Caucasian Albania

By consequence of the Karabakh War in 2020 and due to Azerbaijanian revisionism concerning the history, culture and cultural monuments of the region, the discussion on Caucasian "Albania", which is little known in the West in both academic and public circles, has been reignited. The handbook provides an overview of the current state of research on the Caucasian "Albanians" in an objective, scientifically sound manner. The contributions are not necessarily intended to reveal new scientific findings but rather to summarise approved knowledge. The volume brings together internationally renowned scholars, researchers and practitioners from various fields of studies reporting on and reviewing the state of research concerning the Caucasian "Albanians", their history and archaeology, their language and written monuments, their religion, church history and their art, including their relation to the Udi people of today. The companion is intended to neutrally introduce the readership to the subject of Caucasian Albania from various perspectives.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Church of Caucasian Albania, Shirvan, Arran, Udi people, Caucasian Albanian alphabet, Barda, Azerbaijan, Saingilo, Hereti, Qabala Rayon, Qutqashen Sultanate, Qabala treasures, Qalagah, Parnavaz II of Iberia, Javanshir, Caspiane. Excerpt: Albania (Latin, Greek, in Old Armenian: A uank, Parthian Ardhan, Middle Persian Arran, usually referred to as Caucasian Albania for disambiguation with the modern state of Albania; the native name for the country is unknown) is a name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus, that existed on the territory of present-day republic of Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located) and partially southern Dagestan. The Parthian name was Ardhan ( Middle Persian: Arran). The Arabic was ar-R n. The name of the country in the language of the native population, the Caucasian Albanians, is not known. Aghuank (Old Armenian: A uank, Modern Armenian: A vank') is the Armenian name for Caucasian Albania. Armenian authors mention that the name derived from the word "Aghu" ( ) meaning amiable in Armenian. The term Aghuank is polysemous and is also used in Armenian sources to denote the region between the Kur and Araxes rivers as part of Armenia. In the latter case it is sometimes used in the form "Armenian Aghuank" or "Hay-Aghuank." The Armenian historian of the region, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, who left the only more or less complete historical account, also explains the name Aghvank as a derivation from the word Aghu (Armenian for sweet, soft, tender), which, he said, was the nickname of Caucasian Albania's first governor Arran and referred to his lenient personality. Moses of Kalankatuyk and other ancient sources explain Arran or Arhan as the name of the legendary founder of Caucasian Albania (Aghvan) or even as the...

The first ever study in English dedicated to Albania in Late Antiquity to the Medieval period...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

The volume serves as an introduction to what its editors have chosen to call the "artistic cultures" prevalent during the Middle Ages in the region of the South Caucasus. Although far from comprehensive in terms of material, chronology and geography, the volume intends to raise awareness of a region whose artistic wealth and cultural diversity has remained relatively unknown to most medievalists. Stretching from Eastern Anatolia and the Black Sea in the West to the Caspian Sea in the East, and from the snow-capped Great Caucasus mountain range in the north to the Armenian highlands in the south, medieval southern Caucasia was originally divided into the kingdom of Caucasian Albania, Greater and Lesser Armenia, and western and eastern Georgia, that is, the kingdoms of Lazica (Egrisi) and Iberia (Kartli) respectively. Together, these entities made the South Caucasus a true frontier region between Europe and Asia and a place of transcultural exchange. Its official Christianization began as early as in the fourth century, even before Constantine the Great founded Constantinople or had himself been converted to Christianity. During the subsequent centuries, the region became a well-connected and strategic buffer zone for its neighboring and occupant Byzantine, Persian, Islamic, Seljuk and Mongol powers. And although subject to constantly shifting borders, the medieval kingdoms of the South Caucasus remained an internally diverse yet shared and distinct geographical and historical unity. Far from being isolated, these cultures were part of a much wider medieval universe. Because of the transcultural nature and elevated artistic quality of their objects and monuments, they have much to offer the field of art history, which has recently been challenged to think more globally in terms of transculturation, movement and appropriation among medieval cultures.

The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land investigates the complete corpus of available literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of the Armenian, Georgian and Caucasian Albanian Christian communities’ activity in the Holy Land during the Byzantine and the Early Islamic periods. This book presents the first integrated approach to a wide variety of literary sources and archaeological evidence, previously unpublished or revised. The study explores the place of each of these Caucasian communities in ancient Palestine through a synthesis of literary and material evidence and seeks to understand the interrelations between them and the influence they had on the national churches of the Caucasus.

The Albanians Have made An inordinate impact on world history, considering their relatively small numbers. This, together with speculation on their still mysterious origins, is featured, along with other things (such as a history of world languages, etc.), some of the names include -- Alexander the Great Constantine the Great, mother teresa, Ferid muradi, nobel prize for Viagra, etc. AlbAniAn AmAlgAmAtion explores some New feAtures, including the still unknown Origins of the AlbAniAns: CAucasiAn AlbAniAns or bAlkAn IllyriAns? connections with other Ancient peoples, such As the mysterious EtruscAns, Using lAnguAge as evidence to tie The connections, since AlbAniAn is the only surviving IllyriAn LAnguAge, uncontAminAted by other lAnguAges. This work is full of surprises (including a history of languages), one of which Are the Names of some of the leading plAyers on the world stage of history, contributions wAy out of proportion to their relAtively smAll numbers.