin tsaunukan da ke kewaye da tsaunukan Ararat na Littafi Mai-Tsarki.Asalin sunan Armeniya na ƙasar shine Hayk, daga baya Hayastan.Maƙiyin tarihi na Hayk (babban sarkin Armeniya) shi ne Bel, ko kuma a wasu kalmomin Ba'al.Ƙasar da ke kewaye da ita ce ta ba ƙasar sunan Armeniya, kuma a al'adance an samo ta ne daga Armenak ko Aram (ɗan jikan jikan Haik, da kuma wani shugaba wanda, bisa ga al'adar Armeniya, kakan dukkan Armeniyawa). .A zamanin Bronze, jihohi da yawa sun bunƙasa a yankin Babban Armeniya, gami da daular Hittiyawa (a tsawon ƙarfinta), Mitanni (Armeniya ta kudu maso yamma), da Hayasa-Azzi (1600-1200 KZ).Ba da daɗewa ba bayan Hayasa-Azzi sune ƙungiyar kabilar Nairi (1400-1000 KZ) da Masarautar Urartu (1000-600 KZ), waɗanda suka kafa ikon mallakarsu a kan Dutsen Armeniya.Kowace al'ummai da kabilun da aka ambata sun shiga cikin ƙabilanci na mutanen Armeniya.Yerevan, babban birnin Armeniya na zamani, ya samo asali ne a karni na 8 KZ, tare da kafa kagara na Erebuni a shekara ta 782 KZ da Sarki Argishti na I a yammacin iyakar filin Ararat.An bayyana Erebuni a matsayin "an tsara shi a matsayin babbar cibiyar gudanarwa da addini, cikakken babban birnin sarauta."Daular Orontid ta maye gurbin daular Age na Urartu (Assuriya don Ararat).Bayan mulkin Farisa da na Macedonia , daular Artaxiad daga 190 KZ ta haifar da mulkin Armeniya wanda ya kai kololuwar tasirinsa a karkashin Tigranes mai girma kafin ya fada karkashin mulkin Romawa.A cikin 301, Arsacid Armeniya ita ce ƙasa ta farko da ta karɓi Kiristanci a matsayin addinin ƙasa.Daga baya Armeniyawa sun fada karkashin mulkin Byzantine, Sassanid Persian , da mulkin Islama, amma sun maido da 'yancin kansu tare da daular Bagratid ta Armeniya.Bayan faduwar daular a shekara ta 1045, da kuma mamayar da Seljuk ta yi wa Armeniya a shekara ta 1064, Armeniyawa sun kafa daula a Kilicia , inda suka tsawaita ikonsu zuwa 1375.Tun daga farkon ƙarni na 16, Babbar Armeniya ta kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin Farisa Safavid ;duk da haka, a cikin ƙarni na yammacin Armeniya sun fada ƙarƙashin mulkin Ottoman , yayin da Armeniya ta gabas ta kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin Farisa.A karni na 19, Rasha ta mamaye Gabashin Armeniya kuma an raba babbar Armeniya tsakanin Daular Ottoman da Rasha .