Orta Aras Havzası’nda Tarihi Yollar: Bölgedeki Kültürel Ve Ekonomik Etkileşimler
Historic Roads At Middle Aras Basin: Cultural And Economic Interactions At Region

Summary/Abstract: Middle Aras Basin is formed by Igdır-Kars-Nakhchivan and Armenia lands. This difference is done on the basis of physical-climatic-historic and archaeological data. Region is very rich in the point of water sources through Aras River, Arpaçay is attached to Aras which located in East Anatolia, Şarki Arpaçay and Çehri are located in Nakhchivan. Most of the roads which ongoing in parallel to Aras River, also in hold the oldest transport network of the region. Through the seroads, cultural association in the terms of cultural and economic between the said regions is begun to be seen clearly from the Early Bronze Age. These ongoing relations network at Middle and Last Bronze Age reached to the highest level at Early Iron Age and Middle Iron Age (Kingdom of Urartu). The Silk Road that passes from India-Pakistan and Northwest Iran, were divided two at Nakhchivan in Middle Ages. First road was arriving to Caucasus over Armenia and Second road was arriving to Trabzon Port over Doğubayazıt by passing Ani and Erzurum. Middle Aras Basin has become an important center economically at the route of Silk Road through its strategic location and rich water sources, and also takes on a cultural bridge task.

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