Chronological Table
after Boris B. Piotrovsky
The Ancient Civilization of Urartu p 201
tr by James Hogarth (0402101715) |
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| Assyria |
Event |
Date |
Urartu |
| Shalmaneser III (860-825) |
captured Sugunia the capital |
860 |
Aramu |
|
captured Arzashku |
858 |
|
|
laid waste the countryside |
846 |
|
|
Siduri / Sarduri mentioned |
834 |
Sarduri |
| Shamshi-Adad (825-812) |
Ishpuini mentioned |
824 |
Ishpuini
son of Sarduri |
| Queen Sammuramat (812-803) |
|
|
| Adad-Nirari III (812-783) |
|
|
Menua
son of Ishpuini |
| Shalmaneser IV (783-773) |
|
|
| Ashur-Dan III (773-754) |
|
|
Argishti
son of Menua |
| Ashur-Nirari IV (754-745) |
(Cimmerian invasions) |
|
Sarduri
son of Argishti |
| Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727) |
drove Urartu out of n Syria |
743 |
|
|
invaded, besieged Sarduri |
735 |
|
| Shalmaneser V (727-722) |
|
|
Rusa
son of Sarduri |
| Sargon II (722-705) |
(overthrew his brother)
[707-706 clash with Cimmerians*] |
|
|
|
struggle over Mannai |
716 |
|
|
defeated Rusa at Mt Uaush
depicted temple of Musasir in relief
captured Musasir |
714 |
|
|
overthrew Ambaris of Tabal |
713 |
|
|
|
[687 Cimmerians destroyed Gordion*] |
|
|
|
| Sennacherib (705-681) |
|
|
Argishti
son of Rusa |
| Esarhaddon (681-668) |
|
|
Rusa
son of Argishti |
|
[679 Cimmerians destroyed
by Esarhaddon & Scythians*] |
|
|
|
| Ashurbanipal (668-624) |
|
|
|
|
received emissaries from Rusa II |
654 |
Sarduri
son of Rusa
|
|
received emissaries
after war against the Arabs |
639 |
|
|
|
|
(Sarduri
son of Sarduri?) |
| Fall of Nineveh (612) |
|
|
Erimena |
|
|
|
Rusa
son of Erimena |
|
|
|
(Rusa
son of Rusa?) |
|
|
|
(Fall of Urartu, c 585) |
dates in middle column are the dates of reference in the Assyrian annals to kings of Urartu (B.C.)
with additional events added from the text by SC.
"Urartian objects... have been found in the tomb of a Phrygian king at Gordion... similar examples of Urartian work penetrated... as far afield as Italy." (p 81) |
| * Political Turmoil Around - 687, Immanuel Velikovsky |