country_of_citizenship ishpuini of urartu
Tushpa (" Tosp ", Assyrian : " Turuspa ") was the 9th - century BC capital of Urartu , later becoming known as Van which is derived from " Biaina " the native name of Urartu . The ancient ruins are located just west of Van and east of Lake Van in the Van Province of ___MASK69___ . Lake Van is the largest lake in ___MASK69___ , located in the far east of the country in the provinces of Van and Bitlis . It is a saline soda lake , receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains . Lake Van is one of the world ' s largest endorheic lakes ( having no outlet ). The original outlet from the basin was blocked by an ancient volcanic eruption . Although Lake Van is situated at an altitude of in a region with harsh winters , its high salinity prevents most of it from freezing , and even the shallow northern section is only occasionally an exception . ___MASK17___ was a major Mesopotamian East Semitic - speaking kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East . It existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC in the form of the Assur city - state , until its lapse between 612 BC and 599 BC , spanning the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age . Babylon ( or ; Aramaic :  , " Babel ", , " Bavel ", , " Bbil ") was a major city of ancient Mesopotamia in the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers . The city was built upon the Euphrates and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks , with steep embankments to contain the river ' s seasonal floods . Babylon was originally a small Semitic Akkadian city dating from the period of the ___MASK79___ c . 2300 BC . Van Province is a province in eastern ___MASK69___ , between Lake Van and the Iranian border . It is 19 , 069 km in area and had a population of 1 , 035 , 418 at the end of 2010 . Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west , Siirt to the southwest , rnak and Hakkâri to the south , and Ar to the north . The capital is the city of Van . The majority of the province ' s population is Kurdish . ___MASK100___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK100___ ( tr . " Hayastani Hanrapetut  yun "), is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia . Located in Western Asia on the " Armenian Highlands ", it is bordered by Turkey to the west , Russia and Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east , and Iran and Azerbaijan ' s exclave of Nakhchivan to the south . The Armenian Highlands ( also known as the Armenian Upland , Armenian plateau , Armenian tableland , or simply ___MASK100___ ) is the central - most and highest of three land - locked plateaus . To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia . To its southeast is the Iranian plateau , where the elevation drops rapidly by about to above sea level . The Caucasus extends to the northeast of the Armenian Highlands . To the southwest of the Armenian Highlands is Upper Mesopotamia . Urartu , also known as Kingdom of Van ( Urartian : ' Assyrian : '; Babylonian : " Urashtu "), was an Iron Age kingdom centred on Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands . It corresponds to the biblical " Kingdom of Ararat ". Shamshi - Adad V was the King of ___MASK17___ from 824 to 811 BC . He was named after the god Adad , who is also known as Hadad . Ishpuini ( also Ishpuinis ) ( ruled 828 - 810 BC ) was king of Urartu . He succeeded his father , Sarduri I , who moved the capital to Tushpa ( Van ) . Ishpuini conquered the Mannaean city of Musasir , which was then made the religious center of the empire . The main temple for the war god Haldi was in Musasir . Ishpuinis and his nation were then attacked by the forces Assyrian King Shamshi - Adad V . Ishpuinis fought and defeated Shamshi - Adad . Ishpuini was so confident in his power that he began using names meaning everlasting glory , including , `` King of the land of Nairi '' , `` Glorious King '' , and `` King of the Universe '' . Ishpuini was succeeded by his son , Menua .