Tushpa

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Tuspa ( Tushpa ) was the capital of the Urartian kingdom. It is located on the territory of present town of Van in eastern Turkey.

Tuspa was under King Sarduri I, who reigned 834-828 BC, capital of the empire. The city formed around the Urartian fortress, today Van Kalesi. " Ruler of the city Tuspa " was part of the titulary of all Urartian rulers. Tuspa for the first time in an inscription of the Assyrian king Šulmanu - ašared III. ( r. 858-824 BC) mentioned. Šalmaneser III. reported in the inscription of his victory over King Sarduri. By the time the town's importance declined, and its name changed to its present van. The citadel, on the south side there is an inscription of the Persian king Xerxes I, was abandoned. The city was destroyed during the First World War and today is a field of ruins.