Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus
in Remote and Classical Antiquity

Prehistory



The Early History of Indo-European Languages, by Thomas V. Gamkrelidze and V.V. Ivanov.

Archaeology in the USSR (excerpts), by A. L. Mongait.

The Pre-history of the Armenian People, The Historical Situation in Western Asia at the Beginning of the Bronze Age (excerpts), by Igor M. Diakonoff.

Diakonoff, Map 1. Schematic Map of Western Asia in the 3rd through the Beginning of the 2nd Millennia B.C. (Ethnic situation).

The Chronology of the Caucasus during the Early Metal Age: Observations from Central Trans-Caucasus, by Giorgi L. Kavtaradze.

Early Trans-Caucasian Culture (excerpts) from The Peoples of the Hills, by Charles Burney and David Marshall Lang.

Selected Writings of Igor M. Diakonoff.

Selected Writings of E. A. Speiser.

Armenia, Subartu and Sumer (First three chapters, pp. 1-81), by Martiros Kavoukjian.

V. Gordon Childe's The Most Ancient East, The Oriental Prelude to European Prehistory. Download in pdf format here (11 MB).

V. Gordon Childe's The Dawn of European Civilization. Download in pdf format here (26 MB).


Wikipedia Articles:

Kura-Araxes Culture
Prehistoric Armenia
Armens
Hayasa-Azzi
Colchis


Mythology

Selected Writings of Armen Petrosyan.

Armenian Mythology, by Mardiros Ananikian.
Iranian Mythology, by Albert J. Carnoy.
Indian Mythology, by A. Berriedale Keith.

Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus in Ancient Mythologies, by Robert Bedrosian.

Soma among the Armenians, by Robert Bedrosian.

Materials for the Study of Extraterrestrial Presence in Human History Based on Ancient Primary Sources, by Robert Bedrosian.

Download The Beginnings of History According to the Bible and the Traditions of Oriental Peoples, from the Creation of Man to the Deluge, by F. Lenormant (New York, 1882). English translation of the second French edition, in 640 pdf pages. Download here: The Beginnings of History According to the Bible and the Traditions of Oriental Peoples. File size: 39.9 MB.


Art History

Metropolitan Museum of Art (N.Y.) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus 8000-2000 B.C.


The Transition from Ape to Man, by Frederick Engels.

Ancient Society, by Lewis H. Morgan.

Edward Burnett Tylor's Primitive Culture. Download in pdf format here: volume 1 (12.5 MB); and volume 2 (9.1 MB).

A. L. Kroeber's Three Essays on the Antiquity and Races of Man. Download in pdf format here: Three Essays on the Antiquity and Races of Man (2.5 MB).

Other works by the great Kroeber are available on another page of this site: Selected Writings of A. L. Kroeber.

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