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Erimena have been king of Urartu during Sargon's eight campaign? (in:) S. Kroll, C. Gruber, U. Hellwag, M. Roaf, P. Zimansky (eds), Biainili-Urartu. The Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Munich 12-14 October 2007, Acta Iranica 51, pp. 187–216.
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According to an
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These conflicts took a heavy toll on Urartu, particularly on its economy. After suffering reverses, Urartu lost the territory it had annexed under
Sarduri II to Tiglath-Pileser III, and was forced to pay tribute to Assyria.
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