Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Арменія (гістарычны рэгіён)" in Belarusian language version.
Armenian Armenian Hay plural Hayk or Hayq Member of an Indo-European people first recognized in the early 7th century BC when they moved into areas of Transcaucasia, Anatolia, and the Middle East that came to be known as Armenia
In ancient times the name “Armenia” designated the entire highland, which in spite of all political and historical changes in the course of time such as the temporary separation of certain districts or even the complete disintegration of the country, was defined by the Taurus mountains in the south, the upper Euphrates River in the west, the Caucasus mountains in the north, and Media Atropatene, the modern Azerbaijan in the east. In some parts of the area the Armenians constituted the majority of the population, in others only its upper classes, but they were everywhere the unifying element that maintained the culture and language of the whole region.
... Все это не помешало Антиоху III в 201 г., имея за спиной удачно завершенный восточный поход и победоносную войну с Египтом, устранить Ксеркса при посредничестве Антиохиды и обратить Софену в селевкидскую провинцию. Аналогичная судьба постигла в это же время царство Айрарат и его правителя - последнего Ерванда: Антиох III стремился укрепить свой тыл перед запланированным западным походом в Европу.
