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The Armenian Highlands ((アルメニア語:Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, ''Haykakan leṙnašxarh''); also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland,〔(Google Books search - Armenian tableland )〕〔Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 1-17〕 or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East.〔 To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau, where the elevation drops rapidly by about to above sea level.〔 The Caucasus extends to the northeast of the Armenian Highlands. To the southwest of the Armenian Highlands is Upper Mesopotamia. During Antiquity, it was known as Armenia Major, a central region to the history of Armenians, and one of the four geo-political regions associated with Armenians, the other three being Armenia Minor, Cilicia and Commagene. During the Middle Ages, Turkmens settled in large numbers in the Armenian Highlands. The region was historically inhabited by Armenians, and minorities of Georgians, Assyrians, and Greeks. The Christian population of the Western half of the region was exterminated in an event known as the Armenian Genocide, the smaller scale Greek genocide and Assyrian Genocide. Today, the region is mainly inhabited by Armenians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Turks, and Georgians. ==Geography== Its total area is about 400,000 km2.〔("Armenian Highland." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia )〕 Historically, the Armenian Highlands has been the scene of great volcanic activity.〔Volcanoes, their structure and significance Thomas George Bonney - 1912 - Page 243〕 Geologically recent volcanism on the area has resulted in large volcanic formations and a series of massifs and tectonic movement has formed the three largest lakes in the Highland, Lake Sevan, Lake Van and Lake Urmia.〔(Emerald Network Pilot Project in Armenia ), Council of Europe.〕 The Armenian Highlands is rich in water resources.〔Der Völkermord an den Armeniern, Nikolaĭ Oganesovich Oganesian - 2005- Page 6〕 Most of the Armenian Highlands is in eastern Turkey, and also includes northwestern Iran, all of Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.〔 Its northeastern parts are also known as Lesser Caucasus, which is a center of Armenian culture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armenian Highlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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