Biainili

E200029
Iron Age state ancient kingdom

Biainili is the native name for the ancient kingdom of Urartu, an Iron Age state centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Biaina 1
Biainili canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age state ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
approximateEndDate early 6th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate 9th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Sevan National Park ⓘ
surface form: Lake Sevan region

Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Urmia region
capital Tushpa ⓘ
centeredAround Lake Van ⓘ
conflictedWith Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn early Armenian culture ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
flourishedDuring 8th century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
early 7th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
surface form: Urartu
hasArchaeologicalSite fortress of Erebuni ⓘ
surface form: Erebuni

Karmir Blur ⓘ
Van Fortress ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageIn Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Armenia

eastern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: eastern Anatolia
hasEthnonym Biainili people ⓘ
knownFor advanced irrigation systems ⓘ
fortified cities ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
language Urartian language ⓘ
locatedIn Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Armenia ⓘ
eastern Turkey ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
majorDeity Haldi ⓘ
Shivini ⓘ
Teisheba ⓘ
modernNameOfRegion Lake Van region ⓘ
nativeNameOf Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
surface form: Urartu
neighbour Assyria ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
precededBy kingdoms of Nairi ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
religion polytheism ⓘ
scriptInfluencedBy Assyrian cuneiform ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
usedTitleForKing king of Biainili ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Urartu → alternativeName → Biainili ⓘ
Van → formerName → Biainili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biaina