Taurika

Japanese: Taurika
Taurika

...Yalta, Miskhor, Gurzuf, Artyom and other resort areas are well known. [Kazuo Watanabe]
[history]
The ancient name of Crimea was Taurika, given by the ancient Greeks, and it was only after the Mongol rule began in the 13th century that it came to be called Crimea (meaning fortress). Around the 8th to 7th centuries BC, the Scythians migrated there, driving out the Cimmerians, and the Greeks then built colonies, and the Bosporan Kingdom was born, centered around Pantikapaion in the eastern part of the peninsula.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…保養地はヤルタ,ミスホル,グルズフ,アルチョムなどが知られる。【渡辺 一夫】
[歴史]
 クリミアの古い呼名は古代ギリシア人の命名によるタウリカTaurikaであり,クリミア(要塞の意)といわれるようになったのは,13世紀のモンゴルによる支配が始まって以後のことである。前8~前7世紀ころ,キンメリア人を追いはらってスキタイ人が移住してきたが,つづいてギリシア人の植民都市建設がすすみ,半島東部のパンティカパイオンPantikapaionを中心にボスポロス王国が生まれた。…

※「Taurika」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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