Albania of the Caucasus

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ancient kingdom former country historical region

Albania of the Caucasus was an ancient kingdom in the eastern Caucasus region, roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan, known for its early Christianization and strategic position between major empires.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Albania	2
Albania (in some classical sources)	1
Albania Caucasica	1
Albania of the Caucasus canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient kingdom ⓘ former country ⓘ historical region ⓘ
alternativeName	Albania (Caucasus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasian Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Chirag Gala NERFINISHED ⓘ Qabala (Gabala) ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Kabala NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Arab Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
conquestCentury	7th century ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
convertedToChristianity	4th century ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasian Albanians NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian-speaking groups ⓘ
hadWritingSystem	Caucasian Albanian alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegacyIn	Azerbaijani historical tradition ⓘ Dagestani historical tradition ⓘ
importantCity	Kabala NERFINISHED ⓘ Partav NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	early Christianization ⓘ strategic position between major empires ⓘ
languageFamily	Northeast Caucasian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	South Caucasus ⓘ eastern Caucasus ⓘ
notSameAs	Albania in the Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ paganism ⓘ
religiousCenter	Partav NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousChange	Islamization after Arab conquest ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo	modern-day Azerbaijan ⓘ southern Dagestan ⓘ
ruledBy	local Albanian dynasties ⓘ
strategicRole	buffer state between Rome-Byzantium and Iran ⓘ
timePeriod	antiquity ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ
vassalOf	Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Caucasian Albania → alternativeName → Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albania Caucasica

Ivan Asen II → expandedTerritory → Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albania

Arran → knownAs → Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albania (in some classical sources)

Stefan Dušan → placeOfDeath → Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albania