The capital of Urartu
Subtitle: Van, Eastern Anatolia
By: [text, Oktay Belli ; translation, Nüket Eraslan]
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Net Turistik Yayınlar
Published: 1988
Place of publication: İstanbul, Turkey
Language: eng
Translated from: tur
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Guidebooks; Antiquities; Description and travel
Other titles: Van, Eastern Anatolia.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History of Van; title: Van the capital; title: The origin of Hurrians and their migration to the Van region; title: A few words on the Hurrian-Mitanni state; title: The Nairian Confederation in the Van region before the Urartians; title: The establishment of the first city states around Lake Van; title: The establishment of the Urartian Kingdom in the Van region; title: The meaning of the term "Nairi"; title: The meaning of the term "Uruatri"; title: Three thousand year old name: Bian = Van; title: Three thousand year old name wavy sea = Lake Van; title: Van (Tushpa) during the Urartian Kingdom; title: The collapse of the Urartian Kingdom; title: Administration of the Urartian State; title: The Urartian language and script; title: The Urartian architecture; title: Roads of the Urartian Kingdom; title: transportation on Lake Van during the Urartian Kingdom and the remains of Urartian piers; title: The Urartian religion; title: Urartian art; title: Van and the historical treasures in its vicinity; title: How to reach the historical and archaeological centers in Van region.