Sasun (historical region)
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sasun-historical-region-296-17793569
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Sasun (historical region)
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Sasun or Sassoun, also known as Sanasun or Sanasunkʻ, was a region of historical Armenia. The region is now divided among the modern Turkish provinces of Muş, Bingöl, Bitlis, Siirt, Batman, and Diyarbakır, with the modern-day district of Sason in Batman Province encompassing only one part of historical Sasun. In antiquity, Sasun was one of the ten districts (gawaṛ) of the province of Aghdznikʻ (Arzanene) of the Kingdom of Armenia. Over time, Sasun came to denote a larger region than the original
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Historical region of Armenia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasun_(historical_region)
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2024-03-23T06:47:40Z
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