The Gutians (Kudi) overthrew the Akkadian dynasty, liberating the Sumerians from the Semitic yoke.The attempt by the fanatical Akkadian rulers to suppress the Sumerian language were rolled back,& a Sumerian renaissance occurred under benevolent Gutian rule.Describing the Sumerian revival under the Gutians,Badawy notes,The Akkadian dynasty 2350-2150 BCmarked a decisive phase in the Semitization of Mesopotamia,a process which went on in spite of the renascence of Sumerian under the Gutians 2000 BC
. The "Kardukhoi" who come to subsequently be known as the Gordyene to the classical authors, are none other than the predecessors of modern Girdi clan of Kurds who still reside exactly where the ancient Kardukhoi/Godyene were found. The name "Kurti/Kurd" seem likely to be of Aryan origin *one of the first, in fact, in Kurdistan* instead of the far more common Hurrian clan names encountered at all periods until today and including the Khardukhoi and Guti." (Izady 1993)
Prof. Izady holds that the Judikan clan of Kurds are to be specifically identified as the descendants of the Gutians: "12. In the 20th century, many hypotheses have been advanced to connect the name Kurd to that of the ancient Hurrian Guti (Hallo, 1971) { 1971"Gutium",William W.Hallo, RLA iii: 708b-720a.} or the "Kardukhoi"of the Greek historian Xenophon (Cawkwell, 1979),none of which can any longer be maintained in light of discovery of the aformentioned Assyrian stele.The name Guti,at any rate
the ancient Kurds who spoke a branch of Hurrian language,which was also spoken by their kin of Subartu,Lulu, Kassite,&Mittani.Their capital city was in and around the town of Kirkuk,named Arrapha.(Mazouri 2002) Furthermore, the denomination Gutian included the Iranic Medes as well:To their very end in the 6th centuryBC,on the other hand, the Babylonians loosely & apparently pejoratively) called {al-}most every body who lived in the Zagros-Taurus system a "Guti,including the Medes!"(Izady 1993)
Zagros highlands which is the original dwelling of the ancient Kurds who were the native inhabitants of the area long before the migration of the other races and tribes. In an article published in Kurdistan Times in its issue of winter 1990, Mr. Mustafa Qaradaghi states that Gutium or Guti, the ancient Kurds who spoke a branch of Hurrian language, which was also spoken by their kin of Subartu, Lulu, Kassite, and Mittani. Their capital city was in and around the town of Kirkuk, named Arrapha."
The earliest written evidence for an Indo-Aryan language is found not in India,but in Kurdistan(northern Syria) in Hittite records regarding one of their neighbors, the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni. In a treaty with the Hittites,the king of Mitanni, after swearing by a series of Hurrian gods, swears by the gods Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna, who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra,Varuṇa, Indraas recorded in a horse-training manual whose author is identified as "Kikkuli the Mitannian
an Indo-Aryan presence the peacock motif found in the Middle East from before1600BC&quite likely from before 2100BC.In contrast,most scholars reject the possibility that the Indo-Aryans of Mitanni came from the Indian subcontinent as well as the possibility that the Indo-Aryans of the Indian subcontinent came from the territory of Mitanni,leaving migration from the north the only likely scenario The presence of some BMAC loan words in Mitanni,Old Iranian & Vedic further strengthens this scenario
other terminology of the Mitanni exhibit an Indo-Aryan superstrate, suggesting that an Indo-Aryan elite imposed itself over the Hurrian population in the course of the Indo-Aryan expansion.
In a treaty between the Hittites and the Mitanni (between Suppiluliuma & Matiwaza,1380 BC), the deities Mitra,Varuna, Indra,& Nasatya are invoked. Kikkuli's horse training text (1400 BC) includes technical terms such as aika (eka,one),tera (tri, three),panza (pancha,five),satta (sapta, seven),na (nava, nine)
The Gutians (Kudi) overthrew the Akkadian dynasty, liberating the Sumerians from the Semitic yoke.The attempt by the fanatical Akkadian rulers to suppress the Sumerian language were rolled back,& a Sumerian renaissance occurred under benevolent Gutian rule.Describing the Sumerian revival under the Gutians,Badawy notes,The Akkadian dynasty 2350-2150 BCmarked a decisive phase in the Semitization of Mesopotamia,a process which went on in spite of the renascence of Sumerian under the Gutians 2000 BC
goran21715 4 weeks ago
. The "Kardukhoi" who come to subsequently be known as the Gordyene to the classical authors, are none other than the predecessors of modern Girdi clan of Kurds who still reside exactly where the ancient Kardukhoi/Godyene were found. The name "Kurti/Kurd" seem likely to be of Aryan origin *one of the first, in fact, in Kurdistan* instead of the far more common Hurrian clan names encountered at all periods until today and including the Khardukhoi and Guti." (Izady 1993)
goran21715 4 weeks ago
Prof. Izady holds that the Judikan clan of Kurds are to be specifically identified as the descendants of the Gutians: "12. In the 20th century, many hypotheses have been advanced to connect the name Kurd to that of the ancient Hurrian Guti (Hallo, 1971) { 1971"Gutium",William W.Hallo, RLA iii: 708b-720a.} or the "Kardukhoi"of the Greek historian Xenophon (Cawkwell, 1979),none of which can any longer be maintained in light of discovery of the aformentioned Assyrian stele.The name Guti,at any rate
goran21715 4 weeks ago
the ancient Kurds who spoke a branch of Hurrian language,which was also spoken by their kin of Subartu,Lulu, Kassite,&Mittani.Their capital city was in and around the town of Kirkuk,named Arrapha.(Mazouri 2002) Furthermore, the denomination Gutian included the Iranic Medes as well:To their very end in the 6th centuryBC,on the other hand, the Babylonians loosely & apparently pejoratively) called {al-}most every body who lived in the Zagros-Taurus system a "Guti,including the Medes!"(Izady 1993)
goran21715 4 weeks ago
Zagros highlands which is the original dwelling of the ancient Kurds who were the native inhabitants of the area long before the migration of the other races and tribes. In an article published in Kurdistan Times in its issue of winter 1990, Mr. Mustafa Qaradaghi states that Gutium or Guti, the ancient Kurds who spoke a branch of Hurrian language, which was also spoken by their kin of Subartu, Lulu, Kassite, and Mittani. Their capital city was in and around the town of Kirkuk, named Arrapha."
goran21715 4 weeks ago
The earliest written evidence for an Indo-Aryan language is found not in India,but in Kurdistan(northern Syria) in Hittite records regarding one of their neighbors, the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni. In a treaty with the Hittites,the king of Mitanni, after swearing by a series of Hurrian gods, swears by the gods Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna, who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra,Varuṇa, Indraas recorded in a horse-training manual whose author is identified as "Kikkuli the Mitannian
goran21715 4 weeks ago
an Indo-Aryan presence the peacock motif found in the Middle East from before1600BC&quite likely from before 2100BC.In contrast,most scholars reject the possibility that the Indo-Aryans of Mitanni came from the Indian subcontinent as well as the possibility that the Indo-Aryans of the Indian subcontinent came from the territory of Mitanni,leaving migration from the north the only likely scenario The presence of some BMAC loan words in Mitanni,Old Iranian & Vedic further strengthens this scenario
goran21715 4 weeks ago
other terminology of the Mitanni exhibit an Indo-Aryan superstrate, suggesting that an Indo-Aryan elite imposed itself over the Hurrian population in the course of the Indo-Aryan expansion.
In a treaty between the Hittites and the Mitanni (between Suppiluliuma & Matiwaza,1380 BC), the deities Mitra,Varuna, Indra,& Nasatya are invoked. Kikkuli's horse training text (1400 BC) includes technical terms such as aika (eka,one),tera (tri, three),panza (pancha,five),satta (sapta, seven),na (nava, nine)
goran21715 4 weeks ago
long live kurdish people! haha you´´re very beautiful people.
VictisVea 1 month ago
Nice vid, but the map at the beginning is wrong, the homeland of Indo-Iranians was central asia.
SeeN0More 1 month ago