Editing Simferopol (section)

===Early history===
{{stack|[[File:Карло Боссоли. Симферополь.jpg|thumb|The city in 1856, by [[Carlo Bossoli]].]]}}

Archaeological evidence in the {{Interlanguage link|Chokurcha cave|ru|	Чокурча (пещера)|uk| Чокурча (печера)}} shows the presence of ancient people living in the territory of modern Simferopol. The [[Scythian Neapolis]], known by its Greek name, is also located in the city, which is the remnants of an ancient capital of the Crimean [[Scythian]]s who lived in the territory from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067842/Simferopol|title=Simferopol|access-date=2008-05-13|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopædia Britannica Online]]}}</ref>

Later, the [[Crimean Tatars]] founded the town of Aqmescit. For some time, Aqmescit was the residence of the [[Kalga (title)|Qalğa-Sultan]], the second most important position in the [[Crimean Khanate]] after the [[List of Crimean khans|Khan]] himself.<ref name="crimea-kvn">{{cite web|url=http://www.crimea-kvn.ru/cities/simferopol.html|title=Simferopol|access-date=2008-05-14|work=Vacation in Crimea|language=ru}}</ref> The area of the city once known as Aqmescit is today called [[Old Simferopol]].