The Official Site of Sheda Vasseghi Yesterday According to 1st c. Roman historian and philosopher Strabo in his book “Geography”: “…Now the plain of the Iberians [ancient Georgians] is inhabited by people who are rather inclined to farming and to peace, and they dress after both the Armenian and the Median fashion; but the major, or warlike, portion occupy the mountainous territory, living like the Scythians and the Sarmatians, of whom they are both neighbors and kinsmen; however, they engage also in farming. And they assemble many tens of thousands, both from their own people and from the Scythians and Sarmatians, whenever anything alarming occurs...” ~ an interesting excerpt noting ancestors of modern Georgians are kin to Iranians given Medians, Scythians and Sarmatians are Iranian stock and Armenians as well whose history is inseparable from Iranians… [pic Wikipedia: A 1706 map “Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania et Sarmatia Asiatica” by German scholar Christophorus Cellarus published in the book “Notitiae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris Tomus Alter Asiam et Africam“…the map is based on ancient records…for educational purposes only]
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:20:41 +0000
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