Tuspa

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Tuspa is an alternative name for Tushpa, the ancient capital city of the Urartian kingdom located near modern-day Lake Van in eastern Turkey.

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Tuspa canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Tushpa ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Turkish archaeologists ⓘ
international archaeological teams ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Urartian culture ⓘ
linked to: Urartian people
associatedWithLanguage Urartian language ⓘ
capitalOf Urartian kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
countryInAntiquity Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
flourishedInCentury 8th century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Achaemenid Persian control of the region ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
political center of Urartu ⓘ
religious center of Urartu ⓘ
geographicalContext Eastern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey
governedBy Urartian kings ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Biaina fortress (context of Urartu) ⓘ
Tosp ⓘ
Tushpa ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Van Fortress ⓘ
hasFeature palatial complexes ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
terraced fortifications ⓘ
water management installations ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Turkey ⓘ
knownFor cyclopean stone fortifications ⓘ
rock-cut chambers ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
locatedIn Urartian kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
locatedInHistoricalRegion Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Van ⓘ
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake Van ⓘ
modernSettlementNearby Van ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated King Argishti I ⓘ
linked to: Argishti I

King Menua ⓘ
King Sarduri I ⓘ
linked to: Sarduri I
partOf Urartian defensive system ⓘ
precededBy earlier local settlements around Lake Van ⓘ
regionNow Van Province ⓘ
situatedOn rocky promontory above Lake Van ⓘ
strategicLocation overlooking trade routes around Lake Van ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I

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

Tushpa → hasAlternativeName → Tuspa ⓘ