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	Caucasian Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caucasian Albania were one of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples, the ancient and indigenous population of modern southern Dagestan and Azerbaijan.
		The Church of Albania was in communion with the Church of Armenia, and the Armenian language became Albania’s literary medium.
		From the 8th century, Caucasian Albania existed as the principalities of Aranshahs and Khachin, along with various Iranian and Arabic principalities: the Principality of Shedadians, the Principality of Shirvan, the Principality of Derbent, etc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caucasian_Albania (1465 words)

	Albania
		Albania became part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires before succumbing to a wave of invaders in the Middle Ages, losing most of its original population and finally becaming a part of the Ottoman Empire in 1478.
		It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, and north-east, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
		Albania after the communist regime was overthrown, as all the ex-communist countries, the country was left with an obsolete industrial base and a pattern of industrial capacity wholly unsuited to its needs.
	creekin.net /n2-albania.html (4146 words)

	Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		:''Albania is also the name of an ancient state in the Caucasus – see Caucasian Albania.'' Albania is a Mediterranean country in southeastern Europe.
		Alternatively, Albania may derive from the same source as the name of the Alps, the etymology of which is uncertain.
		Main article: Politics of Albania The Head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of Albania.
	albania.iqnaut.net (2225 words)

	VAR: Caucasian Albania -- history of ancient North Azerbaijan, Arran, Karabakh (Artsakh) / Zerbaijan.com
		The North Azerbaijan was known as Caucasian Albania, with its statehood and independence since at least 400 B.C. Caucasian Albania became important in history because it included the Caspian gates at the city of Chol, near present-day Derbent, which served as a bridge between Europe and Asia.
		In the sixth century the Sassanids destroyed the dynasty of the Albanian emperors, but Caucasian Albania continued the fight against oppression of the Sassanid shahs and its independence was restored in the seventh century.
		The art of the last centuries B.C. and the earliest centuries A.D., primarily that of the northern regions of Azerbaijan (Caucasian Albania), is represented by metal artifacts, small statuary, and fl-glazed ceramic and glass vessels decorated with designs.
	www.zerbaijan.com /albania/caucasian-albania.html (2533 words)

	History of Azerbaijan
		Historically Azerbaijan is located in the territory from the Caucasian ridge in the north till Hamadan (central Iran) in the south, from the Goyche (Sevan) and Uremia rivers in the west till the Caspian Sea in the east.
		The territory of Albania stretched from the Caucasian ridge in the north till the Araz river in the south, from the Goyche (Sevan) lake in the west till the Caspian Sea in the east.
		Albania was considered the most developed country in the Caucasus up to the Arabian invasions (IX century).
	www.azerbaijan.00page.com (1801 words)

	13.1 - Amazons Legends in History: Fearless Women Warriors in Life and Lore - Farid Alakbarli
		Caucasian Albania was a territory that covered most of entire region of modern-day Azerbaijan Republic including some additional areas in neighboring countries.
		According to legends, the kingdom of Caucasian Albania was founded in the 4th century BC by king Aran.
		Albania was a fertile agrarian state with vast wheat fields, grape vineyards and fruit gardens.
	www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/ai131_folder/131_articles/131_amazons.html (3102 words)

	Caucasian Albanian - Palimpsest and Inscriptions
		A tentative interpretation of 2 Cor 11,25-27 (specimen of the Caucasian Albanian (Aluan) Lectionary) and of the Aluan inscriptions
		http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~wschulze/Uog.html for a description of Udi as the descendant of the language of the Caucasian ‘Albanians’ (or: Aluans).
		The Gargarac`ik` represented one of the peoples of the kingdom of Albania the name of which is already attested in Strabo XI,5,1 and which can be associated to the Armenian toponym daštn Gargarac`owc`, a region southeast of the central part of the Kura river (compare the contemporary river name Gargar, a tributary to the Araxes).
	www.lrz-muenchen.de /~wschulze/Cauc_alb.htm (1988 words)

	Albania - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		:Albania is also the name of an ancient state in the Caucasus – see Caucasian Albania.
		Albania has coastline on two of Europe's seas, the Ionian and the Adriatic.
		The Ionian Sea is known for clean, clear water and forms the southwest coast of Albania, from Vlorë to the Greek border.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=738 (2226 words)

	Arran - The Republic of Azerbaijan - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		In pre-Islamic times, Arran formed the heart of the Iranian province of Caucasian Albania (to be distinguished of course from the Balkan Albania), which in fact embraced all eastern Transcaucasia, i.e.
		Strabo 9.4, cites Theophanes of Mytilene that Albania had at least 26 different languages or dialects, and the distinctive Albanian speech persisted into early Islamic times, since Armenian and Islamic sources alike stigmatize the tongue as cacophonous and barbarous, with Estakhri, p.
		Albania became Christianized at approximately the same time as was Armenia; Movses Dasxuranc'i places this event in the reign of King Urnayr in the mid-4
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/arran.htm (1818 words)

	Caucasus Foundation
		Along with the consonants that occur in all the Caucasian languages, the Abkhazo-Adyghian languages are characterized by different sets of labialized consonants (formed by rounding the lips), strong (hard or tense) consonants, half-hushing consonants, and velarized consonants (formed with the back of the tongue approaching the soft palate).
		The consonant systems of the Nakh languages are relatively simple, coinciding, on the whole, with those of the South Caucasian languages (apart from a number of pharyngeal consonants characteristic of all the Nakh languages and a lateral sound peculiar to Bats).
		All the Caucasian languages have a series of stops of three types--voiced, voiceless aspirated, and glottalized (i.e., pronounced, respectively, with vibrating vocal cords; with vocal cords not vibrating but with an accompanying audible puff of breath; and with accompanying closure of the glottis [space between the vocal cords]).
	www.kafkas.org.tr /english/kultur/diledebiyat.html (2513 words)

	Azerbaijan
		A variety of Caucasian peoples appear to be the earliest inhabitants of northern Azerbaijan with the notable Caucasian Albanians being their most prominently known representative.
		In ancient Azerbaijan the majority population before the 3rd century CE in the north consisted of tribes that spoke various Caucasian languages, while in the south Indo-European languages such as those of the Medes and various Eurasian nomads such as the Scythians were predominant.
		According to native Caucasian Albanian historian Moisey Kalankatu, in the period between 191-200 CE, hordes of Barsil and Khazar Turks crossed the Kura river.
	www.vugar.4mg.com /about.html (8183 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		When the German prince was expelled by the Albanian people after 6 months as "King of Albania" the English, French, and Italians in the Leage of Nations wanted to divide the territory once and for all, but intervention from United States president Woodrow Wilson vetoing the vote and allowing Albania to continue as a sovergnity.
		Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad.
		Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with foreign visitors due to its relatively unspoilt nature and good beaches.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/albania (2310 words)

	Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı
		We first learn of the ancestors of the modern Albanians in their native land as the Arbanites of Arbanon in Anna Comnenas' account (Alexiad 4) of the troubles in that region caused in the reign of her father Alexius I Comneus (1081-1118) by the Normans.
		Only during the 6th century did the Illyrians venture significant raids against their immediate neighbours, the Greek kingdom of the Mollosoi in northern Epirus (present southern Albania), the kingdom of Macedonia and the semi-barbaric kingdom of Paiones (in northern Republic of Macedonia).
		Albania is divided into 12 qark (county or prefecture), which are further divided into 36 rrethe (districts).
	www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com /wiki/Albania_.html (2289 words)

	Origins of the Serb People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Caucasian Albanians must not to be confused with the Illyrian Albanians of modern-day Albania in the Balkans.
		A connection between the European Avars and the Caucasian Avars and Kabard is severely questioned, but evidence is mounting in favor of the theory that the Avars who settled in Transylvania were only a "pseudo" (Kabar?) portion of other "true" Avars who remained in the Caucasus region under Khazar control.
		In the Lesghian-Avar language: Srbi means "people." Also, in the Lesghian-Avar language: Albania is the land they called their homeland, neighboring Armenia, once known as Ancient Caucasian Albania, dating back 2,000 years ago, but still found in old maps.
	www.geocities.com /protoillyrian/serb.html (8696 words)

	The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Albania with its autocephalous church possessed a rich and unique culture, where alphabet in use was composed of 52 letters.
		A rule of Russian Empire was imposed on the Khanate after the signature of the Treaty of Kurakchay (1805) between the Khan of Karabakh and the Russian Empire.
		After the take-over of the overall Caucasian region, the Russian Empire pursued divide et impera policy through different means with a view to establishing and strengthening its total control.
	www.un.int /azerbaijan/background.php (3383 words)

	Armazi Project: Georgian Academy of Sciences (Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts): Zaza Aleksidze, Breakthrough ...
		Caucasian or Caspian Albania, as it is called in order to differentiate it from Balkan Albania, was situated in Eastern Transcaucasia, mostly on the territory of modern Azerbaijan,
		The outlook of Armenian scholars should radically be changed to consider the positions of Azerbaijanian scholars: the territory of Albania, including the right bank of the river Mtkvari, has always remained unchanged throughout its existence.
		The hole territory of Albania including the disputable province of Karabakh in modern Azerbaijan is populated by the people of ethnic lineage, changing only its language and religion throughout the centuries.
	titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de /armazi/sinai/alban2.htm (4385 words)

	Concept of a Caucasian origin of Albanians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Caucasian theory is now still promoted by certain Serbian, Greek, or Macedonian Slav nationalists, even though the scientific community overall rejects it.
		The Caucasian theory is based on the fact that there was ancient country in the Caucasus region named Albania (see Caucasian Albania).
		The inhabitants of this country were named Albanians, and there was also city named Albanopolis (present day Derbent) in Caucasian Albania (a city with the same name was mentioned in Illyria).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Concept_of_a_Caucasian_origin_of_Albanians (232 words)

	azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan occupies the southern part of the Greater Caucasian range descending to the Caspian Sea at the stretch of 800 km.
		During seventh century, Caucasian Albania fell to the Arab Caliphate, leading to the Islam of the region.
		With the final break up of the Safavid dynasty in the middle of the 18th century, the remains of their empire in the Caucasian fell to a number of independent khanates, among them khanates, of Baku, Garabagh, Guba and Nakhchivan.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /ilkin/azerbaijan.html (1141 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the Azerbaijani state of Caucasian Albania had been created one of the ancient alphabets of the world consisting of 52 letters.
		Caucasian Albania was one of the few states which had its independence during the dominium of the Roman Empire in the region.
		Azerbaijan is the richest country of the Caucasian region with its natural resources.
	www.azembassy.ge (772 words)

	ARCHEOLOGY OF ARRAN PROVINCE - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		Once the Achaemenid empire fell apart, the southern part of Arran Province became part of Atropatene; and the northern part formed a section of Caucasian Albania; yet their borders were never stable.
		Starting in the late 4th century BCE coins had been brought to Albania; and in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE the practice of local minting arose.
		Old Kabala, the capital of Albania, was one of them, dated on the strength of archeological evidence.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/arran_archaeology.htm (3936 words)

	Azerbaijan - MSN Encarta
		It became part of the Persian Empire in the 6th century bc, and the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism was introduced.
		Between the 1st and 3rd centuries ad, the Romans conquered the area of present-day Azerbaijan, which then became known as Caucasian Albania.
		A much-disputed area, Caucasian Albania was conquered in the late 7th century by Arabs, and Islam predominated thereafter.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561983_6/Azerbaijan.html (686 words)

	Qarabaq senedlerde \| Karabakh in Documents \| Карабах в документах
		Ptolemei fixed on territory of the Caucasian Albania the river “Kaysiy”, which is identified with Gek chay or Girdemanchay.
		We need to clarify the toponiums of Shirvan, the area on the west of the Caspian Sea and in the East of the Kura river, which is a part of the Caucasian Albania or the early medieval Arran.
		Therefore, the opinion of some scholars on the belongings of the albans to the Caucasian lingual areal is not justified.
	www.karabakh-doc.azerall.info /ru/turkologiya/trk004eng.htm (6375 words)

	Riad: Caucasus
		To the north of Araxes river, the Monophysite Christianity was widely accepted in the V century by the northern part of Azerbaijan, known as Caucasian Albania (Aluania) after St. Grigor the Illuminator converted and baptized its King Urnayr.
		Caucasian Albania, following the partition of Armenia between Byzantine empire and Sasanian Iran in A.D. 387, was combined with the new Iranian acquisition to form an administrative unit of Ran.
		Mihran, a kinsman of Khosrow II Parviz, became a king of Albania and founded a town of Mihrawan (Aksu).
	www.uh.edu /~efendiev/caucas.html (2599 words)

	Armenian Caucasian Asian Ethnicity Society
		Georgians and the representatives of other Caucasian nations in Russia, Armenia did not agree to it.
		South Ossetian branch of the Caucasian Institute for Democracy.
		??????, Azerbaijan - Dec 16, 2006Christianity in the Caucasian Albania was adopted as state religion, and Albanian church continued functioning after the start of spread of Islam in...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Ethnicity/Asian/Caucasian/Armenian (535 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Artsakh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		According to the ancient Armenian historian, Movses Kalankaytuk, author of “History of Aghvank”, at this time the southern border of Caucasian Albania was along the Araxes river.
		The 5th century Armenian historian Moses of Chorene or Movses Khorensky, who is considered in Armenian historiography as “the father of Armenian history”, also confirmed that Caucasian Albania’s border was along the Kura in the 1st century AD.
		^ According to Strabo, Albania was bounded on the east by the Caspian, and on the north by the Caucasus.
	random.dragonslife.org /artsakh/5885 (1261 words)

	History of Azerbaijan - Azerb.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		North of Araz river (Caucasian Albania or Aluania), Christianity was widely accepted in the Vth century after St. Grigor the Illuminator converted and baptized its king, Urnayr.
		In 387 Caucasian Albania, following the partition of Armenia between Byzantine empire and Sassanid Persia was merged with the new Persian acquisition to form the Ran province.
		Lenin and his successor, Joseph V. Stalin, assigned pacification of Transcaucasia and delineation of borders in the region to the Caucasian Bureau of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-hist.html (4657 words)

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