The Socio-economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom

In The Socio-economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom, Ali ðCifðci presents a detailed study of the life of the highland communities of eastern Anatolia, Armenia and north-west Iran between the 9th and 6th centuries BC. In doing so, the author uses archaeological excavations, surveys, and textual evidence from both Urartian and Assyrian sources, as well as original ethnographic observations, within the context of the geographical setting of the Urartu Kingdom. The book investigates various aspects of the Urartian Kingdom from its economic resources and the movement of commodities (agriculture, animal husbandry, metallurgy, trade, etc.) to the management of those resources and the administrative organisation of the state. This includes the Urartian concept of kingship and the king's role in administration, construction, the division of the kingdom, as well as the income generated by warfare.

Ali Cifci, Ph.D. (2014), the University of Liverpool, is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at Marmara University. He was a Senior Fellow at the Koc University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations and has published several articles on Urartian archaeology.