Gimirrai

Japanese: Gimirrai
Gimirrai

...Following the earlier migration of the Medes and Persians to the Iranian plateau, the Cimmerians crossed the Caucasus, invaded the Kingdom of Urartu (around Lake Van) (722-715 BC), and further threatened the Assyrian Empire. The Cimmerians are referred to in Assyrian documents as Gimirrai, or Gamils. Some of the Cimmerians migrated to Asia Minor, and from the 70s to the 50s of the 7th century BC, they attacked Phrygia and Lydia, and briefly dominated central Anatolia.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gimirrai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さきにメディア人やペルシア人がイラン高原に移動したあとを追って,キンメリア人もカフカスを越えてウラルトゥ王国(ワン湖周辺)に侵入し(前722‐前715),さらにアッシリア帝国を脅かした。キンメリア人はアッシリア文献にギミルライGimirrai,ガミル人として記される。キンメリア人の一部は小アジアに移動し,前7世紀の70年代から50年代にかけて,フリュギアとリュディアに攻撃を加え,中部アナトリアを一時支配した。…

※「Gimirrai」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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