Azerbaijan- Ancient State of Caucasian Albania, Hacbulaq 1

The first historical references to the Turks appear in Chinese records of about 2000 B.C. These records refer to tribes called the Hsiung-nu, an early form of the Western term Hun, who lived in an area bounded by the Altai Mountains, Lake Baikal, and the northern edge of the Gobi Desert and are believed to have been the ancestors of the Turks. Specific references in Chinese sources in the sixth century A.D. identify the tribal kingdom called Tu-Küe located on the Orkhon River south of Baikal.

Other Turkish nomads from the Altai region founded the Göktürk Empire, a confederation of tribes under a dynasty of Khans whose influence extended during the sixth to eighth centuries from the Aral Sea to the Hindu Kush in the land bridge known as Transoxania, i.e., across the Oxus River. The Göktürks are known to have been enlisted by a Byzantine emperor in the seventh century as allies against the Sassanians.

In the eighth century some Turkish tribes, among them the Oguz, moved south of the Oxus River, while others migrated west to the northern shore of the Black Sea. Turks came into Asia Minor in 1071 AD after the victory of Malazgirt by the Seljuks.

Yox, mən millətçi (nasionalist) deyiləm. Eləcə, - tarix əksliklərin qarşıdurmasında ortaya çıxır, - düşüncəsinə tutunuram.

Actually relating Scyths to Slavic people is something new for me. Byzantine historian of VI century - Simocatta means the same nation when he says Scyths, Huns or Turks. Generally Schytians, Massagets and Saks are thought to be forefathers of Azeri Turks who make the majority of the Caucasus of our days.

In that time Scyths were slavische und aryanische steppe-folks. Western Sarmats were more like slavo-aryan. Todays slavic people Serbs and Croats are of Sarmatian origin and in 3 ct. A.C. they lived near Azov see and they are cognate with Ossets and Alans. But with comming of Huns, Bulgarians, Avars and other Turks they moved to west. Today you can see that Slavs are genitic very close cognates to indo-aryans.

The difference between Azeri Turks and Middle Asian Turks - in their appearance and cultural and art values prove once more that a real historian should try and find the roots of Azeris in the region where they live now that must go very deep in the past.