Tmorik

Tmorik (Old Armenian: Տմորիք, romanized: Tmorik῾) was a region and system of defenses[1] in the south of the Kingdom of Armenia.[2] It was named after its main fortress. It was built in ancient times (2nd millennium BCE) as a bulwark against threats coming from Mesopotamia. Once a district (gawaṙ) of its own the province of Korchayk, it was later attached to the district of Kordrik, probably under the Arsacid dynasty. It is identified with the Tume or Tumurru mentioned in 13th–7th-century BCE Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions as one of the Nairi lands.[1]

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References
  1. Arzumanyan, Makichʻ, ed. (1986). "Tmorikʻ" Տմորիք. Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Vol. 12. Erevan: Haykakan SSH Gitutʻyunneri Akademia. pp. 22.
  2. Kurkjian, Vahan M. (1958). A History of Armenia. Michigan: Armenian General Benevolent Union of America. p. 154.


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