Thank you @yehoshuakahana for this remarkable historical research!! This is what identity is all about, how far back can we look? What is story behind the etymology. ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- "It's believed among some historians that "Ashkenaz" etymologically derives from "Scandinavia", the name of this famous Northern Germanic nation. However, the original Biblical "Ashkenaz" mentioned in the books of Genesis and Jeremiah is more likely to be somewhere in the Caucasian mountains next to the black see. . At the time of the Assyrian empire over the fertile Crescent, a nation similar to the Tatars across the black see (in todays Ukraine) were on the rise. These are the Scythe tribe, Fearless nomads who later ruled over vast plains from eastern Europe to central Asia. Among the Assyrians they were called "Ishguza", Sounds similar to "Ashkenaz", and it's believed to be its real origin. . Presumably, the desire for Biblical names on new regions in Jewish diaspora, lead to this foreign land in the far west, unknown to Biblical Jewry, to be transformed from Scandinavia to Ashkenaz. Though, the original Ashkenaz is most likely Southern Ukraine and around the black see. . . . #Askenaz #Ishkuza #Assyrians #Skythetribe #tribalpeople #identity #identityrunsdeep #etymology #history #historicalcontext #knowyourhistory #JewishIdentity #JewishDiaspora https://www.instagram.com/p/B_gP0xXDhRB/?igshid=onnup39vq01q