Scenes from Gobustan Preserve, Azerbaijan

Gobustan is one of the ancient human habitats in the world. Starting from Mesolithic period humans settled this territory and draw petroglyphs on the rocks. Nowadays, Gobustan included to UNESCO World Heritage List.

Below, listed some landscape scenes from Gobustan.

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Shah Tahmasib Safevid

Shah Tahmasib Safevid, son of Shah Ismail Khatai. He ruled after his father's death. Between Shah Tahmasib and Sultan Suleyman Kanuni had battles dyring their rules. Two great turkic states and their leaders were enemies of each other. These wars made Ottomans and Safevid empires weak and in ages they slowly dissappered from the scene.

Tabriz khanate

After collapse of Nadir shah Afshar empire in the territories of Azerbaijan were formed little feudal states called khanate. These khanates were fighting each other, and some of them wanted to unite Azerbaijan. But their efforts were not enough for this idea. One of the khanates was Tabriz. This city played great role in Azerbaijan history as well as in Middle East. Tabriz city was the capital of many big states formed in Middle East. During the rules ofHulakid, Aghkoyunlu, Safevid and other states Tabriz was considered as the main city and capital. But Tabriz khanate was not so strong, and couldn't play its role in the unification of Azerbaijan. So, in the first quarter of XIX century Azerbaijan was the territory where Gajars dynasty and Russian empire were fighting. There occured two Russian - Iranian wars, after that historical territories of Azerbaijan was divided into two parts. Most part, including Tabriz city was given to Iran according to Gulustan and Turkmanchay trea

ОРНАМЕНТЫ КЕРАМИКИ ПЕРИОДА ПОЗДНЕЙ БРОНЗЫ В АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНЕ

ОРНАМЕНТЫ КЕРАМИКИ ПЕРИОДА ПОЗДНЕЙ БРОНЗЫ В АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНЕ Ключевые слова : Период поздней бронзы, орнаменты, керамика Территория Каваказа с древних пор играет роль моста соединяющего цивилизации Востока и Запада. Люди начали заселять эту территорию уже с периода палеолита. На территории Кавказа,и в частности в Азербайджане, который был центром возникновения нескольких археологических культур, протекали важные исторические процессы . Предметом изучения археологов, являются сложившиеся в период поздней бронзы Ходжалы-Кедабекская и Муганская археологические культуры . Характерной чертой этих культур, как и культур, более раннего периода, являются особенности керамики. Керамика периода поздней бронзы, наряду с орнаментами, дающими нам представление о культурной и духовной жизни, содержит также сведения о быте людей того периода. Ареал распространения Ходжалы-Кедабекской культуры охватывает западную часть Азербайджана-Гарабаг, Гянджа-Газахскую зону, а также прилегающие к Азер

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