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- ruins of Toprakkale
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Guitty Azarpay, Urartian Art and Artifacts (1968), is a chronological study. Boris B. Piotrovsky, Urartu (1967), offers a popular survey of the kingdom’s art, while his The Ancient Civilization of Urartu (1969) is an illustrated political and cultural history. Maurits Nanning van Loon, Urartian Art: Its Distinctive Traits in the Light of New Excavations (1966), includes a summary of political and economic history. Paul E. Zimansky, Ecology and Empire—The Structure of the Urartian State (1985), is a more recent study.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Urartu Civilization. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Urarty in Iran. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| In the discussion of the "Canal of Meinua," changed "48 miles (28 km)" to "28 miles (45 km)." |
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May 14, 2015 | |
| Corrected to reflect that the invasion of Urartu in the late 7th century was carried out by Medes. | Sep 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livius - Urartu. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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