Real Artsakh

Orontid (Yervanduni) Armenia, 4th-2nd centuries BC Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen	Artaxiad (Artashesean) Armenia, 180BC-Ad14 Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen	Armenian Empire under Tigrannes the Great (Tigran Mets), 95-66BC Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen
Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen	Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen	Source: Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen
Ibn Hauqal – The map of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Arran (Caucasian Albania),10th century AD. Copy from the book “Surath ul-Ardh” kept in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul)(Map courtesy of Rouben Galichian, author of “Countries South of Caucasus in Medieval Maps” and other books on maps of the region.)	Ptolemy’s map of the Southern Caucasus entitled: Map of Armenia Major, Albania, Iberia and Colchis. From Ptolemy’s Geographia printed in Ulm, 1482. Tabula III Asiae. From Historic Maps of Armenia by R. Galichian (London: I.B. Tauris, 2004).89	Part of Senex’s map of the Caspian sea, 1742The map shows Aderbaijan (Azerbaijan -purple), various regional khanates (green), Armenia (yellow) and Georgia (red). The area known today as the Republic of Azerbaijan consists of the former khanates of Daghestan, Derbend, Shamakhi, Ganja and Shirwan (all green). Aderbaijan (purple) is shown inside the territory of Iran, south of the Araks river.