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Argishti I
Argishti I was king of Urartu from about 786 to 764 BCE, the son and successor of Menua. His annals, carved in the rock of Van, record campaigns north into Transcaucasia and against the Assyrians. In 782 BCE he founded the fortress of Erebuni, on the site of present-day Yerevan, and he also built Argishtikhinili in the Araxes valley, settling them with captives from his wars.
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