Armenian Mesopotamia
Historical region of Armenia
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Period | Ancient history |
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Dates | 401 BC – 387 AD |
Preceded by | Satrapy of Armenia |
Followed by | Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) |
Armenian Mesopotamia was a region in Northern Mesopotamia that was inhabited partly by Armenians . Tigranes the Great seized Northern Mesopotamia, [1] and from 401 BC , to 387 AD was part of Kingdom of Armenia . Later it was ruled by the Sassanid Empire , the Caliphates , the Buyids , the County of Edessa , the Timurids , Qara Qoyunlu , Aq Qoyunlu , and the Safavids . Then, following the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab , it became part of the Ottoman Caliphate (although briefly taken by Nader Shah of the Afsharid dynasty ) and Turkey . Its Armenian population remained until the Armenian genocide of WWI. [ citation needed ]
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- ↑ The city of the Moon god: religious traditions of Harran By Tamara M. Green - Page 46
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