Meshechs (Meshekhs/Mosokhs/Mushki, Mushku in Akkadian, Moschoi in Greek) were an ancient, non-Indo-European and non-Semitic, indigenous tribe of Asia Minor of the 3rd-1st millennias BC, said to be the offspring of Meshech, son of Japheth. They were among the first people to introduce iron smelting there at the end of the 2nd millennium BC. Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ... Jump to: navigation, search Semitic is an adjective referring to the peoples who have traditionally spoken Semitic languages or to things pertaining to them. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... (4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC ) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in... (2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) Events The Iron Age began in Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian... Japheth (יֶפֶת / יָפֶת Enlarge, Standard Hebrew Yéfet / Yáfet, Tiberian Hebrew Yép̄eṯ / Yāp̄eṯ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. ... Jump to: navigation, search General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ... (3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – other millennia) // Events Second dynasty of Babylon First Bantu migrations from west Africa The Cushites drive the original inhabitants from Ethiopia, and establish trade relations with Egypt. ...

They occupied a territory somewhere to the south of present-day Georgia, possibly in Cappadocia. The tribal name Meshech is believed to be the source of Meskheti, the name of a south-western Georgian province. Some authors thus consider them to have been an early Proto-Kartvellian people, similar to the Tabal. Cappadocia in 188 BC In ancient geography, Cappadocia (Greek: Καππαδοκία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). ... Meskheti is a mountainous area and a province in the South-West of Georgia. ...

Most likely, the Mushki heartland, including Cappadocia, was adjacent to territories held by the Hayasa (ancestors of the Armenians) - generally, the lands from where the Indo-European peoples migrated, leaving some indigenous peoples at the original place. Hayasa and Mushku are referred to frequently in Hittite sources, as well as in Assyrian sources as tribes threatening them from the north-west. Mushki may have moved into the Hayasa heartland soon after the defeat of the Hittites by the Sea Peoples at around 1200 BC, when Mushki occupied Central Anatolia, establishing their own state there on the ruins of the Hittites. Jump to: navigation, search The Armenians are a nation and an ethnic group, originating in the Caucasus and eastern Asia Minor. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ... Relief of Suppiluliuma II, last known king of the Hittite Empire Hittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Boğazköy in north-central Turkey), through most of the... This article concerns the Assyrian people. ... Sea Peoples is the term used for a race of ship-faring raiders who drifted into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and attempted to enter Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially year 5 of Rameses III of the 20th Dynasty. ... (Redirected from 1200 BC) Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC Decades: 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC - 1200s BC - 1190s BC 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC Events and Trends 1204 BC - Theseus, legendary King of Athens is deposed after... Jump to: navigation, search Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ...

From about 850 to 695 BCE they established a joint Phrygian-Moschoi state in Phrygia under a line of kings alternatively named Gordius (Greek) or Gurdi (Assyrian) or Midas (Greek) or Mita (Assyrian). And though this was a very short-lasting formation that collapsed within one generation, yet it became the reason for confounding the toponyms Moschoi and Phrygia in later times. Ancient Greeks (Hellenes) somewhat contributed to this misleading reading, as they retained in memory most recent contiguity to the Moschoi in their final incarnation in Phrygia. However Moschoi art, especially music, had a notable influence on Ancient Greek art, an influence that reached Hellas long before Moschoi authority was established on the east coast of the Aegean Sea. In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolian highlands, part of modern Turkey, from ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search Midas (often referred to as King Midas) was a character in Greek mythology, who is mostly recognized for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold. ... This article or section should include material from Greeks According to Thucydides, Hellenes were the people of Hellas. ... Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. ... The Aegean Sea. ...