Ashkharhatsuyts

Ashkharhatsuyts (Tsohon Armenian), sau da yawa ana fassara shi a matsayin Geography a cikin asalin Ingilishi, shine farkon yanayin Armeniya na zamani wanda aka danganta ga Anania Shirakatsi.

An yi imanin cewa an rubuta shi a wani lokaci tsakanin 610 da 636. A cewar Elizabeth Redgate, an rubuta shi "watakila jim kadan kafin AD 636". An yi jayayya da marubucinsa a zamanin yau; wanda aka yi imanin cewa aikin Movses Khorenatsi ne, yawancin masana yanzu suna danganta shi ga Anania Shirakatsi.; ; ; ;  Robert Hewsen ya kira shi "ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi dacewa da suka zo mana daga zamanin Armeniya".

Yanayin Armenia - kamar yadda aka fi sani - ya kasance da mahimmanci musamman don bincike a cikin tarihin da yanayin ƙasa na Babban Armenia, Caucasus (Georgia da Caucasian Albania) da Daular Sasanian,  duk an bayyana su dalla-dalla. An bayyana yankunan kafin mamayewar Larabawa da cin nasara. Bayanan game da Armenia ba a samun su a wasu wurare a cikin tushen tarihi ba,  saboda ita ce kawai sanannen aikin ƙasa na Armenia da aka rubuta kafin karni na 13.

Ashkharhatsuyts sun tsira a cikin dogon lokaci da gajeren lokaci. Dangane da yarjejeniyar masana, dogon sake dubawa shine asali. Don bayanin Turai, Arewacin Afirka da Asiya (duk duniya da aka sani daga Spain zuwa China),  ya fi amfani da asalin Girkanci, wato yanayin da ya ɓace yanzu na Pappus na Iskandariya (karni na 4), wanda shi ma, ya dogara ne akan yanayin Ptolemy (karni ya 2). A cewar Hewsen, shi ne "aiki na ƙarshe wanda ya dogara da ilimin ƙasa na dā da aka rubuta kafin Renaissance".

Yana daya daga cikin ayyukan Armeniya na farko da aka buga (a cikin 1668 ta Voskan Yerevantsi). An fassara shi cikin harsuna huɗu: Turanci, Latin (duka 1736), Faransanci (1819), da Rasha (1877).  A shekara ta 1877, Kerovbe Patkanian ya fara danganta shi ga Anania a matsayin marubucin da ya fi dacewa.

Wani aikin ƙasa na Anania Shirakatsi, The Itinerary (młon Tian), na iya kasancewa wani ɓangare na Ashkharhatsuyts. Ya gabatar da hanyoyi shida daga Dvin, babban birnin Armenia a wannan lokacin, zuwa manyan ƙauyuka a wurare daban-daban, tare da nisan mil (młon), yana nufin mil na Larabci na mita 1,917.6 (6,291 , a cewar Hakob Manandian.[1]

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