 Rugs were woven much earlier than even the oldest surviving rugs like the Pazyryk rug would suggest.During its long history, the art and craft of the woven carpet has absorbed and integrated different cultural traditions.Traces of Byzantine design can be observed in Anatolian rugs; Turkic peoples migrating from Central Asia, as well as Armenian people, Caucasian and Kurdic tribes either living in, or migrating to Anatolia at different times in history contributed their traditional motifs and ornaments.