Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Armenian Highlands (Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, 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 600 metres (2,000 ft) to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) 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 Sophene. During the Middle Ages, Turkmens settled in large numbers in the Armenian Highlands.The region was historically inhabited by Hurro-Urartian tribes, 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."@en }
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- Armenian_Highlands abstract "The Armenian Highlands (Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, 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 600 metres (2,000 ft) to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) 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 Sophene. During the Middle Ages, Turkmens settled in large numbers in the Armenian Highlands.The region was historically inhabited by Hurro-Urartian tribes, 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.".