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The oldest male genes of the R1a haplogroup some 15500yrs old are found in #Bharat, this is followed by the #Caspian region with 12300yr old samples & #Europe with 6900yr old ones .
People migrated out of the tropics carrying language with them as the world warmed & ice melted .
Linguistics & genetics both indicate a migration of tribes from #India to the west . Corroborated by historical Records of the #Saraswati drying up & causing migration .

A third indicator is the spread of technology, around 1750BC ancient #Turkey was shaken by the arrival of a people with the new for the region technology of #iron working , with Iron tools & weapons the #Hittite people quickly carved a kingdom dominating the Black sea region.
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🇰🇿🇷🇺Russia suspends the shipment of Kazakh oil.

This is reported by Kommersant:

🔳The reason: 50 WWII mines were found in the water area of the Caspian oil pipeline

🔳They'll be neutralized by the end of the month

@CeyhunAsirov #oott ImageImage
🔳The #CPC #oil #pipeline system is the largest route for transporting oil from the #Caspian Sea to world markets

🔳A 1.5 thousand kilometer long main pipeline connects the fields of Western #Kazakhstan with the Black Sea #oott Image
Currently, there is no alternative for Kazakhstan, but Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan was offered to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, but it was not done because they were afraid of Russia

President Tokayev spoke at SPIEF 2 days ago & he made clear his refusal to recognise LPR/DPR independence Image
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In the evening of May 3 - air alarm throughout #Ukraine! 🇷🇺 Tu-95 or Tu-160 strategic bombers launch a missile strike from the #Caspian region.
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Approximately 18 missiles were fired at the infrastructure of #Dnipropetrovsk, #Kirovohrad, #Lviv, #Vinnytsia, #Kyiv and #Zakarpattia regions. Missile strikes were also inflicted on #Odesa and #Donetsk regions by other means.
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Preliminary, at least 8 🇷🇺 cruise missiles were shot down by the air defense of the Air Force and the Land Forces on May 3, the data are being clarified. There are also reports of 7 drones and one missile.
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🧵On #Turkey-#Israel and talk of a #gas pipeline

After a tour in #Greece and #Cyprus, that aimed at appeasing their concerns, Israeli president was today visiting Turkey in the context of improving bilateral relations. Its the first visit by an Israeli president since 2008. >
Though allies since 1996, relations started to deteriorate as early as 2004 & took a huge blow in 2010 w the #MaviMarmara incident. Not going to get into that or the steps that followed towards normalization.
See this on #Turkey's strategy in the #EastMed in Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/19/tur…

and this book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.

It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).

French / Luxembourghish sign: The River Sauer in Martelan...
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name). The Greek island of Skiatho...
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.

#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names. A map showing the main rive...
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