Georgia in Medieval

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I'm back now. So lets talk about Georgia.

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what about the kipchack atabegs  what was ther role in georgian "medieval" history. They were ruling a region of georgia. I heard they helped te georgians against the seljuks. they were in that region in the 8 century I believe untill the ottomans I think ? does anybody now sometyhing about this?

Something about David The Builder.......He did everything to bring georgians to life and still he didn't count himself being deserved any praise of people....He had left a will that his body to be buried in to the entrence of the church ''Gelati''  that every comers wouldn't be able to get inside the church without walking on his gravestone....

And does anyone hard about Georgian King Giorgi V the �Brilliant"? King of Georgia in 1299-1300 (1st) and 1314-1346(2nd)

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Originally posted by xi_tujue why is georgia called georgia the georgians don't call it georgia in there own language

Geogia have many names on different languages:
Georgian - Saqartvelo
Russian - Gruzia
English - Georgia
Arabian - Gurjistan
and so on. :)

    

Edited by Georgian - 27-Jul-2006 at 13:23

Originally posted by xi_tujue English - Georgia Arabian - Gurjistan� both mean land of georgians but why are the called georgian has it anything to do with the name george

     well there is a theory that it's connected with St.George like Land of st.george (St.George is on off the protectors of Georgia). or another theory Georgian mean lend of "land workers".


Edited by Georgian - 27-Jul-2006 at 15:04

Qipchaks never ruled Georgia. They were assimilated and Christianized as early as 11th century AD, and were fighting in Georgian armies against the Seljuks...at least according to a book I read.

The Bagratunis ruled Georgia from 10th-19th centuries; the last remnants of the Bagratuni royal house was destroyed by Russia in the 19th century, many of the members were killed while others were sent to inner Russia or western Europe.


Edited by mamikon - 27-Jul-2006 at 15:26

The Georgian Bagratouni family rulled from 1024-1810(?) not 768...but still, its considered the longest royal family to hold some sort of power, not 2nd.

The Georgian word for Georgia itself (Sakartvelo) has been coined in the early 11th century as the first mark of a somewhat unified Georgian "nation", as its name implies mostly under the Kingdom of "kartli", which Bagratuni (Georgian) princes have rulled from 8th century; being a vassal to Arabs, Armenian Bagratunis and at the end Byzantines, before becoming more or less independent.

Edited by mamikon - 27-Jul-2006 at 16:33