Kingdom of Urartu
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Was an ancient kingdom centered around Lake Van in the historic Armenian Highlands.
Establishment
January 999 BC: Nairi was absorbed by Urartu in the 10th century BC.
Chronology
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Military Campaigns of Assyrian King Adad-nirari II.
January 890 BC: Assyrian king Adadnirari II subjugated the areas to the north of Assyria previously under only nominal Assyrian vassalage, conquering and deporting Aramean and Hurrian.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II.
January 875 BC: In 876 BC, the Assyrian Empire conquered the Aramaeans and Neo-Hittites in the region between the Khabur and Euphrates Rivers.
Military campaigns of Mariote king Zim-ri-Lim.
January 739 BC: The Kingdom of Urartu became an assyrian vassal after 740 BC.
Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Urartu and the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
January 713 BC: In 714 BC, King Sargon II led an offensive into Urartian territory. He won especially at the Battle of Lake Urmia.
January 705 BC: After Sargon's death in 706 BC, King Rusa's successor, Argishti II, launched a major counterattack, with his forces driving the Assyrians back across the pre-war border.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Sargon II.
January 713 BC: Campaign of Sargon II of Assyria in Urartu that resulted in the conquest of the Northern Euphrates valley.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Esarheddon.
January 669 BC: Assyria defeated Urartu, annexed much of its territory and reduced it to vassalage.
January 857 BC: The formation of the Urartian kingdom took place in the first half of the ninth century BC, but it is done in obscure conditions. The process seems to end during the reign of Arame of Urartu that Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC).
January 824 BC: It was Sarduri I (c. 840/32-830/25 BC), son of Litupri (no known connection to Arame), who laid the foundations for the future expansion of his kingdom despite his short reign , moving his capital to Tushpa and expanding into the surrounding region, becoming master of the Lake Van region.
January 804 BC: Ishpuini was a king of the Kingdom of Urartu, a powerful ancient kingdom in the region of Lake Urmia. He is known for submitting the area of Lake Urmia, including the village of Parsua, and for conquering the region of Musasir during his reign in -805.
January 785 BC: In -786, the Kingdom of Urartu, ruled by King Argishti I, expanded its territory by taking possession of the valley of the Murat Sou. This strategic move allowed Urartu to strengthen its control over the region and establish a presence in the area.
January 785 BC: Urartu king Menua extended his influence to the west, dominating several Upper Euphrates kingdoms, including Alzi, and Melid (present-day Malatya).
January 785 BC: King Argishti I imposed Urartian power in the rich valley of the Arax.
January 742 BC: Well known are the expeditions of Sarduri II aimed at seizing regions located in the northeast of Syria, in the valley of the upper Euphrates, therefore right in the vassal zone of Assyria.
January 731 BC: During the reign of Sarduri II (c. 766/4-735/2 BC), Urartu continued its rise by conquering the country of Qulhi, which is believed to correspond to Colchis. This expansion further solidified Urartu's power and influence in the region.
January 699 BC: Odeinios was founded by Greek colonists around 700 BC during a wave of Greek colonization in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and along the shores of the Black Sea.
January 678 BC: Rusa I's successor, Argishti II (c. 714/3-685/79 BC), built the fortress of Altintepe in eastern Anatolia near Erzincan, the maximum known western extension of the Urartu while in the other direction its inscriptions found in Iranian eastern Azerbaijan towards the Caspian (Razliq, Nashteban) and in south-eastern Armenia (Sisian) are the most eastern traces of an influence Urartian.
Disestablishment
January 669 BC: Assyria defeated Urartu, annexed much of its territory and reduced it to vassalage.
