Biainili

E200029

Biainili is the native name for the ancient kingdom of Urartu, an Iron Age state centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Biainili canonical 3
Biaina 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age state ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
approximateEndDate early 6th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate 9th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Lake Sevan region ⓘ
linked to: Sevan National Park

Lake Urmia region ⓘ
linked to: Urmia Lake Basin
capital Tushpa ⓘ
centeredAround Lake Van ⓘ
conflictedWith Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn early Armenian culture ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
flourishedDuring 8th century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
early 7th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
hasArchaeologicalSite Erebuni ⓘ
linked to: fortress of Erebuni

Karmir Blur ⓘ
Van Fortress ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageIn Republic of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Armenia

eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey
hasEthnonym Biainili people ⓘ
knownFor advanced irrigation systems ⓘ
fortified cities ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
language Urartian language ⓘ
locatedIn Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Armenia ⓘ
eastern Turkey ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
majorDeity Haldi ⓘ
Shivini ⓘ
Teisheba ⓘ
modernNameOfRegion Lake Van region ⓘ
nativeNameOf Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
neighbour Assyria ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
precededBy kingdoms of Nairi ⓘ
region Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
religion polytheism ⓘ
scriptInfluencedBy Assyrian cuneiform ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
usedTitleForKing king of Biainili ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Van → formerName → Biaina ⓘ
linked to: Biainili
Biainili people → ethnonym → Biainili ⓘ