Urumeans

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The Urumu (also called the Urumeans) were a tribe attested in cuneiform sources in the Bronze Age. They are often considered to be one of the ancestors of the Armenians[1][2][3] being one of the tribes which were part of the Armenian Hayasa-Azzi confederation.

  1. ^ Igor M. Diakonoff. The Pre-history of the Armenian People. Delmar, New York (1968, translated 1984) ch.3. [1]
  2. ^ Boris Piotrovski. The Ancient Civilization of Urartu. Nagel. 1969. pp. 82, 199.
  3. ^ Aram Kossian. "The Mushki Problem Reconsidered." 1997. pp. 256-257, 262. 260-261. [2]