41°31′45″N 46°40′30″E / 41.52917°N 46.67500°E
Qımır | |
|---|---|
  Qımır  Qımır | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′45″N 46°40′30″E / 41.52917°N 46.67500°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Zaqatala |
| Municipality | Çobankol |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+5 ( AZT) |
Qımır (also, Kymyr) is a village in the Zaqatala Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Çobankol. [1]
Origins
Qımır is one of the villages in the Caucasus where the Cimmerians (Gmry) are believed to have settled during the I millennium BC. [2] Cimmerians were nomads who were successful in attacking Urartu and conquering Lydia in Anatolia. According to Herodotus, Cimmerians (Qımıroi) have fled through Caucasus to Anatolia. [3] Possible that a small group of nomadic Cimmerians, has settled in the Caucasus and the Village name of Qımır is an ethnotoponym.
References
- ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
- ^ Kristensen, Anne Katrine (1988). Who were the Cimmerians, and where did they come from?: Sargon II, and the Cimmerians, and Rusa I. Copenhagen Denmark: Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories, Book 4, sections 11–12.
External links
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41°31′45″N 46°40′30″E / 41.52917°N 46.67500°E
Qımır | |
|---|---|
Qımır Qımır | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′45″N 46°40′30″E / 41.52917°N 46.67500°E | |
| Country |
Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Zaqatala |
| Municipality | Çobankol |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+5 ( AZT) |
Qımır (also, Kymyr) is a village in the Zaqatala Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Çobankol. [1]
Origins
Qımır is one of the villages in the Caucasus where the Cimmerians (Gmry) are believed to have settled during the I millennium BC. [2] Cimmerians were nomads who were successful in attacking Urartu and conquering Lydia in Anatolia. According to Herodotus, Cimmerians (Qımıroi) have fled through Caucasus to Anatolia. [3] Possible that a small group of nomadic Cimmerians, has settled in the Caucasus and the Village name of Qımır is an ethnotoponym.
References
- ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
- ^ Kristensen, Anne Katrine (1988). Who were the Cimmerians, and where did they come from?: Sargon II, and the Cimmerians, and Rusa I. Copenhagen Denmark: Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories, Book 4, sections 11–12.
External links
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