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Page 1 of 5 Dawn of History
Archaeological excavations and anthropological studies confirm that the territory of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic Age. Palaeolithic human remains (350,000-400,000 years BC), as well as the artefacts from early habitats, were found in the cave of Azykh in 1968. Archaeological discoveries from the same era were also made in the caves of Dash Salakhly and Taglar. Scientists believe that the stone carvings of Gobustan are the Stone Age rock art, dating back to the 8th-6th millennium BC. Archaeological evidence suggests that several agricultural and stockbreeding settlements existed in Azerbaijan since the 7th-6th millennium BC. Such Caucasian tribes as the Gargars, Utis, Saks, Sodes, Massagets and others inhabited the territory of the present-day Azerbaijan, with Mannae emerging as the first state in the 10th century BC.
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