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MISREPRESENTATION BY DR. VREJ NERCESSIAN
Submitted by Rouben Galichian on Sun, 2014-03-02 16:18.
I feel that Dr Nersessian's comments on my claims that Georgia, as it
stands today, came into being almost 2,000 years after Armenia and
Iran (Persia), needs an explanatory reply. I confirm that my claim
is a valid one, for which I have the following reasoning.
When reading the texts of my books Dr, Nersessian has not paid enough
attention to the details of my comments, where I always state that
"Georgia as the conglomeration of countries of Colchis, Iberia,
Mengrelia, Imeretia, Kakhetiafourteenth centuries". I have said that
and I do stand by it.
This is proven even by the sample map offered as evidence by Dr.
Nersessian. This map shows Colchis (Abkhazia) as a separate
country from Iberia (Virq-Õ~NÕ"O~@O~D), from which the Armenian name
Vrastan-Õ~NO~@Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶ derives. However, the Georgia-Õ~NO~@Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶
of today includes all the territories of Colchis, Imeretia, Mengrelia,
Kakhetia and Iberia and the name is not applied to the historic
Iberia only.
When referring to the maps of Ptolemy, Dr. Nersessian conveniently
forgets to mention that in all of these maps depicting the South
Caucasus, presented as Asiae tabula tertia (The third map of Asia),
Ptolemy, in addition to Iberia and Albania, always includes the name
of the country of Colchis as one separate from Iberia.
Early medieval maps do show Iberia as a country, but this refers to
only a small part of present-day Georgia. The first maps where the
name Georgia is given to the territory of the modern country is after
Queen Tamar's reign, when she managed to unify the different regional
kingdoms under the name of Georgia. First European maps that show this
name date from the thirteenth and fourteen centuries only. That is,
almost 2,000 years after Armenia and Persia.
Yours, Rouben Galichian
Addendum by Keghart.com
The map appearing in the article was provided as an illustration by
Keghart.com editors and not Rev. Doc. Nersessian, unbeknownst to both
parties to this discussion.- Edit.
http://www.keghart.com/Rev-Nersessian-Sources#comments
Submitted by Rouben Galichian on Sun, 2014-03-02 16:18.
I feel that Dr Nersessian's comments on my claims that Georgia, as it
stands today, came into being almost 2,000 years after Armenia and
Iran (Persia), needs an explanatory reply. I confirm that my claim
is a valid one, for which I have the following reasoning.
When reading the texts of my books Dr, Nersessian has not paid enough
attention to the details of my comments, where I always state that
"Georgia as the conglomeration of countries of Colchis, Iberia,
Mengrelia, Imeretia, Kakhetiafourteenth centuries". I have said that
and I do stand by it.
This is proven even by the sample map offered as evidence by Dr.
Nersessian. This map shows Colchis (Abkhazia) as a separate
country from Iberia (Virq-Õ~NÕ"O~@O~D), from which the Armenian name
Vrastan-Õ~NO~@Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶ derives. However, the Georgia-Õ~NO~@Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶
of today includes all the territories of Colchis, Imeretia, Mengrelia,
Kakhetia and Iberia and the name is not applied to the historic
Iberia only.
When referring to the maps of Ptolemy, Dr. Nersessian conveniently
forgets to mention that in all of these maps depicting the South
Caucasus, presented as Asiae tabula tertia (The third map of Asia),
Ptolemy, in addition to Iberia and Albania, always includes the name
of the country of Colchis as one separate from Iberia.
Early medieval maps do show Iberia as a country, but this refers to
only a small part of present-day Georgia. The first maps where the
name Georgia is given to the territory of the modern country is after
Queen Tamar's reign, when she managed to unify the different regional
kingdoms under the name of Georgia. First European maps that show this
name date from the thirteenth and fourteen centuries only. That is,
almost 2,000 years after Armenia and Persia.
Yours, Rouben Galichian
Addendum by Keghart.com
The map appearing in the article was provided as an illustration by
Keghart.com editors and not Rev. Doc. Nersessian, unbeknownst to both
parties to this discussion.- Edit.
http://www.keghart.com/Rev-Nersessian-Sources#comments