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Arzashkun or Arsashkun was the capital of the early kingdom of Urartu in the 9th century BC, before Sarduri I moved it to Tushpa in 832 BC. Arzashkun had double walls and towers, but was captured by Shalmaneser III in the 850s BC.

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Arzashkun seems to be the Assyrian form of an Armenian name

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