Biainili

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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
Biaina 1
Biainili canonical 1

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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

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Referenced by (2)

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

Van formerName Biaina
linked to: Biainili