The Balance Between the Urban and the Rural in the Urartian Heartland
Abstract
The statement “The land was barren and nothing was built” can be considered as the commencing expression of the systematic settlement program, is important for both showing the inhospitable geography of the area and stressing the projects undertaken: Foundation of a Urartian city always took place after agricultural infrastructure had been laid out and this was a rule for all royal cities. An Urartian city can be described as a settlement which brings a palace complex, a temple complex, tombs and the lower settlement populated by the common people in a citadel. Rural Urartu was every piece of land as soon as stepping out of its cities. The existence of a complementary bridge between Urartian countryside and royal cities can be explained by the “principle of mutual benefit”. Although rural settlements were necessary elements for city economies to survive, they managed to endure without them. Following the departure of Urartian dynasty from the Van Lake Basin, it was never easy for a central government to administer the rural settlements indigenous to the region which still exist today.
Keywords
Settlement policy, Urban, Rural settlements, Urartu, Van Lake Basin
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