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Argishtis I
Argishtis I
King of Urartu
	Monument of Argishti in Yerevan, Armenia
Reign	Urartu: 785 BC to 763 BC
Predecessor	Menuas
Successor	Sarduri II
Father	Menuas

Argishtis I (Armenian: Արգիշտի, Argishti) was the sixth known king of the ancient Armenian kingdom of Urartu, reigning from 785 BC to 763 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni in 782 BC, which is the present capital of Armenia, Yerevan.

A son and the successor of Menuas, he continued the series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against Assyria, he conquered the northern part of Syria and made Urartu the most powerful state in the post-Hittite Near East. He also expanded his kingdom north to the Lake Sevan conquering much of Diauehi and the Ararat Valley. Argishtis built the Erebuni Fortress in 782 BC, and the fortress of Argishtikhinili, in 776 BC.

Some linguists believe that the name Argištiše has Indo-European etymology (Armenian). Compare Armenian արեգ (translit. areg) – “sun deity”, “sun”.^{[citation needed]}

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N. Adontz, Historie d'Arménie, les origines, Paris, 1946

Preceded by Menuas	King of Urartu 785-763 BC	Succeeded by Sarduri II

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