List of kings of Urartu

List of kings of Urartu

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
*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 635-629 BC
*Rusa III 629 BC-590 BC or 629 BC-615 BCPerhaps
*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

* [http://members.aol.com/Ian%20Wade/Waste/Urartu.html Urartu king list]


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