Chalybes

The Chalybes ( Χάλυβες, Χάλυβοι ) was a famous for its metal processing tribe, which by Greek traditions, the invention of the hardenable iron is attributed in antiquity. The name comes from " Chalybs " = hardened iron steel.

They settled in the north-eastern Anatolian Mountains and on the south coast of the Black Sea. Their settlement area extends west of the Halys, eastwards to Pharnakeia and Trapezus, south to Armenia.

According to Xenophon settled the Chalybier between Phasiern and the Scythians. Sagona wants to south of Gümüşhane, the river Kelkit locate and derive their name from that of the Urartian god Haldi ..