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Scholars do not all agree on its location, but according to many, it included the Northwest of Iran and present-day Azerbaijan . Its borders were purportedly from the Caucasus mountains to the Zagros mountains, and from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea . Aratta is thought to be related to the later Urartu kingdom, because of its geographical location and name. The name also resembles Ararat , and the mountain is indeed located in the possible area of Aratta. Aratta is often mentioned by modern historians in connection with the later regional powers of Mannai , Urartu and the Medes . Its legendary capital city may have been Phraaspa , site of a little Parthian era castle recently discovered (in April 2005) near the river Araxes ( Araz river, along the Iran-Azerbaijan border). However, the castle is firmly dated to the Atropatene (c. 300 BC) and Parthian (c. 200 BC) eras, thousands of years after the mysterious references to ''Aratta'' in Sumerian inscriptions. Yousef Madjidzadeh speculates that Aratta may be identical with the Southeast Iranian city of Jiroft {Link without Title} SEE ALSO |
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