Äèàîõà

Äèàîõà.

Äèàîõà (ãðóç. á“á˜ááá®á˜, Äèàîõè) â äðåâíèé ðåãèîí íà þãî-çàïàäå Çàêàâêàçüÿ, ãðàíè÷èâøèé ñ þæíûìè ãðàíèöàìè Êîëõèäû è ñåâåðî-çàïàäíûìè ãðàíèöàìè Óðàðòó. Äèàîõà óïîìèíàåòñÿ â áëèæíåâîñòî÷íûõ èñòî÷íèêàõ â XIIâVIII âåêàõ äî í. ý.  àññèðèéñêèõ íàäïèñÿõ óïîìèíàåòñÿ êàê Äèàýíà. Ïîçäíåå äðåâíèå ãðåêè íàçûâàëè ìåñòíûõ æèòåëåé «òàîõàìè» (îòñþäà ïðîèñõîäèò íàçâàíèå èñòîðè÷åñêîé îáëàñòè Òàî). Ñòîëèöåé Äèàîõè ÿâëÿëñÿ ãîðîä Çóà.

Äèàîõà (ò.í. Öàðñòâî Äèàîõà), ïî ìíåíèþ èññëåäîâàòåëåé, áûëî ñîþçîì ïðîòîêàðòâåëüñêèõ ïëåìåí, çàâèñèìîå îò àññèðèéñêèõ ïðàâèòåëåé.  êîíöå VIII â. äî í.ý îíî áûëî çàâî¸âàíî óêðåïèâøèìñÿ Êîëõèäñêèì öàðñòâîì.

Ëèòåðàòóðà

• Ronald Grigor Suny. The making of the Georgian nation. â 2. â Indiana University Press, 1994. â P. 45. â 418 p. â ISBN 0253209153, ISBN 9780253209153
• Antonio Sagona, Claudia Sagona, Archaeology At The North-east Anatolian Frontier, I: An Historical Geography And A Field Survey of the Bayburt Province (Ancient Near Eastern Studies) (Hardcover), Peeters (January 30, 2005), ISBN 90-429-1390-8
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• Kavtaradze, G. L., An Attempt to Interpret Some Anatolian and Caucasian Ethnonyms of the Classical Sources, Sprache und Kultur, # 3 (Staatliche Ilia Tschawtschawadse Universitaet Tbilisi für Sprache und Kultur Institut zur Erforschung des westlichen Denkens). Tbilisi, 2002.