List of Kings of Urartu

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This page lists the kings of Urartu an Iron Age kingdom in what is now eastern Turkey and Armenia.

Early kings

• Aramu 858 BC-844 BC, unified the Nairi tribes.
• Lutipri 844 BC-834 BC

Rise to power

• Sarduri I (also Sarduris I) 834 BC-828 BC; moved the capital to Tushpa, expanded the fortress of Van.
• Ishpuinis the Establisher 828 BC-810 BC; expansion and conquest of Mushashir.
• Menuas the Conqueror 810-785 BC.
• Argishtis I (Argishtish I) 785-753 BC; fortified frontier, founder of Yerevan
• Sarduris II 753 BC-735 BC; maximum expansion; zenith of Urartian power.
• Rusas I 735 BC-714 BC; Assyrian and Cimmerian attacks.

Decline

• Argishtis II 714-680 BC
• Rusas II 680 BC-639 BC
• Sarduris III 639 BC-635 BC
• Eriména Armenian dynasty begins? 635-629 BC
• Rusas III 629 BC-590 BC or 629 BC-615 BC

Perhaps

• Sarduris IV 615 BC-598 BC
• Rusas IV 598 BC-590 BC; raids of Assyrians, Medes and Scythians.

The line of semi-legendary kings of Armenia begins 20 years after the last Urartian king, with Orontes I Sakavakyats (570-560 BC).

References

• 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.

External links

• Urartu king list

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