Circassia

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geographical region historical region

Circassia is a historical region in the North Caucasus, traditionally inhabited by the Circassian people and known for its distinct culture and role as a crossroads between Europe and Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Circassia canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
approximateEndOfIndependence 1864 ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuban River NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritage Adyghe Xabze customary law ⓘ
Circassian dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Circassian music ⓘ
Circassian traditional costume NERFINISHED ⓘ
diasporaDestination Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Adyghe people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnonymOrigin Latin term "Circassia" ⓘ
Russian term "Cherkessia" NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEventAssociated Circassian genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russo-Circassian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Abkhazia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Adygea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabardino-Balkaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krasnodar Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stavropol Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor being a crossroads between Europe and Asia ⓘ
distinct Circassian culture ⓘ
languageAssociated Adyghe language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabardian language ⓘ
locatedIn North Caucasus ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
majorCityHistorical Anapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cherkessk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maykop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nalchik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sochi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenous Circassian beliefs ⓘ
timePeriodFlourished Early modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Circassians NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Caucasian languages → historicalCenter → Circassia ⓘ
Circassians → nativeTo → Circassia ⓘ
Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay → birthPlace → Circassia ⓘ
Ubykhs → historicalRegion → Circassia ⓘ
Adyghe → historicalRegion → Circassia ⓘ
Circassian genocide → locatedIn → Circassia ⓘ