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Biainili-Urartu: The Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Munich 12-14 October 2007 / Tagungsbericht Des Munchner Symposiums 12.-14. Oktober 2007

Biainili-Urartu: The Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Munich 12-14 October 2007 / Tagungsbericht Des Munchner Symposiums 12.-14. Oktober 2007

Hellwag, U.
Kroll, S.
Gruber, C.

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Series: ACTA Iranica, Book 51

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralGeneral Middle Eastern History

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ISBN10: 9042924381
ISBN13: 9789042924383
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Apr 2 2012
Pages: 536
Language: English
This overview of current research on the Iron-Age kingdom of Urartu offers studies by thirty scholars who met at an international symposium at Munich University in October 2007. Biainili, as this polity was known to its inhabitants, dominated the mountainous region of what is now eastern Turkey, north-western Iran, and southern Armenia from the ninth to the seventh centuries BC and is distinguished by its unique language and material culture. It was a rival to the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which provides much of the evidence for its history as well as the name by which is best known, Urartu (Biblical Ararat). An introductory chapter giving a general account of the history and culture of the kingdom is followed by more focused contributions on numerous aspects of Urartian culture based on textual records and archaeological sources both from Urartu itself and from neighbouring regions. As the most substantial treatment of the subject to appear in the 21st century, this book brings to light recent research in all areas of the kingdom, considers revisions to traditional chronology from several viewpoints, and provides an extensive bibliography.

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