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Caucasian Albania

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Caucasian Albania
4th century BC – 8th century AD
Borders of Arsacid kingdom Caucasian Albania (late 4th century) in the Sassanid empie[1]
Borders of Arsacid kingdom Caucasian Albania (late 4th century) in the Sassanid empie[1]
StatusEmpire
CapitalKabalak, Partav (modern-day Azerbaijan)
Common languagesCaucasian Albanian (extinct), Armenian, Parthian (extinct), Middle Persian (extinct)
Religion
Paganism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
4th century BC
• Disestablished
8th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Achaemenid Empire
Rashidun Caliphate
Today part of Azerbaijan
 Russia

Albania, academically termed the Caucasian Albania to avoid confusion with modern-day Albania, is the name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus. The native name for the country is unknown.[2][3] It was on the land of present-day Azerbaijan and partially Russia's southern Dagestan. The ancient inhabitants of Caucasian Albania spoke Caucasian Albanian, an language that went extinct in the 10th century in the heyday of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Middle Ages.[4]

References

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Bosworth, Clifford E. Arran. Encyclopædia Iranica.
  4. Perczel, Zaza; Aleksidze (October 13, 2011). "The Lost Written Language of the Caucasian Albanians: discovery and decipherment". Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Central European University. Retrieved December 2, 2024.