Kingdom of Urartu

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Iron Age state Near Eastern polity ancient kingdom

The Kingdom of Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands, known for its advanced fortress architecture, irrigation systems, and as a major rival of Assyria in the Near East.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Urartu	4
Kingdom of Armenia	2
Kingdom of Van	1
Nairi polities	1
Urartians	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iron Age state ⓘ Near Eastern polity ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ
alternativeName	Biainili ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Van Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartu
archaeologicalSite	fortress of Erebuni ⓘ surface form: Erebuni Karmir Blur ⓘ Toprakkale ⓘ
capital	Tushpa ⓘ
capitalLocatedOn	eastern shore of Lake Van ⓘ
centeredAround	Lake Van ⓘ
constructed	canals and irrigation networks ⓘ fortress of Argishtikhinili ⓘ fortress of Erebuni ⓘ fortress of Teishebaini ⓘ surface form: fortress of Rusahinili fortress of Teishebaini ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ
endTime	early 6th century BCE ⓘ
exported	horses ⓘ metal goods ⓘ wine ⓘ
flourishedDuring	8th century BCE ⓘ 9th century BCE ⓘ early 7th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	advanced irrigation systems ⓘ fortress architecture ⓘ metalworking ⓘ rock-cut inscriptions ⓘ
language	Urartian language ⓘ
locatedIn	Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Armenia ⓘ eastern Turkey ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ
mainDeity	Haldi ⓘ
majorRival	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire
notableRuler	Argishti I ⓘ Menua ⓘ Rusa I ⓘ Sarduri I ⓘ
otherDeity	Shivini ⓘ Teisheba ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: ancient Near East
precededBy	Kingdom of Urartu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nairi polities
religion	polytheism ⓘ
scriptUsedFor	royal inscriptions ⓘ
startTime	circa 9th century BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Kingdom of Urartu → alternativeName → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urartu

Kingdom of Urartu → alternativeName → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Van

Armenian Highlands → ancientRegionIncludes → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urartu

Tiglath-Pileser III → campaignAgainst → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urartu

Armenians → earliestState → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

Armenia → historicalPredecessor → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Armenia

Medes → neighbor → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urartians

Kingdom of Urartu → precededBy → Kingdom of Urartu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nairi polities

Armenians → recognizedAsChristianFirst → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Armenia

Neo-Assyrian expansion → targets → Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urartu