Kurdish People: What You Need to Know. The Origin of the People. The Largest Nation Without a State. скачать в хорошем качестве

Kurdish People: What You Need to Know. The Origin of the People. The Largest Nation Without a State.

The Kurds are the world's largest nation without a state. At the same time, the average man knows almost nothing about this proud and mysterious people. Who are Kurds? Kurds are an ancient people uniting many tribes, which mainly inhabit the mountainous region of Western Asia, called Kurdistan. Modern Kurdistan is located in the territories of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Kurds lead a semi-nomadic life, their main occupations are cattle breeding and agriculture. Scientists haven't found out the exact origin of Kurds. The ancestors of the Kurds are also known as the Scythians and the ancient Medes. Scientists are proving the closeness of the Kurdish people to the Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian and Jewish people. Most of the Kurds are Muslims. There are also Christians, Jews and Yezidis. The exact number of Kurds is unknown. There are from 20 to 40 millions Kurds in the world: 13-18 millions live in Turkey, 3.5-8 millions live in Iran, more than 6 millions live in Iraq, almost 2 millions live in Syria, and about 2.5 millions live in European, Asian and American countries. The exact number of this people is unknown, because no census has ever been conducted in the regions inhabited by the Kurds.