What is History of Armenia?
[[File:Armenian Empire.png|thumb|250px|Tigranes the Great's Empire]] The '''history of Armenia''' and [[Armenians]] is very ancient and can go back at least 2000 BC. Archaeologists say the Shulaveri-Shomu culture of the central Transcaucasus region, and [[Armenia]] today, as the earliest known prehistoric culture in the area, carbon-dated to around 6000 - 4000 BC. But, a newer discovered tomb has been dated to 9000 BC. Another early culture in the [[Armenian Highland]]s and surrounding areas—the Kura-Araxes culture is in the period of ca. 4000 - 2200 BC, and is believed to have to go into the Trialeti culture (ca. 2200 - 1500 BC), and meaning [[Armenians]] are one of the oldest [[Indo-European peoples|Indo-European]] subgroups. == Urartu == [[Urartu]] was an ancient kingdom in the [[Armenian Highland]]s. Some experts say that the [[Armenians]] started as a mixture of the different peoples to move through the area in history: The [[Hurrians]], [[Urartu|Urarteans]], [[Luvians]] and [[Mushki]]. This last group, also knowns as [[Phrygia]]ns may have brought their [[Indo-European language]] to [[Armenia]]. The [[Armenian language]] today is Indo-European, but shows a lot of [[influence]] from the earlier pre-Indo-European languages, especially [[Urartian language|Urartean]]. <ref> “Armenians” in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture or EIEC, edited by J. P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams, published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. </ref> == Ancient period == {{main|Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity)|Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia}} The Armenians had friendly [[relationship|relations]] with the [[Parthia|Parthian empire]].<ref>The New Englander - Page 524 by William Lathrop Kingsley </ref> The [[fight]]ing between the [[Roman Empire]] and Parthia was centered in Armenia. Armenia was in between Parthian and the Roman Empire. The Armenians had already played a role in the early history of the Roman-Parthian relations. [[Tigranes the Great|Tigranes]] put [[military]] and [[politics|political]] relations with Rome and Parthia on an [