Urartu BC information

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...

Urartu Basketball Club (Armenian: Ուրարտու բասկետբոլային ակումբ), also currently known as Urartu Vivaro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball...

existed in the period from the 13th to the 6th centuries BC in the Armenian Highland. The art of Urartu was strongly influenced by nearby Assyria, the most...

kings of Urartu (Ararat or Kingdom of Van), an Iron Age kingdom centered on Lake Van in eastern Asia Minor. Arame (also Aramu, Arama) 858 BC–844 BC Lutipri...

Urartu religion is a belief system adopted in the ancient state of Urartu, which existed from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. It was typical of despotic...

by his son Uzziah. Argishtis I of Urartu (r. 786-764 BC) Amaziah of Judah (co-ruled Judah with Uzziah c. 792-768 BC, according to Edwin R. Thiele) Archilaus...

Արամե) (Ruled 858–844 BC) was the first known king of Urartu. Living at the time of King Shalmaneser III of Assyria (ruled 859–824 BC), Arame fought against...

period 859 BC – 850 BC. 859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies. 859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Israel. 858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu. 858 BC—Shalmaneser...

Ա), was the sixth known king of Urartu, reigning from 786 BC to 764 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni in 782 BC, which is the present capital of...

Medians invade the Kingdom of Urartu, causing the fall of that kingdom. Eurycratides, Agiad king of Sparta Rusa III, king of Urartu (or 615 BC) v t e...

and 626 BC effectively halted this advance. The Cimmerian influence progressively weakened and the last recorded mention is in 515 BC. Urartu (Nairi,...

victories on 13 September. 585 BC—Ji Yi becomes King Jian of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion...

Iran, south of Lake Urmia, around the 10th to 7th centuries BC. It neighbored Assyria and Urartu, as well as other small buffer states between the two, such...

BC—Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years (beginning 892 BC), and is succeeded by his son Pherecles. 860 BC—The kingdom of Urartu is...

Assyria, r. 811–783 BC Utupurshi, King of Diauehi, r. 810 BC–770 BC Menuas, King of Urartu, r. 810–785 Caranus, King of Macedon, r. 808–778 BC Shoshenq VI, Pharaoh...

succeeded by his son Pherecles. 860 BC: The kingdom of Urartu is unified. 858 BC: Aramu becomes king of Urartu. 858 BC: Shalmaneser III succeeds Ashurnasirpal...

842 BC, r. 831-785/774 BC Adad-nirari III, king of Assyria, r. 811-783 BC Menua, king of Urartu, b. c. 850 BC, r. 810-786 BC Shoshenq IV, king of Egypt...

Sarduri II (ruled: 764–735 BC) was a King of Urartu, succeeding his father Argishti I to the throne. The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign...

Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.) Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (d. 528 BC) April 9...

Rusa II was king of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. It was during his reign that the massive fortress complex, Karmir-Blur, was constructed....

Rusa I (ruled: 735–714 BC) was a King of Urartu. He succeeded his father, king Sarduri II. His name is sometimes transliterated as Rusas or Rusha. He was...

Argishti II was king of Urartu from 714 BC to 680 BC. He succeeded his father, King Rusa I. During the Urartu-Assyria War, Argishti was responsible for...

the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. The Neo-Babylonian Empire begins attacking Assyrian cities. Rusa III, king of Urartu (or 590 BC) v t e...

severely worn out. In the 650s BC, the western Cimmerians were allied to Urartu and supporting its king Rusa II's (r. 680 – 639 BC) attempts to attack the newly...

rendered Meinua or Minua, was the fifth known king of Urartu from c. 810 BC to approximately 786 BC. In Armenian, Menua is rendered as Menua. The name Menua...

dissolution of the Kingdom of Urartu, and the emergence of the first geopolitical entity called Armenia in the 6th century BC. Highlights of this period...

Urartu refers to the principles of management of Urartu, the ancient state of Western Asia which existed from the thirteenth to the sixth century BC....

Shalmaneser III from the 850s BC that the Arabs and Chaldeans first appear in recorded history. Shalmaneser began a campaign against Urartu and reported that in...