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Argishtis I (Urartian
Urartian language

?????????Urartian is the conventional name for the language spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu that was located in the region of Lake Van in in the highlands of Armenia, modern-day Turkey....
: Argištiše, , Argishti) was the sixth known king of the ancient country of Urartu
Urartu

Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia , rising to power in the mid 9th century BC, and finally conquered by Median Empire in the early 6th century BC....
 (in eastern Anatolia
Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
) from 785 BC to 763 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni
Erebuni Fortress

Erebuni Fortress is an Urartu castle in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built by king Argi?ti in 782 BC as a military base.The site has been excavated by Russian and Armenian archaeologists since 1947....
 in 782 BC, which is the present capital of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, Yerevan
Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country....
.

A son and successor of Menuas
Menuas of Urartu

Menua was the fifth known king of Urartu, an ancient country in the Armenian Highland, from ca 810 BC to late 7th century BCA younger son of the preceding Urartan king Ishpuinis of Urartu, he was made a co-ruler by his father in the last years of his reign....
, he continued the series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, he conquered the northern part of Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and made Urartu
Urartu

Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia , rising to power in the mid 9th century BC, and finally conquered by Median Empire in the early 6th century BC....
 the most powerful state in the post-Hittite
Hittites

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a Hittite language of the Anatolian languages of the Indo-European languages family, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca....
 Near East
Near East

Near East today is an ambiguous term that covers different countries for archeologists and historians, on one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other....
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Argishtis I (Urartian
Urartian language

?????????Urartian is the conventional name for the language spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu that was located in the region of Lake Van in in the highlands of Armenia, modern-day Turkey....
: Argištiše, , Argishti) was the sixth known king of the ancient country of Urartu
Urartu

Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia , rising to power in the mid 9th century BC, and finally conquered by Median Empire in the early 6th century BC....
 (in eastern Anatolia
Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
) from 785 BC to 763 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni
Erebuni Fortress

Erebuni Fortress is an Urartu castle in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built by king Argi?ti in 782 BC as a military base.The site has been excavated by Russian and Armenian archaeologists since 1947....
 in 782 BC, which is the present capital of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, Yerevan
Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country....
.

A son and successor of Menuas
Menuas of Urartu

Menua was the fifth known king of Urartu, an ancient country in the Armenian Highland, from ca 810 BC to late 7th century BCA younger son of the preceding Urartan king Ishpuinis of Urartu, he was made a co-ruler by his father in the last years of his reign....
, he continued the series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, he conquered the northern part of Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and made Urartu
Urartu

Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia , rising to power in the mid 9th century BC, and finally conquered by Median Empire in the early 6th century BC....
 the most powerful state in the post-Hittite
Hittites

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a Hittite language of the Anatolian languages of the Indo-European languages family, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca....
 Near East
Near East

Near East today is an ambiguous term that covers different countries for archeologists and historians, on one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other....
. He also expanded his kingdom north to the Lake Sevan
Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world.Former names of the lake include Gegharkunik , Gegham Sea , Lychnitis and Gokcha ....
 conquering much of Diauehi
Diauehi

Diauehi was an ancient people in northeastern Anatolia, mentioned in the Urartu inscriptions. It is usually identified with Daiaeni of the Yonjalu inscription of the Assyrian King of Assyria Tiglath-Pileser I?s third year ....
 and the Ararat
Ararat

Ararat may refer to:*Ararat, a common first name for Armenian_language males *Ararat / Araratian, a common family name for Armenians *An Anatolian toponym...
 Valley. Argishtis built the Erebuni Fortress
Erebuni Fortress

Erebuni Fortress is an Urartu castle in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built by king Argi?ti in 782 BC as a military base.The site has been excavated by Russian and Armenian archaeologists since 1947....
 in 782 BC, and the fortress of Argishtikhinili, in 776 BC.

Some linguists believe that the name Argištiše has Indo-European
Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a Language family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau , Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ....
 etymology (Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
, Phrygian
Phrygian language

The Phrygian language was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, a people from Thrace who later migrated to Asia Minor.Inscriptions...
 or Luwian
Luwian language

Luwian is an extinct language of the Anatolian languages of the Indo-European languages language family. Luwian is closely related to Hittite language, and was among the languages spoken by population groups in Arzawa, to the west or southwest of the core Hittites area....
). Compare Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ????st?? – “bright” and Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
 ???? (translit. areg) – “sun deity”, “sun”.

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