. A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people . rth the ancient Albania, Iberia, andColchis; on the west, Pontus and Cappadocia ;on the south, Mesoiiotamia and Assyria; andon the east. Media Atropatane, or the modernAderbaijan. It is an elevated region, abound-ing in lofty mountains, and having a climateof considerable severity. Several large andcelel>ratcd rivers go out from it; the Euphra-tes aud Tigris towards the Persian
. A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people . rth the ancient Albania, Iberia, andColchis; on the west, Pontus and Cappadocia ;on the south, Mesoiiotamia and Assyria; andon the east. Media Atropatane, or the modernAderbaijan. It is an elevated region, abound-ing in lofty mountains, and having a climateof considerable severity. Several large andcelel>ratcd rivers go out from it; the Euphra-tes aud Tigris towards the Persian Gulf; theJorokh (Akampsis) to the Black sea; the by the power that overturned the empire ofthe Seleucida3 in the East and formed an im-passable barrier to the ambition of C. 149, Arshag the Great, (Arsaces, calledalso Mithridates I.) grandson of the founderof the Parthian Empire, placed his brotherVaghai-shag (Valarsaces) upon the throne ofArmenia. Thus commenced this branch olthe Arsacidie. under whose reign of 577 years,the Armenians enjoyed greatcrprosiwrity thandurins iviy other period of their history. Dik- Ai-ad (Araxes) aud the Koor (Cyrus) to the ran (Tigraues) the fourth of this dynasty, was. ARMENIANS. 119 an ally of Mihrtad, (Mithridates) the greatking of Pontiis, in his wars with Sylla andLucullus. Thus he became involved in a warwith Eome, which Pompey ended by imposingupon him humiliating conditions of alliances against Rome led to the over-running of his country by Anthony, in his Par-thian wars, 34 A. C. The part north of theAras was given to his son, who was soon ex-pelled, and the remainder became permanentlytributary to Augustus. With tliis division thereigning family, after the leading membershad died in captivity, was also divided. Thenorthern branch, alternately upheld and de-throned by the Romans and Persians, was atlength supplanted by Georgian princes, whoagain yielded to a brother of the king of Per-sia, and finally after a separation
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