ҚАҢҒА БАБА – МАҢҒЫСТАУДЫҢ ЕРТЕ ТАРИХЫНЫҢ ЕСКЕРТКІШІ

Abstract

Annotation. In fact, the monuments on the territory of Mangystau and Ustyurt, which the local Kazakhs Call OI and kyr, have their own sacred meaning. The vast majority of them are houses and ruins from ancient times, medieval necropolises and underground mosques, architectural monuments of the peoples who inhabited this region in the XV-XX centuries (tombstones, koytas, saganatams, etc.). One of the monuments connecting the ancient history of the Stone Age of the Mangystau region with the Middle Ages is the monument to Kang Baba, located in the northwestern part of the peninsula. Studies on the Kang Baba complex and the etymology of this name indicate that this complex has been known since the Bronze Age (hereinafter we use the name Arian-Turanian in parallel). We are of the opinion that by describing the Kang Baba complex, we can consider a whole period of the history of Mangystau, that is, the Bronze Age and the subsequent complex period. In this article, we will talk about the ancient monuments of the Kang Baba necropolis of Mangystau region, their sacred character, historical etymology of the name Kang. A scientific analysis of the historical, ethnographic, ethnogenic significance of the study of ancient monuments in the burial complex of Kang Baba is carried out. Key words: Kanga Baba, Arian, Turan, Avesta, Oguz, Kipchak, Adai, sacral, Saka Era.