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At the beginning of the 7th century BC, there began wide settlement of Cimmerian, Scythian, Sakian tribes in the territory of Azerbaijan. Cimmerians were settled in the North Caucasus even in 8th century BC. Although their first settled motherland was western regions of North Caucasus, they extended in the territory …

Difficult socio-economic and social-political processes, happening at the end of 2nd millennium and at the beginning of 1st millenniums BC in the southern regions of Azerbaijan caused to major results that were preserved in the history of this territory. Even in the 9th century BC, there were existed the regions …

Aratta. Prominent Azerbaijani historian, professor Y.B.Yusifov on the ground of Shumerian-accadian and other sources proved that, first state formation in the territory of Azerbaijan was Aratta, which was shaped in South Azerbaijan in the first half of 3rd millennium BC. The territory of Aratta surrounded the territory from Urmia Lake …

The collapse of the stage of primary communities and the shape of class society, occurring in various periods, in various forms in separate regions differed from one another for its characteristics, features and specialties too. World historiography refers the beginning of class society to the Iron Age but there are …

Archaeological evidences witnessed to the essential advancements in economic and social life of tribes of Azerbaijan during the end of 2nd millennium and beginning of the 1st millennium BC. High development were reflected in metallurgy during the early Iron Age. During this period there were deepening the differences in economy …

The South Caucasus, as well as all historical territories of Azerbaijan are included to an ancient zone of human settlements. Construction of the present territories of Azerbaijan at the result of liquidation of huge marine territories goes to the period of 3 million years before. Sometimes, before the representatives of …

Nagorny-Karabakh region Territory – 4 388 sq. km Population (1989) – 189 085 Armenians – 145 450 (76,9 %) Azerbaijanis – 40 688 (21,5 %) Russians – 1922 (1 %) Others – 1025 (0,6 %)

Following the events of February 1988, separatist groups of the Autonomous Nagorny Karabakh Province and Armenian militants launched hostilities for invasion of the Nagorny Karabakh. They were soon joined by the USSR troops stationed in Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh. Thus, the events similar to those after the Tsarist regime break-up …

The history of Karabakh is rooted in an antiquity, and it is one of the historic provinces of Azerbaijan, an important political, culturel, and spiritual center. Territorial claims of the Armenians against the Azerbaijani people and Azerbaijan are the main reasons for the so-called “Karabakh problem”. Karabakh was inalienable part …