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{{Short description|Historical province of Greater Armenia}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name            = 
|common_name            = Moxoene
|nation                 = [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]]
|capital                =[[Bahçesaray (district)|Miks]] 
|image_map               = Image:Historical regions of Greater Armenia.png
}}

'''Moxoene''' or '''Mokk'''' ({{langx|hy|Մոկք|translit=Mokkʿ}}) was a territory of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]] and later [[Sasanian Armenia]], located east of [[Arzanene]] from south of [[Lake Van]] to north of Bohtan river.{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|pp=189-193}} The territory was ruled by a local dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Toumanoff|first=Cyril|date=1963|title=The Social Background of Christian Caucasia|url=http://www.attalus.org/armenian/tsb132.htm|access-date=6 May 2021|page=132}}</ref>

== Toponymy ==
The name ''Moxoene'' only appears in ancient sources in the early fourth century. In later centuries, Armenian sources used the name ''Mokkʿ.'' The ancient name is preserved in modern times with the local [[Kurds]] using the name ''Miks'' for [[Bahçesaray (district)|the main town of the area]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bajalan|first1=Djene Rhys|title=Studies in Kurdish History: Empire, Ethnicity and Identity|last2=Karimi|first2=Sara Zandi|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2017|isbn=9781317502159}}</ref>{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|p=223}} Attempts have been made to find the pre-Armenian attestations of Moxoene and some [[ethnonym|ethnonyms]] have been suggested including ''Μύκοι'' by [[Herodotus]], ''Muški'' from Assyrian sources and ''τῶν Μοσχικῶν ὄρη'' or ''Μοξιανοί'' by [[Ptolemy]] as attested by him in [[Geography (Ptolemy)|''Geography'']]. However, none of these fit the geographical and linguistic criteria.{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|pp=223-224}}

== History ==

In 198, Moxoene was emerged into [[Corduene]].{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|p=188}}

During the [[Battle of Samarra (363)|Battle of Samarra]] in 363, Roman soldiers likely marched through Moxoene under generals [[Procopius (usurper)|Procopius]] and [[Sebastianus (magister peditum)|Sebastianus]] to join [[Arshak II]].{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|p=187}} During the territorial negotiations that same year, the [[Sasanian Empire]] demanded the area of Moxoene. After the war, Moxoene emerged as a new political entity part of the Sasanian Empire.{{Sfnp|Marciak|2017|p=188}} The [[diocese]] of Moxoene belonged to [[Nestorianism]].{{Sfnp|Kossian|1997|p=217}}

The settlement was known in Roman times as Moxos, after the 8th century as Mokks or Moks, and after the 18th century as Mukus. Moxoene may have been named after the [[Bronze Age]] [[Mushki]] people, who according to Assyrian sources, settled in the region.{{Sfnp|Leezenberg|2014|pp=716}}{{Sfnp|Kossian|1997|p=275}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* {{Citation|last=Kossian|first=Aram|title=The Mushki Problem Reconsidered|url=http://smea.isma.cnr.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Kossian_The-Mushki-problem-Reconsidered.pdf|year=1997}}
*{{Citation|last=Leezenberg|first=Michiel|title=Elî Teremaxî and the Vernacularization of Medrese Learning in Kurdistan|url=https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/eli-teremaxi-and-the-vernacularization-of-medrese-learning-in-kurdistan(59cf4c23-13c4-4fa4-965f-1ad6c513566f).html|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=47|issue=5|year=2014|pages=713–733 |doi=10.1080/00210862.2014.934150|issn=0021-0862|s2cid=162201041}}
* {{Citation|last=Marciak|first=Michał|title=Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene: Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and West|year=2017|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]}}

{{Historical regions of Armenia}}
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[[Category:Provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)]]
[[Category:History of Van Province]]
[[Category:States and territories established in the 360s]]
[[Category:Geography of Western Armenia]]

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