Kura Araxes in Armenia
5000-3000BC
Armenia
The Kura Araxes culture was an archaeological culture that flourished in the Caucasus and eastern Anatolia during the Copper Age and Early Bronze Age. The Kura Araxes were farmers and herders, and they were also skilled metallurgists. One of your ancestors may have been a Kura Araxes farmer who cultivated wheat and barley on the plains of Armenia. Another of your ancestors may have been a Kura Araxes herder who raised sheep and goats in the mountains of Armenia.