ARMENIA IN THE THRONE HIERARCHY
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD COUNTRIES

MURAD OHANYAN

Summary

    From various sources it is known, that in ancient times and in early middle ages, in Forward Asia and in the bordering regions among the states and peoples, or kings, representing those nations, there existed the hierarchy, of the throne.That is the step distribution of authority. In early times, in different sources at the higher steps of the hierarchical ladder, Hetas state and Hayasa were mentioned and further more often Assyria and Urartu. At the end of the 7th century B. C. the Assyrian union was defeated by allied army of Medians, Persians and Armenians. After all that the domination in the region passed to the union of Indo­European-Aryan peoples. Later on these conquerors divided authority and possession among themselves, in conformity with an occupied place on the hierarchical ladder. That depended on military power of the parties in the given period. From the 3rd century B. C., having achieved domination among the Iranian peoples and announcing themselves generation of Achemenids, Parthians joined the Aryan three. On all extent of domination of Aryan union (from fall of Assyria to Arabian domination), Armenia sometimes achieved the highest step on the throne hierarchy, but in conformity with the military power, borrowed territory and quantity of population, basically, it occupied the second or the third place on the step of the throne hierarchy. The highest throne owned Persia and Parthians most of all. Under dictation of existence of throne hierarchy, the history of region developed under the certain diagram. That enables, more correctly and deeply to represent ancient historical events, especially concerning the questions of the Aryan peoples, Indo-European ancestral home.