Assyrian–Urartian wars

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ancient conflict series of wars

The Assyrian–Urartian wars were a series of late 2nd–early 1st millennium BCE conflicts between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the kingdom of Urartu for dominance over the highlands of eastern Anatolia and the northern Mesopotamian frontier.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Assyrian campaigns against Urartu	1
Assyrian–Elamite wars	1
Assyrian–Urartian wars canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
category	Ancient wars of the Near East ⓘ Wars involving Assyria ⓘ Wars involving Urartu ⓘ
cause	Urartian attempts to control northern Mesopotamian frontier ⓘ competition for control of highland routes and resources ⓘ territorial expansion of Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
conflictBetween	Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
documentedIn	Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ cuneiform sources ⓘ
endTime	early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
era	Iron Age ⓘ
followedBy	incorporation of parts of Urartu into later empires ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
location	eastern Anatolia ⓘ northern Mesopotamian frontier ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartu
militaryObjective	control of highland strongholds ⓘ control of trade routes through eastern Anatolia ⓘ
notableCampaignBy	Sargon II ⓘ Sennacherib ⓘ Shalmaneser III ⓘ Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
opponentOf	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartu
opposedExpansionOf	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartu
partOf	Near Eastern military history ⓘ
precededBy	early Assyrian campaigns in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
region	Ancient Near East ⓘ
relatedTo	Assyrian expansion ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ Urartian fortresses ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartu
result	Assyrian dominance over much of northern Mesopotamia ⓘ decline of Urartian power ⓘ
startTime	late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to metal resources in the highlands ⓘ control of northern approaches to Mesopotamia ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Armenian Highlands ⓘ Lake Van region ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Upper Tigris region

Referenced by (3)

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

Sargon II → conflict → Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ

Neo-Assyrian expansion → hasKeyEvent → Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian campaigns against Urartu

Neo-Elamite period → partOfConflict → Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian–Elamite wars