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History of the Caucasus - Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires (Hardcover)
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History of the Caucasus - Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires (Hardcover)
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"Magnificent [and] wondrous." The Spectator "Rich and
illuminating." Literary Review "Phenomenally accurate." History
Today "Stunning." The Morning Star "Sweeping." The New European "A
wonderful book." Current World Archaeology "In a class of its own."
The Caspian Post A landscape of high mountains and narrow valleys
stretching from the Black to the Caspian Seas, the Caucasus region
has been home to human populations for nearly 2 million years. In
this richly illustrated 2-volume series, historian and explorer
Christoph Baumer tells the story of the region's history through to
the present day. It is a story of encounters between many different
peoples, from Scythians, Turkic and Mongol peoples of the East to
Greeks and Romans from the West, from Indo-European tribes from the
West as well as the East, and to Arabs and Iranians from the South.
It is a story of rival claims by Empires and nations and of how the
region has become home to more than 50 languages that can be heard
within its borders to this very day. This first volume charts the
period from the emergence of the earliest human populations in the
region - the first known human populations outside Africa - to the
Seljuk conquests of 1050CE. Along the way the book charts the
development of Neolithic, Iron and Bronze Age cultures, the first
recognizable Caucasian state and the arrival of a succession of the
great transnational Empires, from the Greeks, the Romans and the
Armenian to competing Christian and Muslim conquerors. The History
of the Caucasus: Volume 1 also includes more than 200 full colour
images and maps bringing the changing cultures of these lands
vividly to life.
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