Kolchis

Kolchis(georgisk:კოლხეთი,k'olxeti,oldgræsk:Κολχίς) var et gammeltgeorgiskkongedømme og en region^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] i den vestlige del af nutidensGeorgien,som spillede en vigtig rolle i den etniske og kulturelle dannelsen afden georgiske nationog dens undergrupper.^[7]^[8]

Som en georgisk statsdannelse, bidroKolchisbetydelig i udviklingen af middelalderens georgiske statsdannelse, efter at have oprettet en union medKaukasisk Iberia(Kongedømmet Iberia).^[3]^[9]^[10] Benævnelsenkolshisianereanvendes også som fællesbenævnelse på de tidlige georgiske stammer, som befolkede østkysten afSortehavet.^[11]

Igræsk mytologivar Kolchis hjemlandet tilaieteneogmedeia,argonautenesrejsemål, såvel som det mulige hjemlandet tilamazonerne.Kongedømmets område omfatter i dag de georgiske provinser;Abkhasien,Mingrelia,Svaneti,Racha,Imereti,Guria,Adjarien,Rize,Trabzon,Artvinog detyrkiskeprovinser.^[12]

Kolshisianerne beboede muligvis Kaukakus i midten afbronzealderen.^[13]

Referencer

^Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562, David Braund Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. s. 359
^The Making of the Georgian Nation, Ronald Grigor Suny, s. 13
^^a ^bModern Hatreds: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Stuart J. Kaufman, s. 91
^Cyril Toumanoff, Studies in Christian Caucasian History, s. 69
^One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups, James Minahan, s. 282
^Marc Van de Mieroop, A History of the Ancient near East, C. 3000–323 BC, s. 265
^Charles Burney and David Marshal Lang, The Peoples of the Hills: Ancient Ararat and Caucasus, s. 38
^Oliver Wardrop, The Kingdom Of Georgia: Travel In A Land Of Women, Wine And Song (Kegan Paul Library of History and Archaeology)
^David Braund, Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562, Oxford University Press, USA (September 8, 1994)
^W.E.D. Allen, A history of the Georgian people (1932), s. 123
^The Great Soviet Encyclopedia:Значение слова "Колхи" в Большой Советской Энциклопедии
^Andrew Andersen, History of Ancient Caucasus, s. 91
^David Marshal Lang, the Georgians, Frederich A. Praeger Publishers, New York, s. 59

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[1] Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562, David Braund Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. s. 359

[2] The Making of the Georgian Nation, Ronald Grigor Suny, s. 13

[autogeneret1-3] Modern Hatreds: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Stuart J. Kaufman, s. 91

[4] Cyril Toumanoff, Studies in Christian Caucasian History, s. 69

[5] One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups, James Minahan, s. 282

[6] Marc Van de Mieroop, A History of the Ancient near East, C. 3000–323 BC, s. 265

[7] Charles Burney and David Marshal Lang, The Peoples of the Hills: Ancient Ararat and Caucasus, s. 38

[8] Oliver Wardrop, The Kingdom Of Georgia: Travel In A Land Of Women, Wine And Song (Kegan Paul Library of History and Archaeology)

[9] David Braund, Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562, Oxford University Press, USA (September 8, 1994)

[10] W.E.D. Allen, A history of the Georgian people (1932), s. 123

[11] The Great Soviet Encyclopedia:Значение слова "Колхи" в Большой Советской Энциклопедии

[12] Andrew Andersen, History of Ancient Caucasus, s. 91

[13] David Marshal Lang, the Georgians, Frederich A. Praeger Publishers, New York, s. 59

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