Sources on the ancient history of the Armenian Highland have been found in almost all ancient Near Eastern countries that had a written culture. This indicates the important role that our country played in the region in ancient times. The oldest information about the history of Armenia is provided by cuneiform sources dating back to the III millennium BC, discovered in the territory of ancient Sumer, Ebla, Akkad, in northern Mesopotamia and Iran. Cuneiform sources also testify to the fact that the countries of Aratta and Subur were one of the first state formations on the territory of the Armenian Highland.

The earliest references to Armenia as Aratta-Ararat/Urarat - Urartu, S/Shubur - S/Shubartu - Shubria, Arman(i/um) - Armi/e – Armina, date back to the first half of the III millennium BC when the Armenian language became an independent language and the carriers of the Proto-Armenian language lived in the Armenian Highland in the III-II millennia BC.