What is Satrapy of Armenia?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Satrapy of Armenia | common_name = Satrapy of Armenia | native_name = Սատրապական Հայաստան<br>𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 | image_flag = | image_coat = | symbol_type = | image_map = Yervanduni Armenia, IV-II BC.gif | capital = Tushpa <br/> Erebuni | religion = Armenian polytheism<br/> Zoroastrianism<ref>Russell (1986), p. 51.</ref> | government_type = Monarchy | legislature = | currency = | footnotes = | status = Satrapy | year_end = 321 BC | year_start = 570 BC | flag_type = | image_map_caption = Territory of the Orontid Dynasty in IV-II BC | common_languages = Armenian<br/>Persian<br/>Aramaic (South)<br/>Median (East)<br/> | title_leader = Satrap | leader1 = Orontes I (first) <br/> Hydarnes (last) | event_start = | stat_year1 = | p1 = | s1 = | flag_p1 = | flag_p2 = | p2 = | flag_s1 = | flag_s2 = | s2 = | flag_s3 = | s3 = | flag_s4 = | s4 = }} The '''Satrapy of Armenia''', ({{lang-hy|Սատրապական Հայաստան}}, Satrapakan Hayastan; {{lang-peo|𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴}}, Armina) was an Armenian [[satrapy]] controlled by the Orontid dynasty. Armenia is one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom. == Origins == The Orontid dynasty, also known by their native name Eruandid or Yervanduni, was a hereditary Armenian{{Sfn|Lang|1983|p=535}}{{Sfn|Versluys|2017|p=48}}{{Sfn|Maranci|2018|p=21}} dynasty and the rulers of the Satrapy of Armenia. Most historians say the Orontids are of Iranian origin.{{Sfn|Toumanoff|1963|p=278}}{{Sfn|Garsoian|2005}}{{Sfn|Gaggero|2016}}{{sfn|Allsen|2011