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    Argishti I (Armenian: Արգիշտի Ա), was the sixth known king of Urartu, reigning from 786 BC to 764 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni in 782 BC, which...
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    might under Menua's son Argishti I (c. 785–760 BC), becoming one of the most powerful kingdoms of ancient Near East. Argishti I added more territories...
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  • neighboring Urartu. He fought several battles against kings Menua and Argishti I in the first half of the 8th century BCE. His reign is documented through...
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  • Argishti may refer to: Argishtis I of Urartu - 785 - 763 BCE Argishti II of Urartu - 714 - 685 BCE Argishti, Yerevan, a village This disambiguation page...
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    century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed...
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    "capture", "conquest", or "victory." Erebuni was founded by Urartian King Argishti I (r. c. 785–753 BC) in 782 BC. It was built on top of a hill called Arin...
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    The Arinçkus Argishti I Stele (Turkish: Arinçkus Argişti Steli), is a stele belonging to the Urartian King Argishti I, dated between 785 BC and 756 BC...
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    the expansion of the Urartians in the Transcaucasus under their king Argishti I, and named in his honour. It lasted between the 8th and 6th centuries...
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    century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I at the western extreme of the Ararat plain. Erebuni has been described...
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  • with his father, Menua. Possibly killed in battle. Argishti I (also Argishtis I, Argishtish I, Argisti I) 785–763 BC; fortified the empire's frontier, founded...
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    Sarduri II (ruled: 764–735 BC) was a King of Urartu, succeeding his father Argishti I to the throne. The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign,...
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  • Founding of Erebuni Fortress, namesake of Yerevan, Armenia, by Argishti I of Urartu Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. v t e...
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    Assyrians, while looting the city of Musasir, removed a bronze statue of King Argishti I weighing 60 talents (about 1,8 tons). Small bronze objects of art were...
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  • proposes a connection to the Huša(ni), mentioned by the Urartian kings Argishti I and Sarduri II in the 8th century BC. Iya(ni)/Iga(ni) and Husa(ni) were...
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    (karas, Armenian: կարաս) that depicts a cuneiform inscription left by King Argishti I of Urartu. A cuneiform inscription is archaeological evidence which indicates...
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  • Assyria. 782 BC—Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan. 782 BC—Death of Zhou xuan wang, King...
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    Argishti II was king of Urartu from 714 BC to 680 BC. He succeeded his father, King Rusa I. During the Urartu-Assyria War, Argishti was responsible for...
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    of animals sacrificed to them. During the reigns of Menua, Argishti I, Sarduri II and Rusa I, that is, during the heyday of the state, numerous temples...
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    ancient sources, the region was recorded as Zabakha in 785 BC, by the king Argishti I of Urartu. According to Cyril Toumanoff, Javakheti was part of the Iberian...
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  • civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, 2002, pp. 10-16. A. Mosvsisyan. "Argishti I." Institute for Armenian Studies of Yerevan State University. R.D. Barnett...
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  • fortresses erected in the Ararat plain ... Built during the reign of king Argishti I in 782 BC, it marks the extension of the kingdom of Urartu to the north...
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    of Yerevan in Erebuni Fortress - a cuneiform inscription left by King Argishti I of Urartu on a basalt stone slab about the foundation of the city in 782...
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  • East. Amaziah, king of Judah, dies and is succeeded by his son Uzziah. Argishtis I of Urartu (r. 786-764 BC) Amaziah of Judah (co-ruled Judah with Uzziah...
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    tribute of gold and silver. Menua's son Argishti I (785–763 BC), campaigned against the Diauehi kingdom in 783. Argishti I defeated King Utupursi, annexing his...
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    believed to be from 785 BC, in the inscriptions of the Urartian king Argishti I, as Zabakha. The ancient tribes of Meskhi (or Moschi) and Mosiniks are...
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    the foundation of the city of Erebuni (Yerevan), by the Urartian king Argishti I. A collection of objects reflecting the history of transport. 15th-14th...
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    with their neighboring Iranian Safavid arch rivals, in which Sultan Selim I managed to conquer the area over the latter. The area continued to be contested...
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    ancient city of Armavir, that was founded in the 8th century BC by King Argishti I of Urartu, and became the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia under the...
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    modern capital of Armenia was founded in the summer of 782 BC by King Argishti I. Yerevan is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. After...
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    a Bronze Age cyclopean masonry wall, a cuneiform inscription by king Argishti I of Urartu (who called it Giarniani), a Roman bath with a partly preserved...
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