Urartu
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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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Key facts
- 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
Article
22 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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.