Kingdom of Urartu

Japanese: ウラルトゥ王国 - うらるとぅおうこく
Kingdom of Urartu

...The Neolithic Chalcolithic culture was common throughout Western Asia at the same time, and the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC to 1st millennium BC) saw the emergence of a megalithic culture.
[From the Urartu Kingdom to long-term rule by foreign tribes]
The oldest records of Armenia appear in the Hittite chronicles (14th century BC), and the oldest inscription found in Armenia is an Assyrian victory inscription against the Nairi at Manazkert, north of Lake Van (12th century BC). Urartu (Ararat in the Old Testament), related to the Nairi, became the first unified Armenian state, which lasted until its destruction by the Medes in 590 BC.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kingdom of Urartu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…新石器時代の金石併用文化は同時代の西アジアに共通するもので,青銅器時代(前2千~前1千年紀)には巨石文化がみられる。
[ウラルトゥ王国から長期の異民族支配へ]
 アルメニアに関する最古の記録は,ヒッタイト帝国の年代記(前14世紀)に見え,アルメニア発見最古の碑文はバン湖北方のマナズケルトのナイリ人に対するアッシリアの戦勝碑文である(前12世紀)。ナイリ人と近縁関係のウラルトゥ(旧約聖書のアララト)はアルメニア最初の統一国家となり,前590年メディアに滅ぼされるまで続いた。…

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