…the historical name of the region centered on the Trans-Caucasian Republic of Armenia in southeastern Europe and the Armenian Plateau in eastern Turkey. The Armenians call themselves Hay (plural Hayk) and call this region Hayastan or Aiastan. The area in which they once lived as the main inhabitants was much larger than it is today, so in ancient times Armenia was sometimes used to refer to a wide area that stretched from present-day Georgia in the north, through Azerbaijan in the east to the Caspian Sea coast, the Mesopotamian lowlands in the south, and Cappadocia, which occupies the eastern half of Asia Minor in the west. … From the Caucasus…The Greeks had been migrating to western Georgia for a long time, and in the 6th century BC the Kingdom of Colchis (Egrisi) was established under their influence. In Armenia, the Ervandian (Orontid) Kingdom was established under the suzerainty of the Achaemenid Empire and Alexander the Great, and in the 4th century BC the Kingdom of Iberia was established in eastern Georgia. Later, the Kingdom of Albania (Kingdom of Caucasus Albania) was established in northern Azerbaijan by people of Dagestani origin. … *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ervand dynasty" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ヨーロッパ南東部,ザカフカスのアルメニア共和国と,トルコ東部のアルメニア高原を中心とする地域の歴史的な呼称。アルメニア人は自らをハイ(複数はハイク)といい,この地域をハイアスタンまたはアイアスタンと呼ぶ。かつて彼らが主要な住民として生活していた地域の範囲は,現在よりはるかに広く,そのため古くは,北は現在のグルジア,東はアゼルバイジャンを経てカスピ海沿岸まで,南はメソポタミアの低地,西は小アジアの東半を占めるカッパドキアまでという広い地域をアルメニアと称したこともあった。… 【カフカス】より…ギリシア人は古くから西グルジアに移住しており,前6世紀にはその影響下にコルキス(エグリシー)王国が成立した。アルメニアにはアケメネス朝とアレクサンドロス大王の宗主権下にエルバンド(オロンテス)朝王国が,前4世紀には東グルジアにイベリア王国が成立した。遅れてアゼルバイジャン北部にダゲスタン語派系の民族によるアルバニア王国(カフカス・アルバニア王国)も成立した。… ※「エルバンド朝」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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