Urartu

Also known as Kingdom of Urartu

Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, the southern regions of Georgia, and western regions of Azerbaijan. Its kings left behind cuneiform inscriptions in the Urartian language, a member of the Hurro-Urartian language family.

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Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom located in the Armenian highlands region, spanning parts of what are now Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The kingdom is known to historians through cuneiform inscriptions left by its kings written in the Urartian language, which belonged to the Hurro-Urartian language family.

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Country.conventional_long_name: Urartu
Country.common_name: Urartu
Country.era: Iron Age
Country.government_type: Monarchy
Country.year_start: 860 BC 
Country.year_end:  590 BC/547 BC
Country.event_end: Median conquest (or Achaemenid conquest in 547)
Country.image_map: Urartu 743-en.svg
Country.image_map_caption: Urartu under Sarduri II, 743 BC
Country.s1: Median Empire
Country.p2: Diauehi
Country.s2: Achaemenid Empire
Country.s3: Satrapy of Armenia
Country.p1: Nairi
Country.religion: Urartian polytheism
Country.leader1: Arame
Country.leader2: Lutipri(?)
Country.leader3: Sarduri I

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Commons category: Urartu
Commons gallery: Urartu
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0590-00-00
inception: 0860-00-00

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Contents

Names and etymology
History
Origins
Growth
Decline and recuperation
Fall
Appearance of Armenia
Geography
Checkpoints
Discovery
Economy and politics
Art and architecture
Religion
Language
Urartian language
Proto-Armenian language
See also
Notes
References
Footnotes
Literature
External links

The kingdom emerged in the mid-9th century BC and dominated the Armenian highlands in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Urartu frequently warred with Assyria and became, for a time, the most powerful state in the Near East. Weakened by constant conflict, it was eventually conquered, either by the Iranian Medes in the early 6th century BC or by Cyrus the Great in the middle of the 6th century BC. Archaeologically, it is noted for its large fortresses and sophisticated metalwork.