Aluank
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Aluank is an ancient historical region and kingdom in the eastern Caucasus, known in classical sources as Caucasian Albania.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caucasian Albania
ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Christianity by 4th century ⓘ |
| culturalLegacyIn |
Azerbaijan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caucasian Albanian Christian monuments ⓘ |
| ethnoLinguisticCharacter |
multi-ethnic
ⓘ
multi-lingual ⓘ |
| existsInPeriod |
Late Antiquity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
antiquity ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Barda archaeological site
ⓘ
Gabala archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Kabala (Gabala)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Partav (Barda) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Caucasian Albanians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligionCenter | Albanian Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Aras River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kura River region ⓘ |
| hasScriptDiscovery | Caucasian Albanian palimpsests at Mount Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Caucasian Albanian script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Albania of the Caucasus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caucasian Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northeast Caucasian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Caucasus
ⓘ
eastern Caucasus ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Pliny the Elder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernTerritoryIncludes |
Azerbaijan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Dagestan ⓘ |
| neighboringEntity |
Armenia (ancient kingdom)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iberia (ancient Georgia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caucasus region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sasanian frontier zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
client state of larger empires
ⓘ
vassal of Sasanian Empire at times ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ local pagan beliefs ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Oriental Orthodox tradition ⓘ |
| strategicRole | buffer state between empires ⓘ |
| successorEntities | local Caucasian principalities ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.