4.000 Years History of Camel Wrestling from Middle Asia to Anatolia in Turks

In Turkish History which has been continuing thousands of years, camels have always been an important livestock in their life besides horses and sheep. According archeological evidences, camel wrestling had at least 4.000 years of history in Turks. A stone amulet with a camel wrestling image dated as 2.000 B.C. was found in Margiana, Sulekskaya, Khakassia Republic, Republic of Russia. In addition to this, two separate bronze plaques with wrestling camels figures were found: one of them dated in 6th or 5th century B.C. in Besoba kurgan, western Kazakhstan, and the other one dated in 5th or 4th century in Filippovka, southern Urals, Russia. These evidences show that camel wrestling events started at least 4.000 years ago. Camel wrestling events have still been continued recently by small group of camel wrestling fans.