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  Nagorno-Karabakh | Topic Definition | Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Nagorno-Karabakh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the early 4th century AD Alwanians managed to regain Artsakh, and eventually in 387 AD it became a part of Alwania again.
In the 7th and 8th centuries, the region was invaded by Arabs, who pillaged it and converted a portion of the population to Islam.
Since the 8th century Alwania diminished in size and came to exist only as a principality of Khachen in Artsakh.
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 Wikinfo | Nagorno-Karabakh
The capital is Stepanakert (in Armenian, in Azeri called Xankendi), and the only other major city is Shusha, parts of which today lie in ruins.
In the 5th century many Alwanians adopted Christianity from the Armenian Church and established close cultural ties.
In the 7th and 8th century the region was invaded by Arabs, who pillaged it and converted a small portion of the population to Islam.
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 TurkicWorld - L. Gmyrya - HUN COUNTRY AT THE CASPIAN GATE - Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The urgency and haste of the tasks for the Israil embassy made necessary the choice of road which partly passes through the mountain areas of the Caucasian Alwania.
The author of the "History of Agwan Country" thourally, with details describes precisely this piece of the road, it seems, with a purpose to emphasize the self-sacrifice of Israil and his companions for the execution of the high mission assigned to them by the prince of Alwania.
Based on the information of Movses Kalankatuatsi, it can be concluded that the "Hun country" was immediately adjacent to the northern borders of the Caucasian Alwania, and the boundary between the two countries were the Derbent fortifications.
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