kingdoms of Nairi
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The kingdoms of Nairi were a group of Late Bronze and early Iron Age polities in the Armenian Highlands and surrounding regions that preceded and helped give rise to the Urartian (Biainili) state.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Iron Age polity
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Late Bronze Age polity ⓘ ancient Near Eastern polity ⓘ historical polity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nairi lands
NERFINISHED
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lands of Nairi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicallyLinkedTo | sites in the Armenian Highlands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hurrian populations
ⓘ
early Urartian groups ⓘ |
| attestedBy |
Shalmaneser I inscriptions
ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser I inscriptions ⓘ |
| conflictedWith | Middle Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedToFormationOf | Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityWith | Urartian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
confederation of kingdoms
ⓘ
group of small polities ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
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pastoralism ⓘ trans-regional trade ⓘ |
| floruit |
12th century BCE
ⓘ
13th century BCE ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of highland polities resisting Assyria
ⓘ
precursor to Urartu ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHypothesis | Hurro-Urartian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Armenian Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Euphrates region NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Tigris region ⓘ eastern Anatolia ⓘ northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| near |
Lake Sevan
NERFINISHED
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Lake Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure |
loosely organized polities
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regional chiefdoms ⓘ |
| preceded | Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionToday |
Armenia
NERFINISHED
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eastern Turkey ⓘ northern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ |
| religiousContinuityWith | Urartian religious traditions ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Assyrian military campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Iron Age
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Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
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