Caucasian Albania facts for kids
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Caucasian Albania
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| 4th century BC – 8th century AD | |||||||||
Borders of Arsacid kingdom Caucasian Albania (late 4th century) in the Sassanid empie
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| Capital | Kabalak, Partav | ||||||||
| Common languages | Caucasian Albanian, Armenian, Parthian language, Middle Persian | ||||||||
| Religion | Paganism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism | ||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
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4th century BC | ||||||||
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• Disestablished
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8th century | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Azerbaijan Russia |
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Albania (usually called Caucasian Albania to not be confused with the modern state of Albania) is name is for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus. The native name for the country is unknown. It was on the land of present-day Azerbaijan and partially southern Dagestan.
Images for kids
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1838 map: Colchis, Iberia and Albania.
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Caucasian Albania until 387
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A column capital with an Albanian inscription from a 7th-century church in Mingachevir (Azerbaijan State Museum of History).
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The ruins of the gates of the Albanian capital Qabala
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Roman inscription in Gobustan, Baku left by Legio XII Fulminata
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Caucasian Albania was a vassal of the Roman Empire around 300 AD
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See also
In Spanish: Albania caucásica para niños
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