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Little changes since : H.-E. Stier (dir.): « Westermann Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte », 1985, ISBN 3-14-100919-8, pp. 64, 65, 70 & 88 and C. Mutafian & E. Van Lauwe, « Atlas historique de l'Arménie », ed. Autrement, 2001, ISBN 2-7467-0100-6 :