page_title: Satrapy of Armenia
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Satrapy of Armenia / History / Origins
caption_attribution_description: Հայերեն: Հայի պատկեր, Պերսեպոլիսի բարձրաքանդակներից (մ.թ.ա. 6-րդ դար).English: Armenian gift bearer at Persepolis.
context_page_description: The Satrapy of Armenia was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC, which later became an independent kingdom. Its capitals were Tushpa and later Erebuni.
context_section_description: After the collapse of the Kingdom of Urartu (Ararat), the region was placed under the administration of the Median Empire and the Scythians. Later the territory was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire, which incorporated it as a satrapy, and thus named it the land of "Armina" (in Old Persian; "Harminuya" in Elamite; "Urashtu" in Babylonian).
caption: An Armenian tribute bearer carrying a metal vessel with griffin handles. 6th century BC
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