Caspians
Information about Caspians
The Caspians or Caspi were ancient people dwelling along the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea.[1]
The Caspians have generally been regarded as a pre-Indo-European, that is, a pre-Iranian, people and have even been identified by some scholars with the Kassites.[1] However Onomastic evidence bearing on this point has been newly discovered. The Aramaic papyri from Egypt, in which several Caspian names are mentioned, are in part, etymologically Iranian. The Caspians must therefore be considered either an Iranian people or strongly under Iranian cultural influence.[1]
The Caspians have generally been regarded as a pre-Indo-European, that is, a pre-Iranian, people and have even been identified by some scholars with the Kassites.[1] However Onomastic evidence bearing on this point has been newly discovered. The Aramaic papyri from Egypt, in which several Caspian names are mentioned, are in part, etymologically Iranian. The Caspians must therefore be considered either an Iranian people or strongly under Iranian cultural influence.[1]
References
Coordinates
Lake type Endorheic
Saline
Permanent
Natural
Primary sources Volga River
..... Click the link for more information.
Lake type Endorheic
Saline
Permanent
Natural
Primary sources Volga River
..... Click the link for more information.
Ancient Mesopotamia
Euphrates Tigris
Cities / Empires
Sumer: Uruk ' Ur ' Eridu
Kish ' Lagash ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
Babylon ' Isin ' Susa
Assyria: Assur Nineveh
..... Click the link for more information.
Euphrates Tigris
Cities / Empires
Sumer: Uruk ' Ur ' Eridu
Kish ' Lagash ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
Babylon ' Isin ' Susa
Assyria: Assur Nineveh
..... Click the link for more information.
Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The word is derived from the Greek word όνομα (onoma), meaning name.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.