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Ullusunu
Ullusunu, also known as Ullusunnu, was king of Mannea in western Iran from about 716 BC, ruling as a vassal of Sargon II of Assyria.
Ummanigash
Ummanigash, also known as Humban-nikaš II, was a king of Elam, son of Urtak, installed by Ashurbanipal of Assyria in 653 BC and killed after backing a Babylonian revolt.
Ummanunu
Ummanunu was a king of Susa in Elam during the early sixth century BC, known from administrative tablets found at Susa and as the father of the later king Šilhak-Inšušinak II.
Untash-Napirisha
Untash-Napirisha was a Middle Elamite king of the Igihalkid dynasty, reigning around 1340-1300 BC, who founded Dur-Untash, modern Chogha Zanbil in Iran, centered on the largest ziggurat of the ancient Near East.
Urartian language
Urartian, also called Vannic or Chaldean, is the extinct language of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu around Lake Van, known from more than 500 royal cuneiform inscriptions.
Urartian religion
Urartian religion was the state religion of the kingdom of Urartu, headed by the war god Haldi, from the 9th century BC until about 590 BC.
Urartians
The Urartians were the people of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu, called Biainili in their own records, which flourished in the ninth and eighth centuries BC.
Urtak
Urtak, also called Urtaku, was king of Elam from about 675 to 664 BC, first allied with Assyria, then at war with Ashurbanipal, dying after invading Babylonia in 664 BC.
Urumeans
The Urumeans were a people of the Upper Euphrates region, first recorded under Tiglath-pileser I of Assyria, whose country Urumu, called Urmie in Urartian sources, lay near modern Mush.
Urzana
Urzana was the ruler, and in some documents king, of Musasir, a small kingdom between Assyria and Urartu, ended by Sargon II's conquest in 714 BC.
Usurpation of Urhi-Teshub by Hattusili III
The usurpation of Urhi-Teshub by Hattusili III, also known as the deposition of Mursili III, ended the five-year reign of the Hittite Great King around 1267 BC.
Utupurshi
Utupurshi (Utupursi) was king of Diauehi, a highland kingdom near modern Erzurum with its capital at Şaşilu, who submitted to the Urartian king Menua around 810 BC and paid annual tribute.
Van inscription of Sarduri I
The Van inscription of Sarduri I is an Assyrian-language cuneiform building inscription on the Sardur Tower at the Van fortress, among the oldest known Urartian royal inscriptions.
Walmu
Walmu was a king of Wilusa, a Late Bronze Age kingdom of western Anatolia generally identified with Troy, deposed by a relative and slated for Hittite restoration.
Walwaziti
Walwaziti was chief scribe at the Hittite capital Ḫattuša in the second half of the 13th century BC, serving King Ḫattušili III and probably Tudḫaliya IV.
War of Gyges against the Cimmerians
The War of Gyges against the Cimmerians was a seventh-century BC conflict in which Lydia's King Gyges first repelled, then was killed by, Cimmerian invaders.
War of Sadyattes against the Ionians
The War of Sadyattes against the Ionians was an eleven-year Lydian war against the Greek city of Miletus, begun by King Sadyattes and continued for five more years by his son Alyattes.
Warpalawas
Warpalawas, also known as Warpalawa, was king of Tuwana in the Tabal region of southern Cappadocia, a tribute-paying vassal of Assyria known from the İvriz rock relief.
Wasashatta
Wasashatta (Wašašatta) was a king of Mitanni, son and successor of Shattuara I, who reigned around 1300–1280 BC; his revolt against Assyria ended in defeat and deportation.
Wasusarma
Wasusarma, also known as Wassurme, was a Great King of Tabal in eighth-century BC central Anatolia, son of Tuwati and deposed by the Assyrians around 730 BC.
Xanthian Obelisk
The Xanthian Obelisk, or Inscribed Pillar of Xanthos, is a Lycian pillar tomb at Xanthos, Türkiye, bearing the longest known Lycian text, dated around 400 BC.
Yalburt inscription
The Yalburt inscription is a monumental Hieroglyphic Luwian royal text of the Hittite king Tudhaliya IV, carved on a spring-fed stone pool in Konya Province, Turkey.
Zannanza
Zannanza, also known as Zidanza, was a Hittite prince, a son of King Šuppiluliuma I, who died around 1327 BC before a planned marriage to an Egyptian queen.
Zidanta I
Zidanta I was a king of the Hittite Old Kingdom who took the throne at Hattusa by usurping his father-in-law Hantili I, reigning in the mid-16th century BC.
Zidanta II
Zidanta II, also written Zidantas II or Zidanza, was a Hittite king of the 15th century BC, known from a single treaty with Pilliya of Kizzuwatna.
Zikirtu
Zikirtu (also Ziqirtu) was a local state in the central Zagros, in northwestern Iran, ruled by Mitatti and devastated by Sargon II of Assyria in 714 BC.
Zita (Hittite prince)
Zita was a Hittite prince who served as chief of the royal bodyguards (GAL MEŠEDI) at the court of King Šuppiluliuma I in the 14th century BC.
Ziwiye hoard
The Ziwiye hoard, also called the Ziwiye treasure, is a group of gold, silver, bronze, and ivory objects reportedly found near Saqqiz, Iran, around 1946–1947, mixing Assyrian, Urartian, and Scythian styles.
Zuzu (king of Purushanda)
Zuzu was an Anatolian ruler who reigned from about 1725 to 1710 BC, the last king of Kanesh recorded in the Cappadocian tablets from Kültepe, after Anitta.