+Hurro Urartian

The present-day Armenians are an amalgam of the Indo-European groups with the Hurrians and Urartians.

Hurrians

  • During bronze age, they became subjects of the IA group mittAni.
  • After mittani collapse, Urartu arose in 11th century BCE.
  • It was to survive until the 7th century BC, by which time it was conquered fully into the Neo Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC).
  • Finally, it was absorbed into the Persian empire.