KINGDOM OF ARARAT

ARMENIAN HISTORY . Formative Era and 

the Kingdom of Ararat 5000 BC Armenian language becomes a separate Indo-European language 

2700 BC First mention of Haya in Akkadian inscriptions 
2260 BC First mention of Armenia in Sumerian inscriptions 

1300 BC Founding of Kingdom of Ararat (Urartu) 
782 BC Founding of Erebuni/Erevan 
585 BC Yervandian Dynasty


THE PERSIAN KINGDOM

 (570-200) established when Kingdom of Ararat falls to Persians (Medes) 520 BC Armenia translated as Urartu in Behistun 


 Darius' OF Persian Empire 336 BC 



ALEXANDER



BATTLE OF GAUGAMELA

Alexander the Great,UNIFIED pERSIA INTO sELEUCID kINGDOM

 PERSIPOLIS, CAPITAL OF SELEUCID KINGDOM

Armenia incorporated into Seleucid Kingdom 2. Artashesian Kingdom 189 BC Artashes I – Consolidated Armenian State, founds Armenian dynasty that reaches its height under Tigran the Great and rules until 31 AD 95 BC Tigran the Great consolidates Armenian state with neighbors against Rome 0 Birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ 33 The Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ 35-60 The Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew bring Christianity to Armenia 3. Arshakuni Kingdom 66 Trdat I crowned King – founding Arshakuni dynasty that ruled Armenia through 428 during Armenia's conversion to Christianity 4. Adoption of Christianity, Golden Age 301 St. Grigor (Gregory the Illuminator) converts King Trdat III to Christianity and Armenia becomes the first Christian nation 303 Etchmiadzin (meaning the only-begotten descend