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c. 3500 BCE - c. 1000 BCEThe Hurrian culture flourishes in the Near East.
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3500 BCE - 2200 BCEOccupation of Shnagavit in ancient Armenia.
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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1200 BCEThe Hayasa-Azzi confederation flourishes in ancient Turkey and Armenia.
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c. 1320 BCEThe Hittite king Musili II attacks the Hayasa-Azzi confederation.
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c. 900 BCE - c. 590 BCEThe Urartu civilization flourishes in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey and western Iran.
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c. 782 BCEThe fortress of Erebuni is constructed in ancient Armenia.
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585 BCEThe Erebuni fortress in ancient Armenia is occupied by the Median Empire.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 200 BCEThe Orontid dynasty rules in ancient Armenia.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 560 BCEOrontes (Yervand) Sakavakyats reigns in Armenia, founder of the Orontid dynasty.
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522 BCEThe Persian satrapy of Armenia briefly cedes from the Achaemenid Empire but is brought under control by Darius I.
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333 BCEThe Armenian Orontid dynasty provides troops for the Persian cause at the Battle of Issus.
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331 BCEThe Armenian Orontid dynasty provides troops for the Persian cause at the Battle of Gaugamela.
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330 BCEArmavir is made the capital of Armenia, a state under control of the Macedonian Empire.
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c. 260 BCEThe unified kingdom of Commagene and Sophene rises in western Armenia.
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c. 212 BCE - c. 200 BCEReign of king Orontes IV (aka Yervand IV), last ruler of the Orontid dynasty.
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c. 200 BCE - c. 14 CEThe Artaxiad dynasty rules in Armenia.
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c. 200 BCE - c. 160 BCEReign of Artaxias I, founder of the Artaxiad dynasty in Armenia.
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c. 188 BCEArtaxata replaces Erebuni as the Armenian capital.
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176 BCEArtashat (Artaxata) is made the new capital of Armenia by Artaxias I.
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c. 95 BCE - c. 56 BCEReign of Tigranes II, king of Armenia.
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94 BCEArmenia king Tigranes II annexes the kingdom of Sophene.
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87 BCEArmenian king Tigranes II sacks Ecbatana, the Parthian royal summer residence.
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83 BCEArmenian king Tigranes II founds a new capital at Tigranocerta (aka Tigranakert).
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69 BCELicinius Lucullus leads a Roman army which defeats Armenian king Tigranes II and his capital Tigranocerta is captured. Artashat becomes the capital again.
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66 BCEPompey the Great rebuilds the Armenian city of Tigranocerta.
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66 BCEA Roman army led by Pompey the Great besieges Artashat in Armenia.
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c. 56 BCE - c. 34 BCEReign of Armenian king Artavasdes II.
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53 BCERoman general Marcus Licinius Crassus compels Armenia to provide troops for his campaigns against Parthia.
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34 BCERoman general Mark Antony attacks Armenia. The Armenian king Artavasdes II is taken captive to Alexandria.
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30 BCEArteses (Artashes) II is made king of Armenia by the Parthians.
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20 BCERoman emperor Augustus makes Tigranes III king of Armenia.n
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c. 6 CE - c. 12 CEReign of Tigran V, last Artaxiad king of Armenia.
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12 CE - 428 CEReign of the Arsacid dynasty in Armenia.
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52 CEParthian king Vologases I invades Armenia.
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54 CE - 60 CERoman general Corbulo successfully campaigns in Armenia.
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58 CEThe Roman general Corbulo captures the Armenian capital Artashat without a fight.
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63 CE - c. 88 CEReign of Tiridates I in Armenia.
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63 CEThe Treaty of Rhandia gives Rome and Parthia equality over Armenia rulers and government.
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72 CERoman emperor Vespasian annexes the kingdoms of Commagene and Lesser Armenia.
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114 CERoman emperor Trajan annexes Armenia and declares war on Parthia.
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117 CERoman emperor Hadrian grants independence to the Kingdom of Armenia.
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166 CEA Roman army sacks the Armenia capital of Artashat.
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c. 239 CE - c. 330 CELife of Saint Gregory the Illuminator who is credited with bringing Christianity to Armenia (dates disputed).
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252 CEThe Sasanid Empire invades the Kingdom of Armenia.
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c. 298 CE - c. 330 CEReign of Armenian king Tiridates the Great.
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298 CERoman Emperor Diocletian reunifies the Kingdom of Armenia.
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c. 303 CEWork is begun on Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Vagharshapat, Armenia.
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c. 314 CEArmenia adopts Christianity as the state religion.
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368 CE - 369 CEThe Sasanid Empire destroys several cities in the kingdom of Armenia.
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368 CEThe Sasanian ruler Shapur II sacks the Armenian city of Artashat.
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387 CEPartition of Armenia between the Roman and Sasanian Empires.
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c. 387 CERoman emperor Theodosius I and Shapur III of Persia agree to formally divide Armenia between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Empire.
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387 CETigranocerta in Armenia is renamed Martyropolis.
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405 CEThe Armenian alphabet is invented by Mesrop Mashtots.
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c. 410 CE - c. 490 CELife of the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi.
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422 CE - 428 CEReign of Armenia king Artashes IV, last ruler of the Arsacid dynasty.
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c. 428 CE - 652 CEPersia rules one half of Armenia as the Marzpanate, that is with marzpan viceroys.
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c. 439 CEMamikonian prince Hamazasp marries Sahakanyush and so unifies the estates of the Mamikonians and descendants of Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
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451 CEBattle of Avarayr between Armenian forces and those of the Sasanian Empire.
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483 CEEtchmiadzin Cathedral, Vagharshapat, Armenia is rebuilt by Vahan Mamikonian.
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484 CEThe Treaty of Nvarsak is signed between Persia and Armenia giving the latter a greater political autonomy and freedom of religious thought.
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485 CEVahan Mamikonian is made marzpan of Armenia.
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506 CEFirst Council of Dvin establishes that the Armenian Church did not recognize the Fourth Ecumenical Council.
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c. 554 CEThe Council of Dvin declares the Armenian Church's adherence to the doctrine of monophysitism.
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562 CEArtashat in Armenia is confirmed as an official trading post between Persia and the Byzantine Empire.
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623 CEThe Byzantine emperor Heraclius attacks the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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640 CE - 650 CEThe Rashidun Caliphate conquers Armenia.
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Oct 640 CEA Muslim Arab force attacks and captures the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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642 CEByzantine emperor Constans II attacks the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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651 CEArab Rashidun Caliphate conquers the Sasanian Empire.
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701 CEArmenia is formally annexed as a province of the Umayyad Caliphate.
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746 CE - 752 CEByzantine emperor Constantine V conducts successful campaigns in northern Syria and Armenia.
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789 CEPartav replaces Dvin as the capital of Armenia.
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862 CECouncil of Sirakawan between the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox Churches discuss Christological issues in an effort to reunify, although ultimately unsuccessful.
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892 CEA huge earthquake destroys much of Dvin, the Armenian capital.
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961 CEAni is made the capital of Armenia.
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1001 CE - 1006 CEThe cathedral at Ani is completed by Trdat the Architect.
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1021 CE - 1022 CEByzantine emperor Basil II wins victories in Armenia and Georgia.
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16 Aug 1064 CESeljuk Turks, under Alp Arslan, sack the former Armenian capital of Ani, then under Byzantine control.
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1124 CEGeorgia captures the city of Ani at the invitation of its Armenian population.
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1137 CEByzantine emperor John II Komnenos conquers the Rubenids in Armenia and occupies the capital at Anazarbos.
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1206 CEGeorgian forces under Tamar occupy the Armenian cities Erzurum and Kars.
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1209 CEThe Sultan of Ardabil sacks the Georgian-held Armenian city of Ani.
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1236 CEDvin, the former capital of Armenia, is destroyed during the Mongol invasion and definitively abandoned.