Armenia (topography)
Date
2014Author
Sinclair, Thomas A.Publisher
BrillSource
Encyclopaedia of Islam OnlineGoogle Scholar check
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Armenia, grosso modo, is a high tableland which in general character consists of a series of plains separated by wide mountain or hill ridges. However, it is defined essentially by the geographical spread of its native population. It occupied a large part of present-day Turkey, the whole of the territory of the present Republic of Armenia, further districts, now in the Republic of Azerbaijan, immediately adjacent to the east, and the northwest corner of modern Iran. The preceding is the definiti...