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Armenia's First King: The Rise of Urartu under Aramu
Long before Tigranes the Great, before the Bagratunis, before Armenia even had its name, the highlands of eastern Anatolia gave rise to a kingdom that would challenge the might of Assyria. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the shadowy origins of Urartu—the Iron Age kingdom that many historians consider the first Armenian state. We meet Aramu, the first named king of Urartu, who around 860 BCE forged a confederation of tribes in the Lake Van basin and faced the relentless campaigns of the Assyrian emperor Shalmaneser III. We examine the Assyrian annals that record Urartu's early…
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