Menua

[2][3] A younger son of the preceding Urartian King, Ishpuini, Menua was adopted as co-ruler by his father in the last years of his reign.

Menua enlarged the kingdom through numerous wars against the neighbouring countries and left many inscriptions across the region, by far the most of any Urartian ruler.

[4] He organized a centralised administrative structure, fortified a number of towns and constructed fortresses.

Menuapili of which there are still many parts existing, working to supply irrigation and drinking water to the city of Van and the surrounding villages, is one of the surviving monuments of ancient Armenian culture and one of the oldest medieval civilization famous constructions.

Menuapili is one of the oldest major canals in the Middle East, for that reason it was called by many historians a river.

Sennacherib used the expertise of Urartian technicians since they were well known for their skill in constructing hydraulic installations.

The flow of irrigation canals is from north to south, from Urartu to Assyria, i.e. from the Armenian Highland to Mesopotamia.