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Urartu
[ oo-rahr-too ]
noun
- an ancient kingdom, c1270–750 b.c., in E Turkey, on the shore of Lake Van: often invaded by Assyria.
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The biblical term is the mountains of Ararat or Urartu, and the term includes the whole of the Hakkiari range.
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Thus was Urartu crippled and humiliated: it never regained its former prestige among the northern states.
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Despite the blow dealt against Urartu, Assyria did not immediately regain possession of north Syria.
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(860-825)—The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis.
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Urartu comprised the district of Ararat proper, the province of Biaina, and the entire basin of the Arzania.
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