Armenia was never conquered by Alexander the Great. The Cambridge University historian W. Tran in his fine work on Alexander’s conquests noted: “Alexander the Great appointed Mithrinés as the satrap of Armenia and sent him there, but the country was never conquered.” Later he continued: “The successors of Alexander came quickly to the conclusion...
Map showing Armenia during Macedonian Empire 336 B.C.
Notice in the bottom left section Atropatene is a province of Medes to the south of Araxes river. No country named Azerbaijan exist on the map. The name “Azerbaijan” was borrowed and transformed from Atropatene (Aterpatakan) by Tatar Turks who established themselves in the lands of Albania many centuries later. A good example of how a nation is...
