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Linguistic Diversity in the Caucasus

2009-01-14T02:40:00.000-08:00

Bernard ComrieDepartment of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106-3100; email: comrie@eva.mpg.deThe Caucasus is characterized by a relatively high level of linguistic diversity, whether measured in terms of number of languages, number of language families, or

Die Christianisierung des Kaukasus

2009-01-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

Die Christianisierung des Kaukasus - The Christanization of Caucasus (Armenia; Georgia, Albania)

Ideology and archaeology in Turkey

2008-12-25T06:29:00.000-08:00

ÖZDOĞAN, M. 1998. Ideology and archaeology in Turkey, in L. Meskell (ed.). Archaeology under fire. Nationalism, politics and heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: 111-24. London: Routledge.Mehmet ÖzdoganSetting the stageArchaeology, and the active interest in constructions of the the past, is an innovation that was initiated, and subsequently evolved, in Europe. One could define

GREEK COLONIES IN THE EAST

2008-12-20T17:29:00.000-08:00

GOCHA R. TSETSKHLADZEGreek Colonies in the EastThe Black Sea littoral, initially called by the Greeks "inhospitable," was colonized intensively by them. Ancient written sources number these colonies between seventy-five and ninety. According to the ancient Greek geographer Strabo, Miletus, the most prosperous city of Ionia (ancient East Greece, the western part of modern-day Turkey), was known to

IRON AGE CAUCASIA

2008-12-20T17:25:00.000-08:00

The Iron Age (defined broadly as an archaeological period from c. 1200 to 300 B.C.) in Caucasia witnessed a series of remarkable transformations in the social, cultural, and political traditions of the region that have left indelible marks upon the region's cultural landscape and contemporary geopolitics. During this era, small, hierarchical, centralized polities emerged as the dominant features

Archaeology Without Borders

2008-10-09T09:47:00.000-07:00

Humboldtians in FocusBy Barbara Wieners-HorstBack in the days of the Iron Curtain, joint research was hardly possible. Now, archaeologists like the Georgian Joni Apakidze work hand in hand with their colleagues in Germany. Joni Apakidze really appreciates beautiful things – especially if they are a few thousand years old. And especially if he has discovered them himself: clasps made of bronze,

Kolonisation und Akkulturation in Kappadokia Pontica

2008-10-09T09:39:00.001-07:00

Dr. Latife SummererLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Klassische ArchäologieMontag, 17. Juni 2002 um 19.00 Uhr c.t. im Hörsaal des Robertinums, Universitätsplatz 12 Die als pontisches Kappadokien bezeichnete antike Landschaft liegt am Schwarzen Meer zwischen den Flüssen Halys und Iris. Ihre alteingesessenen Bewohner werden in den Schriftquellen als Syrokappadoker oder

Neue Forschungen zum römischen Kastell Apsaros an der georgischen Schwarzmeerküste

2008-10-09T09:37:00.001-07:00

Dr. Annegret Plontke-Lüning(Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Altertumswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Klassische Archäologie)Die Festung im heutigen Dorf Gonio, 15 km südlich von Batumi und 1 km südlich der Mündung des Tschoroch ins Schwarze Meer gelegen, wird allgemein gleichgesetzt mit dem u.a. bei Plinius, Arrian und Prokop erwähnten römischen Kastell Apsaros. Dieses war die

Fundkontexte griechischer Keramik in Kolchis und Iberien: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Interpretation

2008-10-09T09:36:00.001-07:00

Ulrich Sens, M.A.(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Klassische Alertumswissenschaften)Um die in den antiken Quellen genannten, allerdings nicht ausgegrabenen bzw. lokalisierten, griechischen Kolonien der östlichen Schwarzmeerküste, Phasis, Gyenos und Dioskurias, gruppieren sich kleinere Siedlungen, Einzelgehöfte und Gräber mit griechischer Keramik, die teilweise bis in die

Die Koban-Kolchis-Kultur im östlichen Schwarzmeerraum

2008-10-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

”Die Koban-Kolchis-Kultur im östlichen Schwarzmeerraum” Dr. Ingo Motzenbäcker Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Eurasienabteilung (Berlin) Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2001 um 19.00 Uhr s.t. im Hörsaal des Robertinums, Universitätsplatz 12 Zwischen der georgischen Schwarzmeerküste und oberem Terek ist aus der späten Bronze-bis frühen Eisenzeit (ca. 14.-6. Jh. v. Chr.) eine stattliche Anzahl von

Kulturgeographie der Spätbronze- und Eisenzeit im Nord- und Westkaukasus

2008-10-09T09:09:00.000-07:00

Kulturgeographie der Spätbronze- und Eisenzeit im Nord- und Westkaukasus Von Dr. des. Sabine Reinhold, Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie, Freie Universität Berlin Die Spätbronze- und Eisenzeit in Kaukasien ist eine Zeit der kulturellen Blüte. Reich ausgestattete Grabfunde, Metalldeponierungen, Siedlungen und Produktionswerkstätten geben Auskunft über die Lebenswelt der prähistorischen

SOME BORROWED NUMERALS IN PROTO-KARTVELIAN

2008-06-09T03:22:00.000-07:00

published in Dhumbadji!, Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1996, (Letters to the Editor)REVIEW OF ALEXIS MANASTER RAMER'SDhumbadji!, Vol. 2, No. 3, December 1995, pp. 16-17Patrick C. Ryan Professor Alexis Manaster Ramer concludes his article by modestly saying: "We are very far from being able to say the last word on the subject", a sentiment with which I can heartily agree.Actually, I find the article

LAPISLAZULI-FUNDE DES 3. UND 2. JAHRTAUSENDS V. CHR. IN DER KAUKASUSREGION-- EIN BEITRAG ZUR HERKUNFT DES LAPISLAZULI IN TROIA

2008-06-07T07:58:00.000-07:00

Joni ApakidzeABSTRACTLapis lazuli from the Caucasus is a topic of great interest when seen from the perspective of its means of reaching Troy.Jewellery with lapis lazuli has been recovered in Bronze Age sites in the Caucasus as well, in specific: the Maikop kurgan, kurgan 1 in Novosvobodnaja (Carskaja), the hoard from Storomišastovsk (Maikop culture), and kurgan 17 in Trialeti (the Middle Bronze

Bronze and Early Iron Ages settlements and settlement systems of Colchian Culture in West Georgia

2008-06-07T07:53:00.000-07:00

Joni ApakidzeSukhumi Branch of Tbilisi Staty Univesity, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and Ethnology, Tbilisi-GeorgiaThe geoclimatic conditions of Colchian Plain determined the emergence of a peculiar type of settlement here. In conditions of high humidity and marshiness dwelling houses and economic facilities were constructed on platforms built of thick wooden beams or on clay mounds

Auf den Spuren von Medeas Gold

2008-05-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

ReportageWoher hatte das antike Volk der Kolcher das Gold für seine legendären Schätze? In Georgien sind Archäologen der Sage vom Goldenen Vlies auf der Spur.Und dann ist auch noch das Pferd weg. Es war ohnehin ein harter Tag für die achtköpfige Mannschaft gewesen: bis zu den Knien im grauen, kalten und reißenden Wasser, einen Eimer Geröll nach dem anderen schaufelnd, unzählige Pfannen Schlick

The Interrelationship between the Transcaucasian and Anatolian Populations by the Data of the Greek and Latin Literary Sources.

2008-03-29T08:14:00.000-07:00

Giorgi Leon KAVTARADZEPublished in: The Thracian World at the Crossroads of Civilisations, I. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Thracology (Constanta-Mangalia-Tulcea, 20-26 May 1996). Edited by P. Roman in collabration with S. Diamandi and M. Alexianu. Bucharest, the Romanian Institute of Thracology and the Publishing House Vavila Edinf SRL, 1997, 352-361.Read more (full text)

THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRANSCAUCASIAN AND ANATOLIAN POPULATIONS BY THE DATA OF THE GREEK AND LATIN LITERARY SOURCES

2008-03-29T08:08:00.000-07:00

Giorgi Leon KAVTARADZE (1996). The Interrelationship between the Transcaucasian and Anatolian Populations by the Data of the Greek and Latin Literary Sources, in: The Thracian World at the Crossroads of Civilisations, I. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Thracology (Constanta-Mangalia-Tulcea, 20-26 May 1996). Edited by P. Roman in collabration with S. Diamandi and M. Alexianu.

Laz positional verbs: semantics and use with inanimate Figures

2007-12-30T06:59:00.000-08:00

Silvia Kutscher N. Sevim GençIn this article, we discuss the meaning and use of positional verbs in the South-Caucasian language Laz. Positional verbs are defined as those verbs which — in combination with one of several locational verbal prefixes (preverbs) — may appear in the basic construction that functions as an answer to a “where” question, the so-called basic locative construction (BLC).

DID THE GREEKS GO TO COLCHIS FOR METALS?

2007-12-19T09:48:00.000-08:00

GOCHA R. TSETSKHLADZEA too simple understanding of the process of Greek colonisation, especially the reasons for it, sometimes leads modern scholars to unrealistic conclusions. This paper examines the view commonly found in the literature that the main reason for the arrival of the lonians in Colchis in the middle of the 6th century BC was the area's richness in metals. Archaeological material

Fine Linen from Colchis?

2007-12-19T09:42:00.001-08:00

MARGALITH ORésumé / AbstractLe mot srad est employé une seule fois pour caractériser le vêtement du Grand-Prêtre (Exode 31: 10, 35: 19, 39: 1, 41, bigdé ha-srad). Son origine et son sens sont obscurs. L'A. signale une hypothèse: le lin fin de Colchis, dont Hérodote dit qu'il est hupo Hellènon Sardonikon keklètai, Sardonikon venant phonétiquement du çrath sanskrit: "toile fine".Journal

The Cult of Mithras in Ancient Colchis

2007-12-19T09:33:00.000-08:00

Gocha R. TSETSKHLADZEThe cult of Mithras in Colchis was widespread from the Hellenistic period onward. This has been borne out by a fragment of a Colchian amphora discovered during excavations at the city-site of Pichvnari, bearing the circular imprint of a seal described in detail here (it depicts a horseman, a six-pointed star, a bird and a sprig). This cult made its way to Colchis from the

Mischung der Kulturen

2007-10-25T07:41:00.000-07:00

Deutscher Archäologe untersuchte persischen und griechischen Einfluss im TranskaukasusNur wenig ist bekannt über die einheimische Bevölkerung des Transkaukasus in der Antike, im Besonderen das Gebiet des heutigen Zentral- und Ostgeorgiens, nur wenige Schriftquellen griechischer und assyrischer, später auch römischer Herkunft geben Auskunft über die Kolcher und Iberer. Wie Griechen und Perser die

Eastern Black Sea Region—A sample of modular design in the vernacular architecture

2007-07-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

Nilhan Vurala, Serbülent Vurala, Nihan Engina and M. Reşat Sümerkana aFaculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey Received 11 April 2006; revised 23 June 2006; accepted 13 July 2006. Available online 31 January 2007.AbstractRural settlements of Eastern Black Sea Region have an original architectural charateristics which are shaped

COLCHIS

2007-07-09T11:15:00.000-07:00

By Alexander Mikaberidze and George Nikoladze In ancient geography, Colchis or Kolchis (in Laz Kolxa — and in Greek — Κολχίς, kŏl´kĬs) was a nearly triangular ancient Caucasia region and kingdom in the Caucasus, which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgian nation. [The Kingdom of Colchis as an early Caucasian state contributed significantly in developing

GEORGIA: EARLY HISTORY (ca 600 BC - 650 AD )

2007-07-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Andrew AndersenMost historians of Georgia as well as anthropologists, archeologists and linguists tend to agree that the ancestors of modern Georgians inhabited southern Caucasus and northern Asia Minor since neolith. Experts usually refer to them as Proto-Kartvelian tribes (from the word Kartveli which is the Georgians’ own name for themselves) whose origins are quite unclear. Some of European

Lazic War

2007-07-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

The Lazic War also known as the Great War of Egrisi (Georgian: ეგრისის დიდი ომი, Egrisis Didi Omi) in Georgian historiography and the Colchian War, was fought between the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires for controlling the region of Lazica locally known as Egrisi, what is now western Georgia. The Lazic war lasted for twenty years, from 542 to 562, with varying success and ended in the Byzantine

THE DISAPPEARED CIRCUMPONTIC CASTE OF METALLURGISTS

2007-07-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

Jaroslav Mudry State University of Novgorod, Russian,. ivp@novsu.ac.ru The subject of my report is the mystery of Halizones-Chalybes, the main information of whom comes from the times, when this tribe had already disappeared or was in the process of disappearing as the special community. Kobanian culture is regarded as archaeological equivalent

Die ältesten Kontakte der Ostschwarzmeerküste (Anhand der Fibeln)

2007-07-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

Nino Sulawa Centre for Archaeological Studies, Tbilisi Die Beziehungen zwischen Kolchis und der griechischer Welt ist in der Vorkolonisationszeit durch vielen Artefakten schon bewiesen worden. Zu diesen Artefakten kommt eine Gruppe der ältestcn Fibeln hinzu, die an der Ostschwarzmeerküste entdeckt ist und welche über noch engere Kontakte

Two Colchian Archaeological Monuments (8th-6th centuries BC)

2007-07-09T09:52:00.001-07:00

Vakhtang Licheli Centre for Archaeological Studies, Tbilisi The two monuments dating hack to the 8th-6th centuries BC, undoubtedly of Colchian origin are situated in different regions: the first one - a settlement - is located on the coastline of the Kolkheti lowlands, while the other, in the shape of a necropolis, has been excavated in the

THE ETHNO-CULTURAL SITUATION IN NORTH-WESTERN TRANSCAUCASIA IN THE STONE AND EARLY METAL EPOCH

2007-07-09T09:48:00.001-07:00

O. Djaparidze, Professor, Tbilisi State University Owing to its geographic position, North-Western Colchis had since earliest times been a link between Western Transcaucasia and northern areas of the Caucasus. Recent archaeological finds evidence than man had come to populate Transcaucasia quite early in the past. The Black Sea littoral and the adjacent coastal area of Western Georgia were the

ABKHAZIA IN THE LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL EPOCHS

2007-07-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

N. Lomouri, Museum of Georgian Art In the first centuries of the Christian era the area from the river Galizga to the river Shakhe was home to both Abkhazian tribes (the Apsils and the Abazghis) and Megrelo-Chanian (Colchian) and Svanian ethnic groups (the Sanigae or Sanigs and the Suanno-Colchians). At the same time, the Georgian (Kartvelian) population occupied a large territory that exceeded

PROBLEMS OF ETHNOPOLITICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT ABKHAZIA

2007-07-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

M. Inadze, Institute of History, Georgian Academy of Sciences The author makes detailed scrutiny of the information provided by Graeco-Roman and Byzantine sources and concerning the contemporary ethnic processes that went on then on the territory of present-day Abkhazia, as well as the ethnic composition of the population of this area at that epoch with a view to tracing back the ethnic origin of

NON-INDO-EUROPEAN ETHNIC GROUPS (THE HATTIANS AND THE KASKEANS) IN ANCIENT ANATOLIA ACCORDING TO HITTITE CUNEIFORM TEXTS

2007-07-09T09:41:00.000-07:00

G. Giorgadze, Institute Of History, Georgian Academy of Sciences Hittite written sources from the 17th-13th cc. B.C. inform us that the Hattites were the most ancient non-Indo-European tribes that lived in Anatolia (Asia Minor) on the broad plain in the right-bank arch formed by the present-day river Kizil-Irmak (the Marassanta-Marassantia in the Hittite texts) and the Gallis in the classic

The Christianisation of Georgia

2007-07-04T10:41:00.000-07:00

The Black Sea Region:Past, Present and FutureAn international inter-disciplinary conferenceSession B Paper AbstractsB1. Cultural Exchange in the Prehistoric and Historic PeriodsThe Christianisation of GeorgiaEmzar KakhidzeBatumi Scientific-Research Institute, Georgiaemzkakh@hotmail.comAt the very early stages of its own history, western Georgia (Colchis of the Classical period, Lazica of early

Das geheimnisvolle Land Kolchis

2007-06-04T05:30:00.000-07:00

Medeas Gold – eine Ausstellung im Alten Museum zu Berlin Von Ronald Sprafke 26.05.07Einst wurde der thessalische Königssohn Iason ausgeschickt, das Goldene Vlies aus dem fernen Lande Aia zurückzuholen. Zusammen mit den Argonauten, fünfzig Helden aus ganz Griechenland, segelte er gen Osten. Er fand das geheimnisvolle Land Kolchis, kostbares Gold und eine wunderschöne Frau. Medea, die zauberkundige

THE PHAISTOS DISC-COLCHIAN GOLDSCRIPT

2007-05-31T12:51:00.000-07:00

This paper presents the information on deciphering by the author the complete text of the four-thousand year old first imprinted religious-literary document _ the Phaistos Disc. The document is widely known, and has not been read until today _ it has been read by the author in one of the Kartvelian languages-Colchian.read more

Archaeological Investigations on the Eastern Black Sea Littoral, 1970-80

2007-05-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

bay D. D. Kacharava Archaeological Reports, No. 30. (1983 - 1984), pp. 98-101. read more

THE TYPOLOGY OF DESTINATION SYSTEMS OF GEORGIAN AND BASQUE

2007-05-31T12:41:00.000-07:00

BAY TAMAR SH. MAKHAROBLIDZETBILISI IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI STATE UNIVERSITYTYPOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS10.02.07.read more

The Caucasian Languages

2007-05-31T12:37:00.001-07:00

There is considerable linguistic diversity in the area between the Black and Caspian Seas, which is divided into the North and South Caucasus by the Caucasus mountain range. It is not surprising that a number of the world's major language families are represented in this region, which finds itself between Europe, the Near East, and Asia. These language families are:read more

Official site of the archaeological expedition of Pichvnari

2007-05-31T12:28:00.000-07:00

Official site of the archaeological expedition of Pichvnari, Ajarian (in Western Georgia). Excavation reports, available in doc or pdf file.

The British-Georgian Excavation at Pichvnari 1998

2007-05-31T12:02:00.000-07:00

The British-Georgian Excavation at Pichvnari 1998: The 'Greek' and 'Colchian' CemeteriesM. Vickers; A. Kakhidze Anatolian Studies, Vol. 51. (2001), pp. 65-90. read more

Colchian Dragon

2007-05-31T11:56:00.001-07:00

THE DRAKON KHOLKIKOS (or Colchian Dragon) was an ever-wakeful, giant serpent which guarded the Golden Fleece in the sacred grove of Ares at Kolkhis. When Jason and the Argonauts came to fetch the fleece, the beast was either slain by the hero or put to sleep by the witch Medea. In one version of the story, preserved only in vase painting (image right), Jason was first devoured and disgorged by

ABOUT KINGDOM AND KINGSHIP: Origin of mapa

2007-05-10T07:19:00.000-07:00

By C’k’oni In Laz there exists newly restored Zan variant mapa of Karto-Zan common root mepe (king). The word was almost lost in beginning of 20-th century, but it was preserved in hydronym mapatzk'ari [N. Marr: 1910]. mepe ascends to Karto-Zan common language period [G. Klimov: 1964; H. Fänrich, Z. Sarjveladze: 2000]. There exists regular phonetic equivalency between Kartian and Zan variants [e

Language Codeswitching (What’s greatest danger for Laz?)

2007-05-10T07:04:00.000-07:00

Ckoni [The article was written by Ckoni and publishe on Lazebura Forum.] In this article we try to outline some aspects of Laz-to-Turkish codeswitching. We think that considering problems indicated below would be useful for Laz origin community of Turkey. Codeswitching (CS) is commonly defined as the alternating use of two or more codes in the same conversational event. The term was first

K’olxuri (megrul-lazuri) ena: Colchian (Megrelian- Laz) language (book)

2007-05-09T12:36:00.000-07:00

Title: K’olxuri (megrul-lazuri) ena: Colchian (Megrelian- Laz) languageEd.: Rusudan Amerijibi-Mullen(MA)Compilers : Nana Danelia, Inga Dundua, Rusudan Amerijibi-MullenPublication Year: 2006Publisher: ICGL( Universali: Tbilisi, Georgia), www.icgl.orgReviewed by: Andrew Higgins (MA), (Cardiff, UK)This new book is the first grammar of the Colchian language, especially the Megrelian dialect (also

2007-05-08T10:28:00.000-07:00

"Lasisch - wie lange noch?" [How long will Laz continue to be spoken?]

2007-05-08T10:24:00.000-07:00

Genç, Sevim; Kutscher, Silvia; Mattissen, JohannaIn journal: Forschung in Köln (Universität zu Köln), 1996 (2), 1996.

Lazuri nena - Lazca - Lasisch - Laz

2007-05-08T10:20:00.001-07:00

Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Institut für Linguistik der Universität zu Köln

Lazuri Nena - The Language of the Laz

2007-05-08T10:18:00.001-07:00

Silvia Kutscher, University of Cologne[Draft, comments welcome.To appear in Rüdiger Benninghaus (ed.) The Laz people]This chapter presents a short overview of the Laz language and its affiliation. The presentationfocuses on some main characteristics of the language system and its dialectal variation. In addition, the status of Laz being an endangered language is discussed in some detail.read more

Lasische Sprache

2007-05-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Die lasische Sprache ist nicht mit dem Türkischen verwandt und auch typologisch von diesem völlig verschieden. Sie gehört der südkaukasischen Sprachfamilie an, die auch 'Kartwelisch' genannt wird. Die prominenteste und auch dominante Sprache dieser Familie ist das Georgische, das die längste schriftsprachliche Tradition aufweist (belegt seit dem 5. Jh.) und wegen seines Prestiges und der

The Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond (1204-1222)

2007-05-08T09:53:00.000-07:00

A. A. Vasiliev Speculum, Vol. 11, No. 1. (Jan., 1936), pp. 3-37. read more

The Argonaut Epos and Bronze Age Economic History

2007-05-08T09:41:00.000-07:00

by Morris SilverEconomics DepartmentCity College of New YorkRevised May 14, 1999The first part of this essay seeks to "decipher" the mythical component of the Argonaut epos and lay bare its underlying economic meaning. Stanford (1939: 181-82) makes clear that deciphering is required because...read more

Die Griechen in der Kolchis (historisch-archäologischer Abriß)

2007-05-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

Die Griechen in der Kolchis (historisch-archäologischer Abriß)Von Gocha R. TSETSKHLADZE, Amsterdam 1998

Zur ethnischen Herkunft der Kaskäer

2007-05-03T07:05:00.000-07:00

Zur ethnischen Herkunft der Kaskäer (Kaskäer) und Abeschläervon hethitischen und assyrischen Keilschrifttextenvon G. Giorgadze (Achalziche 2000)

RACE-GENETIC ROOTS AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERRELATIONS OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN EASTERN BLACK SEA LITTORAL (PROBLEMS OF ETHNOGENESIS)

2007-05-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

M.AbdushelishviliSummaryAccording to the anthropological data at our disposal, all the aboriginal groups in the North-Western Caucasus (except the highland Karachais and Balkars who pertain to the Caucasian type of the West Asian or Caucasoid race and make a classical example of lack of coincidence between the glottogenetic-Turkic and local (obtained in the Caucasus) race-genetic data), viz. the

PROBLEMS OF ETHNOPOLITICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT ABKHAZIA

2007-05-03T06:58:00.001-07:00

M. InadzeSummaryThe author makes detailed scrutiny of the information provided by Graeco-Roman and Byzantine sources and concerning the contemporary ethnic processes that went on then on the territory of present-day Abkhazia, as well as the ethnic composition of the population of this area at that epoch with a view to tracing back the ethnic origin of the Abazghis and then, upon subjecting the

NON-INDO-EUROPEAN ETHNIC GROUPS (THE HAITIANS AND THE KASKEANS) IN ANCIENT ANATOLIA ACCORDING TO HITTITE CUNEIFORM TEXTS

2007-05-03T06:57:00.000-07:00

G.GiorgadzeSummaryHittite written sources from the 17th—13th cc. B.C. inform us that the Haitians were the most ancient non-Indo-European tribes that lived in Anatolia (Asia Minor) on the broad plain /59/ in the right-bank arch formed by the present-day river Kizil-Irmak (the Marassanta-Marassantia in the Hittite texts and the Halis in the classic epoch) and further up to the shores of the

SOME PROBLEMS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WESTERN TRANSCAUCASIA IN THE 3rd - 1 st MILLENNIA B.C.

2007-05-03T06:56:00.000-07:00

M.BaramidzeSummaryThe outstanding success of the studies of the Early Bronze culture of Western Transcaucasia and the South Caucasus carried out over the last two decades (the settled sites at Dikhagudzuba I and II in Anaclias, and also at Ochamchiri, Nosiri, /42/ Saeliao, Machara, Guandra, Gumista I and II, Ispani, Pichori (layers VIII - VII) and elsewhere have enabled the researchers to

THE ETHNO-CULTURAL SITUATION IN NORTH-WESTERN TRANSCAUCASIA IN THE STONE AND EARLY METAL EPOCH

2007-05-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

O.DjaparidzeSummaryOwing to its geographic position, North-Western Colchis had since earliest times been a link between Western Transcaucasia and northern areas of the Caucasus. Recent archaeological finds evidence than man had come to populate Transcaucasia quite early in the past. The Black Sea littoral and the adjacent coastal area of Western Georgia were the lands that hosted ancient man and

Probleme der historischen Geographie Anatoliens und Transkaukasiens im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr.

2007-05-03T06:45:00.000-07:00

von Giorgi Leon KavtaradzeOrbis Terrarum 2/1996Alten georgischen Chroniken gemäß ist der wichtigste Schutzpatron der Georgier der heilige Georg (Zminda Giorgi), während ihnen der heilige Nino das Christentum brachte. Beide waren kappadokischen Ursprungs. In der byzantinischen Historiographie wird als Tatsache erwähnt, daß die Kappadoker identisch mit den Meschern bzw. den Moschern sind, einem

Kolchis

2007-05-03T06:40:00.000-07:00

Kolchis wikipedia colchis (en)

Kolchis und der Kaukasus

2007-05-03T06:19:00.000-07:00

von Hermann SauterHerodot behauptet, auf einer Reise ins Schwarzmeergebiet bis nach Kolchis gefahren und somit bis zum Südrand des Kaukasus gelangt zu sein. Daß Herodot dort war, scheint sich zunächst aus der Behauptung ableiten zu lassen, daß er die Ähnlichkeit zwischen den Kolchern und den Ägyptern, die er auf die Abstammung der Kolcher von ägyptischen Soldaten des Pharaos Sesostris zurückführt

Wolf, Christa - Medea Stimmen

2007-05-03T06:11:00.000-07:00

Autor: Claudine FleuryFachbereich: Deutsch - Literatur, WerkeKategorie: Referat / SchulaufsatzJahr: 2000I MedeaMedea liegt von hohem Fieber geplagt in ihrem Bett und sinniert über ihre Vergangenheit nach. Dabei spricht sie stets zu ihrer Mutter, die nicht anwesend ist. Ihre Gedanken sind sehr wirr und ungeordnet. Sie erinnert sich, wie ihre Mutter ihr die Linien in ihren Handflächen gezeigt hat..

Unterwegs zum Goldenen Vlies

2007-04-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte Saarbrucken ** Kurze Erläuterung: Wie sie unten lesen werden, im Text wird es behauptet, dass die Lasen-Mingrelen georgische Stämme sei. Das ist eine pure politische Behauptung, die mit der Wahrheit nichts zutun hat. Selbst die georgischen Annalen sehen anders als heutige Georgian, die so genannten Kartvelisten. Nach georgischen Annalen sind die vorfahren von

Medea

2007-04-24T02:53:00.000-07:00

by Franz Grillparzer Publised 1821GermanDownload (PDF)

Das goldene Vliess

2007-04-24T02:45:00.000-07:00

by Franz GrillparzerPublised 1821Inhalt: Der Gastfreund, Die Argonauten, MedeaGermandownload (PDF)

The Circassian Slave

2007-04-24T02:39:00.000-07:00

By Maturin MurrayPublised: 1851The Circassian, he signed to her to follow him.As the slave retired she could not but look back at the Sultan, who had greeted her with such kind consideration, and as she did so she met his dark, piercing eye bent upon her in gentle pity. She almost sighed to leave the presence of one who had showed her the first kindness, the first token of thoughtful

COLCHIS TODAY

2007-03-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

By ALEXANDER MELAMIDNortheastern Turkey is outstanding among regions in that country. This region extends along the Black Sea coast from east of the city of Sinop to the border with the former Soviet Union (Fig. 1). The area was known to the ancient Greeks as Colchis, a term that probably included both the eastern Turkish coast and adjacent parts of Georgia. Present-day Colchis is a strip of

Legendary Colchis lives on in the Republic of Georgia

2007-03-23T14:15:00.000-07:00

Legendary Colchis lives on in the Republic of Georgia.We're looking for Namarnu. Can you help us?The wizened, kerchiefed woman looked up from her garden, eyeing our red van. “Namarnu, Namarnu,” she repeated slowly, as if it were an incantation, “Namarnu.” She shook her head.“Medea's city,” the driver offered, “Namarnu.”Hearing the name of the Colchian princess who helped Jason steal the Golden

STRABO (c. 63 BCE- 18 CE)

2007-01-25T15:45:00.001-08:00

Translated by H.L. JonesGeography11.2.17Further, the greater part of the remainder of Colchis is on the sea. Through it flows the Phasis, a large river having its sources in Armenia and receiving the waters of the Glaucus and the Hippus, which issue from the neighboring mountains. It is navigated as far as Sarapana, a fortress capable of admitting the population even of a city. From here people

PROCOPIUS: ON BUILDINGS

2007-01-25T15:43:00.000-08:00

Translated by Dewing, H. B., 1940III. vi. These, then, are the things which the emperor Justinian did in Armenia. And it has seemed to me not inappropriate to record at this point in my account what he did for the Tzani, for they are neighbours of the Armenians. From ancient times the Tzani have lived as an independent people, without rulers, following a savage-like manner of life, regarding

AGATHIAS OF MYRINA

2007-01-25T15:42:00.000-08:00

Translated by J.D.FrendoHistories (c. 552-558 CE)III.5 (1) The Lazi are a great and a proud people and they rule over other very considerable peoples. They pride themselves on their connection with the ancient name of the Colchians and have an exaggeratedly, though perhaps understandably, high opinion of themselves. (2) I certainly know of no other subject race with such ample resources of

Xenophon

2007-01-25T15:34:00.000-08:00

Anabasis ( 400 - 399 BCE ) Translated by Carleton L. Brownson Xenophon in Seven Volumes Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; Willia Heinemann, Ltd., London., 1980. … [4.7.19] From there they journeyed four stages, twenty parasangs, to a large andprosperous inhabited city which was called Gymnias. From this city the ruler of the land sent the Greeks a guide, in order to

Colchis

2007-01-25T15:16:00.000-08:00

ColchisGeography and toponyms According to most classic authors, a district which was bounded on the southwest by Pontus , on the west by the Pontus Euxinus as far as the river Corax (probably the present day Bzyb River , Abkhazia ), on the north by the chain of the Greater Caucasus , which lay between it and Asiatic Sarmatia , on the east by Iberia and Montes Moschici (now the Lesser Caucasus ),