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העם הכורדי התהווה ממכלול של שבטים שונים, אתה ממשיך לחשוב שיש גזע כורדי וגזע יהודי ובלה בלה. It was formerly considered sufficient to describe the Kurds as the descendants of the Carduchi (Gordyaei), who opposed the retreat of the Ten Thousand through the mountains in the 4th century BC. Kurds now consider themselves to be Indo-European who are descendants of multiple groups (including many non-Indo-European) believed to have settled in what they now refer to as Kurdistan, over a period of thousands of years.[20] Early cultures included the Halaf and Ubaid. The Hurrian period in the mid third millennium BC is the earliest well-documented period. The 3rd millennium was the time of the Guti (Kurti) and Hattians. The 2nd and 1st millennium BC were the time of the Kassites, Mitanni, Mannai (Mannaeans), Urartu, and Mushku. All of these peoples shared a common identity and spoke one language or closely related languages or dialects. These groups are thought to have been non-Indo-Europeans, apart from the original Mitanni leadership.[citation needed] The Median Empire was dominant from the 630s BC to 550 BC, and by 400 BC the Carduchi had established a culture independent from the Persian Empire. Other ancient groups included the Mard, Adiabene, Zila and Khaldi.