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The Kingdom of Armenia is a formable for 
Armenia which has been added to the game in the Arabian Tile Update. It is located in Asia 
Background[]
The Kingdom of Armenia founded in 331 BC and ended in 428 AD. It consisted of eastern 
Turkey, northern 
Iraq and a lot of lands in 
Syria. It collapsed in 428 A.D.
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The Kingdom of Armenia, also the Kingdom of Greater Armenia, or simply Greater Armenia (Armenian: Մեծ Հայք 'Mets Hayk'; Latin: Armenia Maior), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Empire, was a monarchy in the Ancient Near East which existed from 321 BC to 428 AD. Its history is divided into successive reigns by three royal dynasties: Orontid (321 BC–200 BC), Artaxiad (189 BC–12 AD) and Arsacid (52–428). The root of the kingdom lies in one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia called Armenia (Satrapy of Armenia), which was formed from the territory of the Kingdom of Ararat (860 BC–590 BC) after it was conquered by the Median Empire in 590 BC. The satrapy became a kingdom in 321 BC during the reign of the Orontid dynasty after the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, which was then incorporated as one of the Hellenistic kingdoms of the Seleucid Empire. Under the Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC), the Armenian throne was divided in two – Armenia Maior and Sophene – both of which passed to members of the Artaxiad dynasty in 189 BC. During the Roman Republic's eastern expansion, the Kingdom of Armenia, under Tigranes the Great, reached its peak, from 83 to 69 BC, after it reincorporated Sophene and conquered the remaining territories of the falling Seleucid Empire, effectively ending its existence and raising Armenia into an empire for a brief period, until it was itself conquered by Origins: The geographic Armenian Highlands, then known as the highlands of Ararat (Assyrian: Urartu), was originally inhabited by Proto-Armenian tribes which did not yet constitute a unitary state or nation. The highlands were first united by tribes in the vicinity of Lake Van into the Kingdom of Van (Urartian: Biainili). The kingdom competed with Assyria over supremacy in the highlands of Ararat and the Fertile Crescent. Both kingdoms fell to Iranian invaders from the neighboring East (Medes, followed by Achaemenid Persians) in the 6th century BC. Its territory was reorganized into a satrapy called Armenia (Old Persian: Armina, Elamite: Harminuya, Akkadian: Urashtu). The Orontid dynasty ruled as satraps of the Achaemenid Empire for three centuries until the empire's defeat against Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, a Macedonian general named Neoptolemus obtained Armenia until he died in 321 BC and the Orontids returned, not as satraps, but as kings. During Orontid Rule: Orontes III and the ruler of Lesser Armenia, Mithridates, recognized themselves independent, thus elevating the former Armenian satrapy into a kingdom, giving birth to the kingdoms of Armenia and Lesser Armenia. Orontes III also defeated the Thessalian commander Menon, who wanted to capture Sper's gold mines. Weakened by the Seleucid Empire which succeeded the Macedonian Empire, the last Orontid king, Orontes IV, was overthrown in 200/201 BC and the kingdom was taken over by a commander of the Seleucid Empire, Artashes I, who is presumed to be related to the Orontid dynasty himself. During Artaxiad Rule: The Seleucid Empire's influence over Armenia had weakened after it was defeated by the Romans in the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. A Hellenistic Armenian state was thus founded in the same year by Artaxias I alongside the Armenian kingdom of Sophene led by Zariadres. Artaxias seized Yervandashat, united the Armenian Highlands at the expense of neighboring tribes and founded the new royal capital of Artaxata near the Araxes River. According to Strabo and Plutarch, Hannibal received hospitality at the Armenian court of Artaxias I. The authors add an apocryphal story of how Hannibal planned and supervised the building of Artaxata. The new city was laid on a strategic position at the juncture of trade routes that connected the Ancient Greek world with Bactria, India and the Black Sea which permitted the Armenians to prosper. Tigranes the Great saw an opportunity for expansion in the constant civil strife to the south. In 83 BC, at the invitation of one of the factions in the interminable civil wars, he entered Syria, and soon established himself as ruler of Syria—putting the Seleucid Empire virtually at an end—and ruled peacefully for 17 years. During the zenith of his rule, Tigranes the Great extended Armenia's territory outside of the Armenian Highland over parts of the Caucasus and the area that is now south-eastern Turkey, Iran, Syria and Lebanon, becoming one of the most powerful states in the Roman East. During Roman Influence: Armenia came under the Ancient Roman sphere of influence in 66 BC, after the battle of Tigranocerta and the final defeat of Armenia's ally, Mithridates VI of Pontus. Mark Antony invaded and defeated the kingdom in 34 BC, but the Romans lost hegemony during the Final War of the Roman Republic in 32–30 BC. In 20 BC, Augustus negotiated a truce with the Parthians, making Armenia a buffer zone between the two major powers.Augustus installed Tigranes V as king of Armenia in AD 6 but ruled with Erato of Armenia. The Romans then installed Mithridates of Armenia as client king. Mithridates was arrested by Caligula, but later restored by Claudius. Subsequently, Armenia was often a focus of contention between Rome and Parthia, with both major powers supporting opposing sovereigns and usurpers. The Parthians forced Armenia into submission in AD 37, but in AD 47 the Romans retook control of the kingdom. In AD 51 Armenia fell to an Iberian invasion sponsored by Parthia, led by Rhadamistus. Tigranes VI of Armenia ruled from AD 58, again installed by Roman support. The period of turmoil ends in AD 66, when Tiridates I of Armenia was crowned king of Armenia by Nero. For the remaining duration of the Armenian kingdom, |
Base Stats[]
Manpower[]
The Kingdom of Armenia has a manpower cap of 529,282
Resources[]
| Resources of Kingdom of Armenia | |
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 Copper
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+2.22 |
 Gold
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+1.1 |
Strategy[]
Begin as Armenia and then build 1 electronics factories, proceed by importing 3 units of copper and 3 units of gold as fast as possible. Switch to mass attack doctrine for manpower gain (but keep in mind this will lower the starting experience of your troops) and recruit all available men to merge with your home guard for an army of 80,000. Justify war (Casus Belli: Conquest) on 
Azerbaijan and 
Georgia, and build recruitment centers. At this time, you should also build steel and motor factories. Then, you should from 
Transcaucasia to gain stability and instant integration of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
During this process which you should be performing at lightning speed, ally several people to make a coalition against Turkey, because your chances of forming or at least surviving are at 0% if you don't. You may also want to seek allies to help with 
Russia, however 
China players fancy invading Russia often so more times than not you won't have to worry.
Use AI luring to invade Azerbaijan and Georgia, then fortify your country. Make 1k tanks and 100-200 artillery, and then declare war on Turkey. Taunt Turkey into crashing waves of men into your forts and artillery range, draining Turkey's manpower and causing the player's confidence to drop. Launch a steady advance into Turkey, and build frigates within Georgia's ports to blockade Turkey and any naval invasions they attempt. From there, use any means necessary to take the whole country.
After the Turks are dealt with, acquiring Syria, Turkey, and 
Israel shouldn't be hard unless 
Egypt has taken said territory already. If Egypt has taken the territory, get one or two allies to help you curb-stomp them or ask them nicely for it, and then form the Kingdom of Armenia.
Threats[]
Russia will want to annex you to form the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire.- Iran wanting to form the Persian Empire.
- Turkey expanding into southern for the Ottoman Empire.
