List of kings of Urartu

This page lists the kings of Urartu (Ararat or Kingdom of Van), an Iron Age kingdom centered on Lake Van in eastern Asia Minor.

Early kings

Rise to power

  • Sarduri I (also Sarduris I, Sedur I, Asiduri I) 834 BC828 BC; known in Assyrian sources as Ishtarduri, moved the capital to Tushpa, expanded the fortress of Van, possibly established new dynasty.
  • Ishpuini (also Ishpuinis, Ispuini) the Establisher 828 BC810 BC; expanded the empire and conquered Mushashir.
  • Menua (also Menuas, Minua) the Conqueror 810 BC785 BC; initially ruled jointly with his father Ishpuini and later jointly ruled with his son, Inushpua, greatly expanded the kingdom, organized the centralized administrative structure, fortified a number of cities and founded fortresses, developed a national canal and irrigation system.
  • Argishti I (also Argishtis I, Argishtish I, Argisti I) 785763 BC; fortified the empire's frontier, founded Erebuni (modern-day Yerevan).
  • Sarduri II 763 BC735 BC; maximum expansion; zenith of Urartian power.
  • Rusa I (also Rusas, Ursa) 735 BC714 BC; Assyrian and Cimmerian attacks.
  • Melartua (714) briefly served as king after his father's defeat, subsequently killed by Urartian nobles
  • Argishti II 714680 BC
  • Rusa II (known to Assyrian king as Yaya) 680 BC639 BC
  • Sarduri III 639 BC635 BC

Decline

  • Erimena 635629 BC
  • Rusa III 629 BC590 BC or 629 BC615 BC

Defeat and destruction

The Orontid Dynasty begins with King Orontes I Sakavakyats (570 BC–560 BC), after the last king of Urartu.

See also

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.
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