Urartian kings

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Urartian kings were the monarchs of the ancient kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highlands, ruling a powerful Iron Age state that rivaled Assyria in the first millennium BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern ruler
monarch
royal dynasty
capitalCity Tushpa NERFINISHED
Van NERFINISHED
chronologicalRange c. 9th century BCE to early 6th century BCE
contemporaneousWith Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
earliestWellAttestedKing Ishpuini NERFINISHED
engagedIn conflict with Assyria
diplomacy with neighboring states
floruit 7th century BCE
8th century BCE
9th century BCE
governmentType hereditary monarchy
knownFrom Assyrian records
archaeological evidence
royal inscriptions
legitimizedRuleBy divine sanction
maintained centralized administration
network of provincial governors
notableKing Argishti I NERFINISHED
Menua NERFINISHED
Rusa I NERFINISHED
Rusa II NERFINISHED
Sarduri I NERFINISHED
Sarduri II NERFINISHED
partOf Urartian state apparatus
patronDeity Shivini NERFINISHED
Teisheba NERFINISHED
Ḫaldi NERFINISHED
performedActivity canal building
fortress construction
military campaigns
temple construction
territorial expansion
tribute collection
religion Urartian polytheism
rivaled Assyrian kings NERFINISHED
ruled Kingdom of Urartu NERFINISHED
ruledInPeriod Iron Age
ruledInRegion Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED
Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
South Caucasus NERFINISHED
succeededBy Achaemenid Persian rulers in the region
title king of Biainili
king of Urartu
usedLanguage Urartian language NERFINISHED
usedWritingSystem Urartian cuneiform

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Toprakkale associatedWith Urartian kings
Shivini invokedBy Urartian kings
Haldi patronOf Urartian kings