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	Colchis Biography on DanceAge
		In the 13th century BC, the Kingdom of Colchis was formed as a result of the increasing consolidation of the tribes inhabiting the region.
		Her son and successor Polemon II was induced by Emperor Nero to abdicate the throne, and both Pontus and Colchis were incorporated in the Province of Galatia (63) and later in Cappadocia (81).
		Colchis was also the land where the mythological Prometheus was punished by being chained to a mountain while an eagle ate at his liver for revealing to humanity the secret of fire.
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Colchis (1856 words)

	Georgia (republic) - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Numerous other rivers flow across the fertile Colchis Lowland, which occupies most of the coastal land on the Georgian side of the Black Sea.
		The climate in the republic is marked by wide regional variations, ranging from humid, subtropical conditions in the Colchis Lowland to drier and more continental conditions in the eastern uplands.
		The Black Sea coast and the Rioni plains enjoy average temperatures of 5° C (41° F) in January; 23° C (73° F) in July and an average annual rainfall of 2,000 mm (79 in).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761556415___2/Georgia_(republic).html (740 words)

	Encyclopedia
		The lowland is divided into two parts, the subtropical Colchis Lowland on the W and the much drier, and larger, Kura Lowland on the E. To the N of the lowland lie the Great Caucasus, commonly considered the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
		These areas are the Colchis Lowland, located at the E end of the Black Sea; the much smaller Lenkoran Lowland in SE Azerbaijan, along the W coast of the Caspian Sea; and the SE shore of the Crimean Peninsula.
		Citrus, tea, and tung nuts are the specialty crops of the Colchis Lowland and surrounding foothills in W Georgia, and irrigated cotton is the big crop in the Kura Lowland of Azerbaijan.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=224802 (18703 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Colchis
		Colchis COLCHIS [Colchis], ancient country on the eastern shore of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus region.
		The ram flew to Colchis, but Helle fell into the sea, which was thereafter known as the Hellespont.
		The Colchis of the ancients, Mingrelia was a vassal principality (with Zugdidi as capital) under the Ottoman Empire.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Colchis (527 words)

	lowland - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Historic cultural differences long divided Celtic Scots of the Highlands and Anglo-Saxons of the Lowlands.
		Ten species of fir are native to North America, growing chiefly in the region west of the Rocky Mountains.
		desert, dust bowl, floodplain, forest, grassland, heath, highland, lowland, marsh, marshland, moorland, mudflat, pampas, permafrost, plain, prairie,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /lowland.html (97 words)

	RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: G :: Georgia: History
		A number of Neolithic sites have been excavated in the low-lying Kolkhida (Colchis) Lowland, in the Khrami River valley in central Georgia, and in South Ossetia; they were occupied by settled tribes engaged in cattle raising and agriculture.
		The fabled wealth of Colchis became known quite early to the Greeks and found symbolic expression in the legend of Medea and the Golden Fleece.
		Colchis was colonised by Greek settlers from Miletus and subsequently fell under the sway of Mithradates the Great, king of Pontus.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/g/print/georgia_history.shtml (1915 words)

	Informat.io on Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Two Georgian Kingdoms of late antiquity, known to Greece and Rome as Iberia in the east of the country and Colchis in the west, were among the first nations in the region to adopt Christianity (in 337 AD, as recent discoveries point to.).
		Colchis, known to its natives as Egrisi or Lazica, often saw battles between the rival power of Persia and the Byzantine Empire, both of which managed to conquer Western Georgia from time to time.
		The large majority of the forests that covered the Colchis plain are now virtually non-existent with the exception of the regions that are included in the national parks and reserves (i.e.
	www.vacilando.eu /?title=georgia (5162 words)

	Richness of Colchic vegetation: comparison between refugia of south-western and East Asia \| BMC Ecology, Volume 1 - ...
		The Colchis is one of the species-rich refugia and a centre of biological diversity in western Eurasia.
		The Colchis is primarily known for species-rich forests where rare woody species, which were widespread in the European Tertiary, are preserved [4-11].
		Taxa that were extinct within the Colchis could not be replenished by immigrating tropical taxa as occurred in Southeast Asia [18]; this appears to have facilitated the adaptive radiation of locally surviving taxa.
	bmc.ub.uni-potsdam.de /1472-6785-1-6/text.htm (4033 words)

	Abkhazia Encyclopedia Article @ Mattered.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Southeastern Abkhazia, a part of the Colchis Lowland, is covered by Colchian forests (alder, hornbeam, oak, beech), or by citrus and tea plantations.
		In the 9th-6th centuries BC, the territory of modern Abkhazia became a part of the ancient Georgian kingdom of Colchis (Kolkha), which was absorbed in 63 BC into the Kingdom of Egrisi.
		According to Georgian scholars, the Abkhaz are the descendants of North Caucasian tribes (Adygey, Apsua), who migrated to Abkhazia from the north of the Caucasus Mountains and merged there with the existing Georgian population.
	www.mattered.net /encyclopedia/Abkhazia (4293 words)

	RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: G :: Georgia: The Land
		With the notable exception of the fertile plain of the Kolkhida Lowland - ancient Colchis, where the legendary Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece - the Georgian terrain is largely mountainous, and more than a third is covered by forest or brushwood.
		The Kolkhida Lowland, near the shores of the Black Sea, is covered by a thick layer of river-borne deposits accumulated over thousands of years.
		The highest lowland temperatures occur in July (about 77° F [25° C]), while average January temperatures over most of the region range from 32° to 37° F (0° to 3° C).
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/g/print/georgia_land.shtml (1310 words)

	POTI. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is a port that ships manganese (from Chiatura), corn, lumber, and wine.
		The region around Poti is the swampy Colchis lowland.
		The city was known as Phasis in the 5th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/po/Poti.html (60 words)

	Georgia at a glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The foothills and spurs of both the northern and the southern mountains dominate the Georgian landscape.
		Between the mountains lie the fertile plains of the Colchis Lowland in the west and the Kakhetian and Lower Kartlian plains in the east.
		Fed largely by the mountain snows or by rainstorms, they cross the lowlands and drain into either the Black Sea in the west or the Caspian Sea in the east.
	ils.unc.edu /georgia/land.html (251 words)

	Cities of Georgia (country of Caucasus)
		It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi, with a population of about 185,965 It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Colchis.
		It is widely believed by historians that when Apollonius Rhodius was writing about Jason and the Argonauts and their legendary journey to Colchis, Kutaisi/Aia was the final destination of the Argonauts and the residence of King Aeetes.
		To the east and north-east, Kutaisi is bounded by the Northern Imereti Foothills, to the north by the Samgurali Range, and to the west and the south by the Colchis Plain.
	voyagegeorgie.com /Home_fichiers/Cities_Georgia_capital_Caucasus.htm (3648 words)

	Colchis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Colchis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Citrus fruits, tea, and grain crops (chiefly maize) are cultivated, and linen has been manufactured here since antiquity.
		Colchis was noted in Greek mythology as a realm of sorcery, the land of Medea and the goal of Jason's search for the Golden Fleece.
		Why, if you will believe me, they were the sons of that very Phrixus, who, in his childhood, had been carried to Colchis on the back of the golden-fleeced ram.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Colchis (170 words)

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		To the south of the Caucasus Mountains structures (from Colchis lowland to outer Kakhetia) Georgian block is located, which is an intermediate mass consolidated for the major part in the Hercynian stage of tectonic development (approximately 200 million years ago).
		In Colchis lowland, anthropogenic deposits are abundant for the major part continental and crumpled in gentle folds.
		To the east of the highland, basement ledges are revealed that are overlapped by Jurassic terrigenous beds of small thickness and volcanic rocks and limestone of the Cretaceous.
	www.ednes.org /telesol/cis/Georgia.html (2350 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Richness of Colchic vegetation: comparison between refugia of south-western and East Asia
		Taxonomical biases across the analysed plant categories in the Colchis expressed as significant difference between the observed and expected family sizes in these categories.
		The dissected topography with numerous isolated gorges, the altitudinal range from sea level to snowline, and the mild climate – all contribute to the high richness of the Colchis flora.
		Nakhutsrishvili G: Evergreen broad-leaved vegetation in the Colchis.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1472-6785/1/6 (4169 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Poti
		Rion RION [Rion], ancient Phasis, river, c.195 mi (310 km) long, rising in the Caucasus near the Mamison Pass, W Georgia, and flowing S and W past Kutaisi into the Black Sea at Poti.
		Its upper course is used to produce hydroelectric power.
		In its lower course it passes through the lowland of Mingrelia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Poti (427 words)

	Main Page - Abkhazia WiKi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Abkhazia's much-reduced population now has an ethnic Abkhaz plurality of 45%, with Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Greeks, and Jews comprising most of the remainder of the population.
		In the 1st millennium BC (9th-6th centuries BC), the territory of modern Abkhazia was a part of the ancient kingdom of Colchis (Kolkha), which was absorbed in 63 BC into the Kingdom of Egrisi.
		Modern Abkhazian historians insist that large areas of the region were left uninhabited, and that many Armenians, Georgians and Russians (all Christians) subsequently migrated to Abkhazia, resettling much of the vacated territory.
	abkhazeti.org (3820 words)

	Georgia (country) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two Georgian Kingdoms of late antiquity, known to Greece and Rome as Iberia in the east of the country and Colchis in the west, were among the first nations in the region to adopt Christianity (in 337 AD, or in 319 AD as recent research suggests.).
		Colchis is the location of the Golden Fleece sought by Jason and the Argonauts in the Greek myth and may have derived from the local practice of using fleeces to sift gold dust from rivers.
		Describes events of 2001 that contributed to the current status of the freedom of the press and freedom of expression in the Republic of Georgia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgia_(country) (6317 words)

	Colchis — Infoplease.com
		Centered about the fertile valley of the Phasis River (the modern Rion), Colchis corresponds to the present-day region of
		Mingrelia - Mingrelia, lowland region, W Georgia, bordering the Black Sea.
		Medea - Medea, in Greek mythology, princess of Colchis, skilled in magic and sorcery.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0812832.html (223 words)

	MapZones.com : Georgia Map
		Georgia is a land of ancient culture, with a literary tradition that dates to the 5th century AD.
		Kolkhida (Colchis) early housed a school of higher rhetoric in which Greeks as well as Georgians studied.
		fertile plain of the Kolkhida Lowland—ancient Colchis, where the legendary Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece—the Georgian terrain is largely mountainous, and more than a third is covered by forest or brushwood.
	atlas.mapzones.com /georgia/georgia.php (1791 words)

	.:Virtual Travel of City KUTAISI:. - Kutaisi
		In ancient and feudal times Kutaisi was the first city of West Georgia (Colchis, Egrisi, Lazika).
		The Main Caucasian Range and Mount Khvamli can be seen at a distance.
		Down below, in the Colchis lowland, flows the Rioni.
	www.kutaisi.com.ge /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=44 (765 words)

	Middle East Institute: Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The area of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia.
		The Georgian identity has been closely tied to religion since the introduction of Christianity in the early 4th century.
		Geographic Features: largely mountainous; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; good soils in river valley flood plains
	www.mideasti.org /countries/countries.php?name=georgia (359 words)

	Georgia :: CountrySeek.com - World Information Portal
		The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia.
		The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries AD and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s.
		largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
	www.countryseek.com /geos/gg.html (1490 words)

	RADIATION STUDIES VOL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Can rightfully consider the "epoch of Chernobyl" to have been terminated.
		Since the first days of May 1986 there have been radioactive rainfall on the Blacksea coast of the Caucasus, Colchis lowland and high mountaineous regions of Georgia.
		Already on May 2-3 1986 in sample of Sukhumi and on May 3-4 in Tbilisi radiometric network of Georgian hydrometer fixed the existence of "fresh" i.e.
	www.radiobiology.org.ge /PUBLICATIONS/ENG/radiation_studies_vol9.htm (4475 words)

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