Post by highduke on Oct 15, 2008 14:24:09 GMT -5
Kish means CHURCH in Albanian
Bardha means STAR.
KEEP THAT IN MIND when you consider the possibility that a branch of the Albanian ancestors stayed in the CAUACASUS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Kish
The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Ki?kilsəsi) is located in the village of Kish approximately 5km north of Shaki, Azerbaijan.
[edit] Research and dating
In 2000-2003 the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a joint project between Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University and the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise for archeological research and restoration of the church of Kish. Dr. Vilayat Karimov of Baku's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography served as the Director of Excavations, and the Archaeological Advisor for the project was J. Bj?nar Storfjell, who currently directs the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre in Aylesbury, England. Radiocarbon analysis of various objects found on the site showed that the cultic site found beneath the altar of the church dates to about 3000 B.C.,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan
Barda (Azerbaijani: Bərdə; also, B?d? is the capital city of Barda Rayon, Azerbaijan. For a long period Barda was the seat of kings of Caucasian Albania and the Albanian Church,[1] as well as an important trading and cultural centre, but it declined after the Arab invasions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Albania
Ancient chronicles provide the names of some tribes that populated Caucasian Albania, including the regions of Artsakh and Utik. These were Utians, Mycians, Caspians, Gargarians, Sakasenians, Gelians, Sodians, Lupenians, Balas[ak]anians, Parsians and Parrasians.[4] According to Robert H. Hewsen, these tribes were "certainly not of Armenian origin", and "although certain Iranian peoples must have settled here during the long period of Persian and Median rule, most of the natives were not even Indo-Europeans".[4]
The Mannaeans maintained one of the earliest states recorded as being established in the area as far as the Kura from ca. 800 BC, and they were rivals of Urartu and Assyria, but later fell under the rule of Urartu until their destruction and eventual assimilation by the Medes under Cyaxares in 616 BC. In ancient times, they were mixed with the Persian people who settled in the area during the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid periods.
Strabo wrote of the Caucasian Albanians in the first century BC:
?At the present time, indeed, one king rules all the tribes, but formerly the several tribes were ruled separately by kings of their own according to their several languages. They have twenty-six languages, because they have no easy means of intercourse with one another [6]
Strabo had no knowledge of any city in Albania, although in the first century AD Pliny[7] mentions the initial capital of the kingdom which was pronounced in many different ways including Kabalaka, Shabala, Tabala, and present-day Qabala. Later the capital moved to the south to Partaw (present-day Barda).
Check this out, the Anatolian Dardanian ancestors of the Albanians left toponyms in the Caucasus:
indexmundi.com/z/?lat=40.4597222&lon=46.1405556&t=p&r=1180&p=dardara&cc=aj&c=azerbaijan
Dardara Daskasan Rayonu 40.4597222 46.1405556 1686 5531
Dorduncu Barak Agcabadi Rayonu 39.8622222 47.4563889 59 194
indexmundi.com/z/?lat=39.8622222&lon=47.4563889&t=p&r=1280&p=dorduncu_barak&cc=aj&c=azerbaijan
Bardha means STAR.
KEEP THAT IN MIND when you consider the possibility that a branch of the Albanian ancestors stayed in the CAUACASUS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Kish
The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Ki?kilsəsi) is located in the village of Kish approximately 5km north of Shaki, Azerbaijan.
[edit] Research and dating
In 2000-2003 the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a joint project between Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University and the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise for archeological research and restoration of the church of Kish. Dr. Vilayat Karimov of Baku's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography served as the Director of Excavations, and the Archaeological Advisor for the project was J. Bj?nar Storfjell, who currently directs the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre in Aylesbury, England. Radiocarbon analysis of various objects found on the site showed that the cultic site found beneath the altar of the church dates to about 3000 B.C.,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan
Barda (Azerbaijani: Bərdə; also, B?d? is the capital city of Barda Rayon, Azerbaijan. For a long period Barda was the seat of kings of Caucasian Albania and the Albanian Church,[1] as well as an important trading and cultural centre, but it declined after the Arab invasions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Albania
Ancient chronicles provide the names of some tribes that populated Caucasian Albania, including the regions of Artsakh and Utik. These were Utians, Mycians, Caspians, Gargarians, Sakasenians, Gelians, Sodians, Lupenians, Balas[ak]anians, Parsians and Parrasians.[4] According to Robert H. Hewsen, these tribes were "certainly not of Armenian origin", and "although certain Iranian peoples must have settled here during the long period of Persian and Median rule, most of the natives were not even Indo-Europeans".[4]
The Mannaeans maintained one of the earliest states recorded as being established in the area as far as the Kura from ca. 800 BC, and they were rivals of Urartu and Assyria, but later fell under the rule of Urartu until their destruction and eventual assimilation by the Medes under Cyaxares in 616 BC. In ancient times, they were mixed with the Persian people who settled in the area during the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid periods.
Strabo wrote of the Caucasian Albanians in the first century BC:
?At the present time, indeed, one king rules all the tribes, but formerly the several tribes were ruled separately by kings of their own according to their several languages. They have twenty-six languages, because they have no easy means of intercourse with one another [6]
Strabo had no knowledge of any city in Albania, although in the first century AD Pliny[7] mentions the initial capital of the kingdom which was pronounced in many different ways including Kabalaka, Shabala, Tabala, and present-day Qabala. Later the capital moved to the south to Partaw (present-day Barda).
Check this out, the Anatolian Dardanian ancestors of the Albanians left toponyms in the Caucasus:
indexmundi.com/z/?lat=40.4597222&lon=46.1405556&t=p&r=1180&p=dardara&cc=aj&c=azerbaijan
Dardara Daskasan Rayonu 40.4597222 46.1405556 1686 5531
Dorduncu Barak Agcabadi Rayonu 39.8622222 47.4563889 59 194
indexmundi.com/z/?lat=39.8622222&lon=47.4563889&t=p&r=1280&p=dorduncu_barak&cc=aj&c=azerbaijan