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| '''Vrats dasht''' (] Վրաց դաշտ) is a term used by ] chroniclers to refer to lands of modern Northern ] and Southern ]<ref>{{ |
'''Vrats dasht''' (] Վրաց դաշտ) is a term used by ] chroniclers to refer to lands of modern Northern ] and Southern ]<ref>{{cite web|title=ივანე ჯავახიშვილი, ქართველი ერის ისტორია ტ. I, თავი 4|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/ij/qei1/T4.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.amsi.ge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vrats dasht|url=https://openscience.ge/bitstream/1/1870/1/Neli%20Chakvetadze%20Samagistro.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=ცაგურიშვილი|first=თეა|title=ბოსლები - კარიბჭე|url=http://karibche.ambebi.ge/skhvadaskhva/chemi-sofeli/7913-boslebi.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=კარიჭე}}</ref> The region also used to go by the name of ] (] Գուգարք). According to the Armenian historian ], the town of ] is located in the region of "vrac' dasht" (] Plain).<ref>Arzoumanian, Z., U. (1985). History of Armenia: History of the Severance of the Georgians from the Armenians. USA Z. Arzoumanian. Page 62.</ref> Tsurtav is one of the main towns of the ] province.<ref>Agop Jack Hacikyan (2002) The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Page 258.</ref> | ||
| == Meaning == | == Meaning == | ||
| The sentence "Vrats dasht" roughly translates into "Field of Georgians". |
The sentence "Vrats dasht" roughly translates into "Field of Georgians". | ||
| == Early history == | == Early history == | ||
| The first record of the region is associated with the king of ], ] in 785 BC, who records the region as part of the early Proto-Georgian tribal formation of ]. He calls this specific area "Zabaha", which is the Urartean name for "Javakh".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Melkʻonyan|first=A. A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607636080|title=Javakhk in the 19th century and the 1st quarter of the 20th century : a historical research|date=2007|publisher=National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Institute of History|isbn=978-99941-73-07-5|location=Erevan|oclc=607636080}} p. 36</ref> | |||
| it is also notable that, in the exact same year in 785 BC, after the region switched hands from native Diauehian rule into Urartian one, the ] was founded. (Which later would become ], capital of ].) whose etymology stands for "to seize, pillage, steal, or kidnap" or, it may also mean "to take" or "to capture" and thus believe that the Erebuni at the time of its founding meant "capture", "conquest", or "victory."<ref>{{Citation|last=Sarkisyan|first=Svetlana|title=Israelyan, Martun|date=2001|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43433|work=Oxford Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43433|access-date=2021-09-05}}</ref> | |||
| Which, obviously indicates the fact that king of Urartu conquered the region off ] Diauehi and built a stronghold on it.<ref>{{Citation|title=Urartäische Toilettenkästchen aus Erebuni|date=1982-12-31|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783112320860-014|work=Gesellschaft und Kultur im alten Vorderasien|pages=95–98|publisher=De Gruyter|doi=10.1515/9783112320860-014|isbn=9783112309674|access-date=2021-09-05}}</ref> | |||
| After Urartian conquest, in 590 BC Urartu is destroyed by the Median attacks, which means that native tribes around the area would get independence. Then, the region became part of the ] in 300 BC. | |||
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| The region roughly comes into the rule of Armenia in 189 BC, when ] king ] conquers it. But, in 35 AD, ] returns the lost land and, establishes dominance over the kingdoms of Armenia and Caucasian Albania.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rayfield, p. 418|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Rayfield, p. 29}}</ref> | |||
| It is also notable that, in the exact same year in 785 BC, after the region switched hands from Diauehian rule into Urartian one, the ] was founded (which later would become ], capital of ]<ref>{{cite book| last = Israelyan| first = Margarit A| title = Էրեբունի: Բերդ-Քաղաքի Պատմություն (Erebuni: The History of a Fortress-City)| publisher = Hayastan Publishing Press| location= Yerevan| year = 1971| pages=8–15|language=hy}}</ref>). | |||
| According to Strabo, Armenia, though a small country at first, has taken away several Iberian regions such as ] and Gogarenê (which is also called Gugark.) it is also remarkable that Armenia has also conquered Carenitis and Xerxenê, which used to border "Lesser Armenia" on which native dwellers were ] and ] who were also Kartvelian tribes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=STRABO GEOGRAPHY Book XI, Chapter 14, p325|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/11N*.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| The region roughly came into the rule of Armenia in 189 BC, when ] king ] conquered it. And the domains of Artaxias, at first limited to the Araxes valley, were greatly enlarged at the expense of Iberia.<ref>], ARMENIA AND IRAN ii. The pre-Islamic period, 3.a, December 15, 1986</ref> But, in 35 AD, ] reconquered this land. | |||
| == Assimilation into Armenia == | |||
| Up until the beginning of the 7th Century, the major culture in the region was Georgian. But, during the souring of relations with the ], ] forced all of its formal vassals to adopt the 'Armenian faith', the ] form of ] practised in Armenia which, eventually resulted in assimilation of the Georgians who lived in their ancestral land, due to being split from their ] church.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nicholson|first=Oliver|date=2018|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001|journal=Oxford Reference|doi=10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-866277-8}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Vrats dasht (Armenian: Վրաց դաշտ) is a term used by Armenian chroniclers to refer to lands of modern Northern Armenia and Southern Georgia. The region also used to go by the name of Gugark (Armenian: Գուգարք). According to the Armenian historian Ukhtanes of Sebastia, the town of Tsurtav is located in the region of "vrac' dasht" (Iberian Plain). Tsurtav is one of the main towns of the Gugark province.
Meaning
The sentence "Vrats dasht" roughly translates into "Field of Georgians".
Early history
The first record of the region is associated with the king of Urartu, Argishti I in 785 BC, who records the region as part of the early Proto-Georgian tribal formation of Diauehi. He calls this specific area "Zabaha", which is the Urartean name for "Javakh".
It is also notable that, in the exact same year in 785 BC, after the region switched hands from Diauehian rule into Urartian one, the Erebuni Fortress was founded (which later would become Yerevan, capital of Armenia).
The region roughly came into the rule of Armenia in 189 BC, when Armenian king Artaxias I conquered it. And the domains of Artaxias, at first limited to the Araxes valley, were greatly enlarged at the expense of Iberia. But, in 35 AD, Pharsmanes I of Iberia reconquered this land.
References
- "ივანე ჯავახიშვილი, ქართველი ერის ისტორია ტ. I, თავი 4". www.amsi.ge. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- "Vrats dasht" (PDF).
- ცაგურიშვილი, თეა. "ბოსლები - კარიბჭე". კარიჭე. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- Arzoumanian, Z., U. (1985). History of Armenia: History of the Severance of the Georgians from the Armenians. USA Z. Arzoumanian. Page 62.
- Agop Jack Hacikyan (2002) The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Page 258.
- Melkʻonyan, A. A. (2007). Javakhk in the 19th century and the 1st quarter of the 20th century : a historical research. Erevan: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Institute of History. ISBN 978-99941-73-07-5. OCLC 607636080. p. 36
- Israelyan, Margarit A (1971). Էրեբունի: Բերդ-Քաղաքի Պատմություն (Erebuni: The History of a Fortress-City) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing Press. pp. 8–15.
- Encyclopædia Iranica, ARMENIA AND IRAN ii. The pre-Islamic period, 3.a, December 15, 1986