Urartu: a Pleiades place resource An eastern Anatolian kingdom on the eastern shore of Lake Van. Originating from a regional collection of principalities first mentioned in the 13th century BCE, it had become a single political entity by the 9th century BCE. Urartu was a powerful rival to the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It ceased to exist…
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Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by). Last modified Feb 01, 2018 12:25 PM — History An eastern Anatolian kingdom on the eastern shore of Lake Van. Originating from a regional collection of principalities first mentioned in the 13th century BCE, it had become a single political entity by the 9th century BCE. Urartu was a powerful rival to the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It ceased to exist sometime in the late 7th or early 6th century BCE. 200 kmBase style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott. | © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map © Maxar Show place in AWMC's Antiquity À-la-carte, Google Earth, or Pelagios' Peripleo. Show area in GeoNames, Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap. Canonical URI for this page: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/214160492 Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude): 38.3399242634, 44.4165991888 Locations: None Names: Geographic Names: KURBi-i-a-i (Biai: Urartian, 900 BC - 600 BC) KURBia-i-ni-li (Biainili: Urartian, 900 BC - 600 BC) Ուրարտու (Owrartow: Armenian, modern) Urarṭu (Urartu: Akkadian, 900 BC - 600 BC) māt ú-ru-aṭ-ri (mat uruatri: Akkadian, 1600 BC - 1000 BC) Urartu makes connections with: None Urartu receives connections from: Ada / Adalar part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Aliler Fortress part of (regional) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Anduarsalia located near Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC) Anmurru located near Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC) Armaouira part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Ayanis part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Aşağı Anzaf Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Başkale part of (regional) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Davti-blur part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Delibaba Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Edremit part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Erebuni part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Erek Dağ part of (regional) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Gazandži (Kazana) part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Habıbuşağı (İzoli) part of (regional) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kaisaran Rock Relief part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kaleköy part of (regional) Urartu (unspecified date range) Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) abuts Urartu (1000 BC - 540 BC) Karmir-blur part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kasku (region) abuts Urartu (1000 BC - 540 BC) Kasımoğlu part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kavuncu part of (regional) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kef Kalesi part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Kiakis connection Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC) Körzüt (Arapzengi) Kalesi part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Luhsu located near Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC) Matiane/*Kapauta Limne part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Less than certain: Nairi related Urartu (1450 BC - 700 BC) Purṭir located near Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC) Qamişvan/Değirmendüzü part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Razliq part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Rusahinili part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Sarmaç part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Shisheh part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Thospitis Limne part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Van Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Less than certain: Vosgepag part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 701 BC) Yukarı Anzaf Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Yukarı Anzaf Fortress part of (administrative) Urartu (unspecified date range) Zivistan/Elmalık part of (administrative) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC) Place type: region References: See Further: OEANE Urartu pages 291-294 Wikipedia (English) Urartu Initial Provenance: Pleiades Details: Alternate representations: Atom, JSON, KML, RDF+XML, Turtle Suggested citation: Gabriel Mckee, 'Urartu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/214160492> [accessed: 05 December 2023] Cite this resource in Wikipedia: {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/214160492 |title=Places: 214160492 (Urartu) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=December 5, 2023 7:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}} Copyright © Ancient World Mapping Center and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. 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