Editing History of Armenia (section)

===Persian Armenia===
{{see also|Persian Armenia|Muslim conquest of Persia}}
[[File:Persian Armenia.gif|thumb|The extent of Persian Armenia.]]

With the partition of Armenia in 387 by the Byzantines and [[Sassanids]], the western half became part of the Byzantines known as [[Byzantine Armenia]], while the eastern (and much larger half) became a vassal state within the Sassanid realm.<ref name="Hacikyan 2000 168">{{cite book|last=Hacikyan|first=Agop Jack|title=The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age|volume=1|year=2000|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=978-0-8143-2815-6|author-link=Agop Jack Hacikyan|author2=Basmajian, Gabriel|author3=Franchuk, Edward S.|author4=Ouzounian, Nourhan|page=[https://archive.org/details/heritageofarmeni00ajha/page/168 168]|url=https://archive.org/details/heritageofarmeni00ajha/page/168}}</ref>

In 428, the [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia]] was completely abolished by the Sassanid Persians, and the territory was made a full province within Persia, known as [[Persian Armenia]].<ref name="Hacikyan 2000 168" /> Persian Armenia remained in Sassanid hands up to the [[Muslim conquest of Persia]], when the invading Muslim forces annexed the Sassanid realm.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dubov |first=Kalman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TNREAAAQBAJ&q=646&pg=PT25 |title=Journey to the Republic of Armenia |date=2021-11-26 |publisher=Kalman Dubov |pages=17–18 |language=en}}</ref>