Biainili

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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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Label Occurrences
Biaina 1
Biainili canonical 1

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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

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

Van formerName Biainili
this entity surface form: Biaina