Arame of Urartu
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| Reign | 858–844 BC |
| Predecessor | Kingdom established |
| Successor | Lutipri |
Aramu or Arame (Armenian: Արամ) (ruled 858–844 BC) was the first known king of Urartu.[1]
Living at the time of Shalmaneser III (ruled 859–824 BC), Aram united the Nairi tribe against the threat of the Assyrian Empire. His capital at Arzashkun was captured by Shalmaneser.[2]
Arame has been suggested as the prototype of both Aram (and, correspondingly the popular given name Aram[3]) and Ara the Beautiful, two of the legendary forefathers of the Armenian people.[4] Khorenatsi's History (1.5) puts them six and seven generations after Haik, in the chronology of Mikayel Chamchian dated to the 19th to 18th century BC.
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- ^ History in Africa, Volume 2, p. 93. African Studies Association., 1975.
- ^ The Ancient Assyrians - Page 12 by Mark Healy
- ^ "Արամ" in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayocʿ Anjnanunneri Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1942-62
- ^ Lang (1970), p. 85.
- David Marshall Lang, Armenia: Cradle of Civilization (1970).
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