[4] Its authorship has been disputed in the modern period; formerly believed to have been the work of Movses Khorenatsi, most scholars now attribute it to Anania Shirakatsi.

"[6] The Armenian Geography—as it is alternatively known—has been especially important for research into the history and geography of Greater Armenia, the Caucasus (Georgia and Caucasian Albania) and the Sasanian Empire,[7] which are all described in detail.

[9] The information on Armenia is not found elsewhere in historical sources,[10] as it is the only known Armenian geographical work written before the 13th century.

[11] For the description of Europe, North Africa and Asia (all the known world from Spain to China),[10] it largely uses Greek sources, namely the now lost geography of Pappus of Alexandria (4th century), which in turn, is based on the Geography of Ptolemy (2nd century).

[12][7][6] According to Hewsen, it is the "last work based on ancient geographical knowledge written before the Renaissance.