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Nairi

Nairi was a confederation of northern Hurrian tribes who inhabited the area around Lake Van, Lake Sevan, and the Armenian Highlands in the Transcaucasia region. The Nairi were divided into fierce tribal groups which were capable of contending with the Assyrians and Hittites, and they fought against the southern incursions of the Assyrians for years. Shalmaneser I conducted a military campaign against the Nairi, resulting in many cities captured and destroy. In 860 BC, the disunited tribes consolidated into the kingdom of Urartu.

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