Assyrian–Urartian wars

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The Assyrian–Urartian wars were a series of late 2nd–early 1st millennium BCE conflicts between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the kingdom of Urartu for dominance over the highlands of eastern Anatolia and the northern Mesopotamian frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
category Ancient wars of the Near East ⓘ
Wars involving Assyria ⓘ
Wars involving Urartu ⓘ
cause Urartian attempts to control northern Mesopotamian frontier ⓘ
competition for control of highland routes and resources ⓘ
territorial expansion of Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
documentedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
cuneiform sources ⓘ
endTime early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
era Iron Age ⓘ
followedBy incorporation of parts of Urartu into later empires ⓘ
historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
location eastern Anatolia ⓘ
northern Mesopotamian frontier ⓘ
mainBelligerent Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
militaryObjective control of highland strongholds ⓘ
control of trade routes through eastern Anatolia ⓘ
notableCampaignBy Sargon II ⓘ
Sennacherib ⓘ
Shalmaneser III ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
opponentOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
opposedExpansionOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
partOf Near Eastern military history ⓘ
precededBy early Assyrian campaigns in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
region Ancient Near East ⓘ
relatedTo Assyrian expansion ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Urartian fortresses ⓘ
Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
result Assyrian dominance over much of northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
decline of Urartian power ⓘ
startTime late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
strategicImportance access to metal resources in the highlands ⓘ
control of northern approaches to Mesopotamia ⓘ
theaterOfWar Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Lake Van region ⓘ
Upper Tigris region ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

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Sargon II → conflict → Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian expansion → hasKeyEvent → Assyrian campaigns against Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian–Urartian wars
Neo-Elamite period → partOfConflict → Assyrian–Elamite wars ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian–Urartian wars
Assyrian campaign of 714 BCE → partOf → Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ