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Dagestan – Area Meeting of Civilizations (Antiquity and Early Middle Ages)
The article on a variety of material deals with the issues of multilateral relations of the Dagestani population with the peoples and countries of the Caucasus, North Caucasus, southern Russia and Western Asia during the ancient period.
In the Eneolithic, more clearly identifies the trend in the previous era of economic and ethno-cultural demarcation of the various regions of the Caucasus. At the turn of IV-III Millennium. BC, early bronze century, Dagestan was in the relations of different civilizations is increasing. The fi rst Millennium BC is one of the busiest periods of the history of Dagestan. At this time, the voltage drops, and the collision of local tribes with the Iranian-speaking nomads, and the participation of ancestors of the peoples of Dagestan in the campaigns of Scythians in near Asia. This period and the defeat of the ancient powers.
The role of Dagestan in the relations of different peoples and countries is intensifying in the period of its occurrence in the Caucasian Albania. Occupying an advantageous position, Caucasian Albania appeared in the center of the transit trade routes, connecting it with the civilizations of the East and West. Important role in the relations of Dagestan with the outside world played Volga, North Caucasus steppe.
In the era of “great migration” of Dagestan suffered from invasions of Turkic tribes. Links with different civilizations an important role Dagestan played in the period of the Iranian sphere of political infl uence, then in the field of Arab-Khazar confrontation. Entry into the sphere of political and economic influence of the Arab Caliphate played an important role in the socio-economic and cultural development of the Dagestan society. Dagestan has been embroiled in an international context, the meeting of civilizations on the territory of Dagestan, noted in the article, which led to the crossing of various cultural infl uences have left their mark on the distinctive culture of the peoples of Dagestan.
In the Eneolithic, more clearly identifies the trend in the previous era of economic and ethno-cultural demarcation of the various regions of the Caucasus. At the turn of IV-III Millennium. BC, early bronze century, Dagestan was in the relations of different civilizations is increasing. The fi rst Millennium BC is one of the busiest periods of the history of Dagestan. At this time, the voltage drops, and the collision of local tribes with the Iranian-speaking nomads, and the participation of ancestors of the peoples of Dagestan in the campaigns of Scythians in near Asia. This period and the defeat of the ancient powers.
The role of Dagestan in the relations of different peoples and countries is intensifying in the period of its occurrence in the Caucasian Albania. Occupying an advantageous position, Caucasian Albania appeared in the center of the transit trade routes, connecting it with the civilizations of the East and West. Important role in the relations of Dagestan with the outside world played Volga, North Caucasus steppe.
In the era of “great migration” of Dagestan suffered from invasions of Turkic tribes. Links with different civilizations an important role Dagestan played in the period of the Iranian sphere of political infl uence, then in the field of Arab-Khazar confrontation. Entry into the sphere of political and economic influence of the Arab Caliphate played an important role in the socio-economic and cultural development of the Dagestan society. Dagestan has been embroiled in an international context, the meeting of civilizations on the territory of Dagestan, noted in the article, which led to the crossing of various cultural infl uences have left their mark on the distinctive culture of the peoples of Dagestan.
Dagestan, Transcaucasia, the North Caucasus, southwest Asia, South of Russia, civilization, trade, communication, trade routes, culture, city, Dagestan’s population, Eneolithic, bronze age, iron age, Caucasian Albania, the East and the West, the Turks, the Arab Caliphate, the Khazars, ancient Russia, international relations