Tao-Klarjeti (ტაო--კლარჯეთი) Part 1

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Tao-Klarjeti (Georgian: ტაო--კლარჯეთი, Armenian: Տայք-Կղարջք) is the term conventionally used in modern history writing to describe the historic south-western Georgian principalities, now forming part of north-eastern Turkey and divided among the provinces of Erzurum, Artvin, Ardahan and Kars. Tao and Klarjeti were oriKingdom of Armenia ginally only the names of the two most important provinces of the Georgian lands that stretched from the "Georgian Gorge" (Turk. Gürcü Boğazı) in the south to the Lesser Caucasus in the north.

Tao-Klarjeti corresponds to the province of Tayk and the canton of Kgharjk of the Kingdom of Armenia. [1]

Historically, the area comprised the following provinces: West of the Arsiani Mountains (Turk. Yalnızçam Dağları) were Tao/Tayk, Klarjeti and Shavsheti, to the east lay Samtskhe, Erusheti, Javakheti, Artaani and Kola. The landscape is characterised by mountains and the river-systems of the Chorokhi (Turk. Çoruh) and the Mtkvari (Turk. Kura). Tao-Klarjeti's geographical position between the great Empires of the East and the West, and the fact that one branch of the Silk Road ran through its territory, meant that it was subject to a constant stream of diverging influences. In the 9th-11th centuries, Tao-Klarjeti was ruled by the Iberian Bagratids, and the region played a crucial role in the unification of the Georgian principalities into a single feudal state in 1008. Alongside the magnificent nature, the architectural monuments of Tao-Klarjeti (churches, monasteries, bridges and castles) function as tourist attractions today, but many monuments are endangered, since nothing is done for their preservation. There have also been cases of deliberate destruction (for instance in Opiza and Tbeti).
The history of the region goes back to 3000 BC, i.e. the Bronze Age known as the Kura-Araxes culture. In the 1st millennium BC, the area was predominantly inhabited by various proto-Georgian people which was divided into the kingdoms of Diaokhi, Colchis and Iberia.

In ca. 302 BC, these territories were absorbed into the ancient Kingdom of Iberia under the king of Pharnavaz I and since then it was occupied and annexed by various countries.

Contested between Iberia and Armenia throughout the following centuries, the region was invaded and completely destroyed by the Arabs in the 7th century.

The new era began in Tao-Klarjeti in 813, when the Georgian prince (erismtavari) Ashot I of the Bagrationi family made Klarjeti a base in his struggle against the Arab occupation. Recognizing the Byzantine suzerainty, he received a title of κουροπαλάτης and established the Principality of the Georgians known to the Byzantines as the Kouropalatate (Kuropalatinate) of Iberia. Ashot fought the Arabs from there, gradually liberating the surrounding lands of Tao, Kola, Artaani and Shavsheti, along with a few other lesser lands, from the Arab dominance. He encouraged resettlement of Georgians in these lands, and patronized monastic life initiated by the prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure Grigol Khandzteli (Gregory of Khandzta; 759--861) in Klarjeti. For a long time the region became a cultural safe-house and one of the most important religious centers of Georgia.
Ashot's successors continued fighting for the Kartlian lands, contested also by the Abkhazian dynasty of western Georgia (Egrisi), the Arab emirs of Tbilisi and even by Kakhetian (kingdom in eastern Georgia) and Armenian rulers. However, internal feuds, not infrequent in the principality, were an important obstacle. A civil war following the assassination of David I (876--881) brought the victory of Adarnase I (881--923) over his major rival, Nasra, David's murderer, allowing him to be crowned as King of the Georgians in 888. During the reign of Adarnase's son David II (923--937) the Georgians had also to defend against the Byzantine aggression, a problem they seem to have successfully managed. However, the Bagrationi dynasty failed to maintain the integrity of their kingdom which was actually divided between the three branches of the family with the main branch retaining Tao and the title of King of the Kartvelians (Georgians), and another controlling Klarjeti and nominally recognizing the sovereignty of the king...

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[bit0213]

Your video is beautiful

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[Annaconda1984]

@bit0213 thanks (-: id be happy if you also watch the second part and let me know what you think

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[Exchange93]

Tao-Klarjeti is historical lad of Georgia!!!

[Annaconda1984]

@Exchange93 yup, thanks for watching and commenting

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[TheTamtatati]

forza georgia!

[tektonikdance123]

tao klarjeti is the georgian historiqal land. chvan davibrunebt taos tao aris namdvili saqartvelo xalxooooooooooooo

[vaso442]

Georgia awake

[1978slo]

მე ცხოვრობს ტერიტორიაზე ტაო

გარკვეული დრო, გარკვეული ომები ვინ არის გამარჯვებული, თუ keepers მიწის ცივი ომის პერიოდში ტაო ცივილიზაციათა ცხოვრობდა ბევრი ტერიტორიაზე ბიზანტიელების = ქართველები = Seljuks (თურქები) = სომხები) = აზერბაიჯანის =

მე ვიცი ბევრი ადამიანი ცხოვრობს ტაო

bunler (ლაზური? მეგრელ) (სომხური? Hemşin) (საქართველოში? გურჯი) და თურქები? ქურთები? თურქმენული? ცხიმოვანი ნარჩენები? Gypsies? şığpızını? gypsies? წლიდან ქონების? ამ tumluluklar ახლა, მთელი( me çota içi kartuli kompiter

[1978slo]

me ts’khovrobs teritoriaze tao

garkveuli dro garkveuli omebi vin aris gamarjvebuli tu keepers mitsis tsivi omis periodshi tao tsivilizatsiata tskhovrobda bevri teritoriaze bizantielebis = kartvelebi = Seljuks ( turkebi ) = somkhebi ) azerbaijanis =

me vitsi bevri adamiani tskhovrobs tao

bunler ( lazuri ? megrel ) (somkhuri ? Hemşin ) ( kartuli ) da turkebi ? kurtebi ? turkmenuli ? tskhimovani narch’enebi ? Gypsies ? şığpızını ? gypsies ? tslidank’onebis ? am tumluluklar akhla , mteli

[TheMistAnchorite]

Tao Klarjeti is Georgia, freedom for Lazistan

[NACISTGEO]

@au509 i kto pishet v vikipediu?

[au509]

@NACISTGEO ))) you can see that in wikipedia stupid go and sleap

[CarloFabiane]

la música está excelente

music is excellent