Caucasian Albania
Albania (usually called Caucasian Albania is name is for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus. The native name for the country is unknown.[3][4] It was on the land of present-day Azerbaijan and partially southern Dagestan.
Caucasian Albania | |||||||||
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4th century BC – 8th century AD | |||||||||
Capital | Kabalak, Partav | ||||||||
Common languages | Caucasian Albanian, Armenian, Parthian language, Middle Persian | ||||||||
Religion | Paganism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism | ||||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 4th century BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 8th century | ||||||||
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Today part of | Azerbaijan Russia |
References
- M. L. Chaumont, "ALBANIA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. The Sasanian period. In about A.D. 252-53 Šāpūr I made himself lord of Great Armenia, which was turned into a Sasanian province; Iberia and Albania were also soon conquered and annexed.
- M. L. Chaumont, "ALBANIA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. The Sasanian period. In about A.D. 252-53 Šāpūr I made himself lord of Great Armenia, which was turned into a Sasanian province; Iberia and Albania were also soon conquered and annexed.
- Robert H. Hewsen. "Ethno-History and the Armenian Influence upon the Caucasian Albanians", in: Samuelian, Thomas J. (Ed.), Classical Armenian Culture. Influences and Creativity. Chicago: 1982, pp. 27-40.
- Bosworth, Clifford E. Arran. Encyclopædia Iranica.
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