TY - BOOK ID - 21318727 TI - Bianili-Urartu : the proceedings of the Symposium held in Munich 12-14 october 2007 = Tagungsbericht des Münchner Sumposiums 12.-14. Oktober 2007 / edited by S. Kroll, C. Gruber, U. Hellwag... [et al.]. PY - 2011 SN - 9789042924383 9042924381 PB - leuven : Peeters, DB - UniCat KW - Urartians KW - Art, Urartian KW - Ourartéens KW - Art ourartien KW - Urartu KW - Ourartou KW - Ourartéens KW - Congresses KW - Congrès KW - Antiquities KW - Armenia KW - Civilization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21318727 AB - This overview of current research on the Iron-Age kingdom of Urartu offers studies by thirty scholars who met at an international symposium at Munich University in October 2007. Biainili, as this polity was known to its inhabitants, dominated the mountainous region of what is now eastern Turkey, north-western Iran, and southern Armenia from the ninth to the seventh centuries BC and is distinguished by its unique language and material culture. It was a rival to the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which provides much of the evidence for its history as well as the name by which is best known, Urartu (Biblical Ararat). An introductory chapter giving a general account of the history and culture of the kingdom is followed by more focused contributions on numerous aspects of Urartian culture based on textual records and archaeological sources both from Urartu itself and from neighbouring regions. ER -