A highland region in Eastern Georgia. The Kist-Chechens came to Georgia by northern routes through the Pshavi Caucasus. Therefore, the Pshavi ravine was of great importance for the defense of the Kakheti Kingdom. The Pshavians were good warriors. There was commune governance in Pshavi; it was ruled by Khevisberi ( lit., “an elder of the gorge”/cult servant). Khevisberi was not hereditary, he was elected by the will of the icon; nor could he be dismissed.
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Norms of Human Rights in the Ancient Near Eastern and Caucasian Civilizations
Nana Bakhsoliani (Georgian Technical University, Georgia)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4620-1.ch003
Abstract
Changes in human behavior, perceptions, and impulses are considered to be essential parts of the civilization process. Suitable for civilization is development of scientific knowledge, religious ideas and customs, female and male lifestyles, and forms of legal punishment. The notion of civilization is “national” in itself, but at the same time, the notion pushes national differences between peoples to the background, because, on the one hand, the emphasis is on what is common or should be common to people and, on the other hand, on the self-knowledge of different peoples whose national boundaries are quite firm, as evidenced by millennia. The Caucasus had close cultural ties with ancient Near East from olden times. The onset of metal working gave impetus to the migration of people in general, which put on the agenda the definition of human rights and freedoms and creation of a codified system of laws caused by this necessity.