Urartian Timeline

900 BCE – 600 BCE · 2 sites

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Oldest Fortress in Asia

Tushpa (Van Fortress)

900 BCE – 600 BCE

The royal capital of the Urartian Kingdom, a massive rock fortress rising above the shores of Lake Van, preserving cuneiform inscriptions, rock chambers, and canals built by kings who rivaled the Assyrian Empire.

312

Iron Age

47

Cavustepe

764 BCE – 600 BCE

A monumental Urartian citadel fortress built by King Sarduri II in the 8th century BCE, overlooking the Van plain — eastern Turkey's most impressive Iron Age archaeological site.

411

Iron Age

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