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List of kings of Urartu

List of kings of Urartu

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This article lists the kings of Urartu (Ararat or Kingdom of Van), an Iron Age kingdom centered on Lake Van in eastern Asia Minor.

Early kings

  • Arame (also Aramu, Arama) 858 BC844 BC
  • Lutipri 844 BC834 BC (?)

Rise to power

  • Sarduri I (also Sarduris I, Sedur I, Asiduri I) 834 BC828 BC; known in Assyrian sources as Ishtarduri, moved the capital to Tushpa, expanded the fortress of Van, possibly established new dynasty.
  • Ishpuini (also Ishpuinis, Ispuini) the Establisher 828 BC810 BC; expanded the empire and conquered Musasir.
  • Menua (also Menuas, Minua) the Conqueror 810 BC785 BC; initially ruled jointly with his father Ishpuini and later jointly ruled with his son, Inushpua, greatly expanded the kingdom, organized the centralized administrative structure, fortified a number of cities and founded fortresses, developed a national canal and irrigation system.
  • Inushpua 788786 BC (?); co-ruled with his father, Menua. Possibly killed in battle.
  • Argishti I (also Argishtis I, Argishtish I, Argisti I) 785763 BC; fortified the empire's frontier, founded Erebuni (modern-day Yerevan).
  • Sarduri II 763 BC735 BC; maximum expansion; zenith of Urartian power.
  • Rusa I (also Rusas, Ursa) 735 BC714 BC; Assyrian and Cimmerian attacks.
  • Melartua (714) briefly served as king after his father's defeat, subsequently killed by Urartian nobles
  • Argishti II 714680 BC
  • Rusa II (known to Assyrian king as Yaya or Iaya) 680 BC639 BC
  • Sarduri III 639 BC635 BC

Decline

Defeat and destruction

  • Sarduri IV 615 BC595 BC
  • Rusa IV 595 BC585 BC; raids of Medes and Scythians. Assyrians King Tiglath-Pileser III destroyed castle of Rusa, which has been recently discovered under Lake Van, Turkey. Archaeologists also discovered jars that once contained wheat, oil and wine, in the ruins of a castle the Turks call "Chavez Tepe", built by Uzira Sardouri II (ruled: 764–735 BC). Each buried jar with orifice covered with wedge engraved ceramic lids can hold 300 kg.[1]

See also


References

  1. Abaigail, P (6 May 2021). "The Mystery Behind the Ancient Underwater Kingdom in Turkey". Mobi Spirit. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  • Boris Piotrovskii, The Ancient Civilization of Urartu, London, 1969.
  • Igor Diakonoff, The Pre-History of the Armenian People, Caravan Books, New York, 1988.
  • M. Chahin, The Kingdom of Armenia, Curzon, London, 2001.

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