Editing Yerevan (section)

===Median and Achaemenid rules===
{{See also|Satrapy of Armenia}}
[[File:AchaemenidGoblet01.jpg|thumb|upright|Achaemenid [[rhyton]] from Erebuni]]
In 590 BC, following the fall of the Kingdom of Urartu at the hands of the Iranian [[Medes]], Erebuni along with the Armenian Highlands became part of the Median Empire.

However, in 550 BC, the [[Medes|Median Empire]] was conquered by [[Cyrus the Great]], and Erebuni became part of the [[Achaemenid Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dubov |first=Kalman |url=https://www.google.am/books/edition/Journey_to_the_Republic_of_Armenia/4TNREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Erebuni+became+part+of+the+Median+Empire&pg=PT25&printsec=frontcover |title=Journey to the Republic of Armenia |date=2021-11-26 |publisher=Kalman Dubov |language=en}}</ref> Between 522 BC and 331 BC, Erebuni was one of the main centers of the [[Satrapy of Armenia]], a region controlled by the [[Orontid dynasty]] as one of the [[satrapy|satrapies]] of the Achaemenid Empire. The Satrapy of Armenia was divided into two parts: the northern part and the southern part, with the cities of Erebuni (Yerevan) and Tushpa (Van) as their centres, respectively.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacobs |first=Bruno |url=https://www.google.am/books/edition/A_Companion_to_the_Achaemenid_Persian_Em/uZA7EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Erebuni+was+the+center+of+the+Iranian+satrapy+of+Armina&pg=PA304&printsec=frontcover |title=A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire, 2 Volume Set |last2=Rollinger |first2=Robert |date=2021-08-31 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-17428-8 |pages=304 |language=en}}</ref>

Coins issued in 478 BC, along with many other items found in the [[Erebuni Fortress]], reveal the importance of Erebuni as a major centre for trade under Achaemenid rule.