The Expansion of Urartian Kingdom in the lighy of the settlements

Ill ABSTRACT MASTER THESIS THE EXPANSION OF URARTIAN KINGDOM IN THE LIGHT OF THE SETTLEMENTS Atila TÜRKER Supervisor: Asc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet KARAOSMANOGLU 2001 -PAGE: 124+XI Jury: Asc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet KARAOSMANOGLU Modern Urartian research started in to the beginning of the 19th century. Since this time only 30 excavations have been made. Other centers have had survey researches. This is the* reason for our present insufficient Urartian data. To meet this need I have examined 400 Urartu ruin centers, settlement areas and their chronology. According to this research, I confirm most Urartu ruins are in the Van province and also they are found in a longer region stretching from the Sevan lake - South of Cauasia in the north, Northwest Iran in the east, South of the Toros expanding up to Northern Iraq - Rovanduz Plain in the south and Euphrates Valley located in western border. Especially in the between 9th century B.C. - second half of 7th century B.C. the Urartians were active in this area. The Urartian ruins include castle residence, settlements, irrigation structures and graves. Most of them are Castle and settlement.