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Under a succession of militaristic kings, the kingdom of Urartu expands to become the most powerful state in western Asia. Its armies are active from central Anatolia in the west, across north Syria, to Trans-Caucasia in the northeast. In 714 B.C.E. the Assyrian king Sargon II marches north into Urartu, defeats its king, Rusa I, and proceeds to plunder the country.
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