Karkashshi
Karkashshi (Karkašši) was a city in ancient Media.
Karkashshi was first mentioned as Garkasia, a Median settlement paying tribute to Assyrian king Shalmaneser II (1030–1019 BCE).[1] Karkashshi was later mentioned in tablets found in Nineveh, dating from the 7th-century BCE. During the 670s BCE, it was in the possession of Median chieftain, Kashtariti.[2]
In an article for the Journal asiatique in 1880, Joseph Halévy proposed that Karkashshi was located in Karkathiokertha (Karkasiokertha) in Armenia. However, he later withdrew his interpretation.[3] It is now generally believed that Karkashshi was located in Media, within the Central Zagros Mountains (present-day Iran). Karkashshi may have been presumably located near modern-day Karkasheh.