Capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, is one of the ancient cities in the world. Around 100,000 years ago, the territory of modern Baku was savanna with rich flora and fauna and traces of human settlement go back to the Stone age.From Bronze age there are rock carvings discovered near Bayil, and a bronze figure of a small fish discovered in the territory of the Old City. This have led some to suggest the existence of a Bronze Age settlement within the city's territory. However, Baku was first mentioned 1500 years ago. The earliest numismatic evidence found in the city is an Abbasid coin dating from the 8th century AD. During this time Baku was a domain of the Arab Caliphate and later of Azerbaijanis. There are a few theories about the origin of the name, the most widely known being that Baku comes from bad kube, meaning "city of winds". Baku is one of the holy centers of Zoroastrianism. The earliest description of Baku of that period was made by the native geographer of the Middle Ages Abd or-Rashid al-Bakuvi. In his work written 1403 named "Kitabi Talhis as-Asor, Va'aja'ib al-malik alkahhar" he writes: ".. the city has two extraordinarily fortified strong stone castles. One of them, the biggest, is near the sea, and the waves waste its walls. This is the castle, which the Mongolian empire could not capture. According to a number of archeological, historical, graphical, architectural and other data, we can assume that the most ancient, "assimilated" part of the Baku castle was its coastal part. It is not surprising that the earliest memorials have been preserved in that part. These memorials include the minaret of the mosque Mohammed ibn Abu Bakr, known as "Sinik-gala"(1078) and "Giz Galasi" ("Maiden Tower") the lower part of which was probably built in VI-VII centuries B.C. The highest rise of Baku in the epoch of feudalism was at the time when, as a result of a destructive earthquake in Shirvan the capital of the state was moved from Shemakhi to Baku. Exactly in the following hundred years the planning of the castle starts to take shape. And the Shirvanshahs Palace, unique in beauty and grace, was founded on the highest place in the castle. The Palace includes nine buildings serving various purposes. Virtuosity of its creators, who "knitted" the finest laces of stone ornaments on portals of "Divan-khane" and the family burial-vault of Azerbaijanis, created an organically integral unit for their design and then combined these structures into one indivisible whole, demonstrating the skills and artistic taste of the medieval craftsmen of Azerbaijan. In the 14th century city prospered under Muhammad Oljeitu who relieved it from some of the heavy taxes. In the 14th century city prospered under Muhammad Oljeitu who relieved it from some of the heavy taxes. Bakuvian poet Nasir Bakui wrote a panegyric to Oljeitu thus creating the first peace of poetry in Azerbaijani language. In the 14th century city prospered under Muhammad Oljeitu who relieved it from some of the heavy taxes. In 1501 AD, Baku became part of Safavid dynasty and played a big role in the establishment of it. After the fall of Safavids, Azerbaijan was part of Russian empire. Many famous Azerbaijanis have played a big role in the establishment of Baku city, and we have kept it for centuries.
MUSIC - Alihan Samedov & Sadrettin Ozcimi - Iki Nefes
INSTRUMENT - ancient Azeri instrument, Balaban.
PICTURES - 73 pictures from 15th - 20th century AD.
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Çfarë ndodhi pas rënies së Kalifatit ! / What happend After the fall of Caliphate !by lindimantigjili782 views
Baku derived its name from Baghuvan in the Udi & Lak languages. Udi people are one of the ancient tribes who formed the kingdom of Caucasus Albania (modern Azerbaijan); The Turkic languages and the Mongolian language are from the same language family, but speakers of either one will not understand the other at all. modern Azerbaijanis DNA is mixture like an other nation on earth including Persians, whose language, DNA, and culture is a mixture of Arabic, Assyrian, Turkic, Iranic, and many others
anarmehtievful 10 months ago
Bad-Ku = Windy Hill in Persian. These are not pictures of ancient Baku. I know people in Azerbaijan speak a Turkic-language (which was adopted due to trade and interaction with Mongolia). But do the people of Azerbaijan really believe they are genetic descendants of the original Turkic Mongol people that came from the Altai Mountains in China? DNA testing (and common sense) says they're not -- the closest DNA match is to the Persians (and to a place called Fars province).
ZionistsLie 1 year ago
Very interesting video, thanks for sharing :)
CaspianReport 1 year ago
where can i download the music from the video?
Gilgame6 1 year ago
Thank you for video.
MsUlvia 1 year ago