Asia of Diauehi

Asia (Georgian: ასია) was a king of the ancient kingdom of Diauehi (Daiaeni) in northeastern Anatolia (circa 850 BC–825 BC). He was forced to submit to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III, in 845 BC, after the latter had overrun Urartu and made a foray into Diauehi.

References and further reading

• Ronald Grigor Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation: 2nd edition (December 1994), Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-20915-3, page 45
• Antonio Sagona, Claudia Sagona, Archaeology At The North-east Anatolian Frontier, I: An Historical Geography And A Field Survey of the Bayburt Province (Ancient Near Eastern Studies) (Hardcover), Peeters (January 30, 2005), ISBN 90-429-1390-8