Caucasian Albania was an ancient state in the eastern Caucasus, in the territory of present-day Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan. It is not related to the Balkan country of Albania; the name was given by Greek and Roman authors to the region. The population consisted of many tribes who spoke languages of the Northeast Caucasian family, among them the ancestors of the modern Udi. The kingdom was influenced by Persia and Rome and later became a Sasanian client. Christianity spread there in the fourth century, and the region had its own alphabet, the Caucasian Albanian script. Eventually the monarchy was abolished by the Sasanians, and the territory was gradually absorbed by Armenian, Persian and later Arab and Turkic cultures.
Before and after
- 9 BCEOrigins of Ara Pacis
- 27 November 8 BCEDeath of Horace
- c. 4 BCENativity of Jesus
- 4 BCEConstruction of Ise Jingū
- from 1st century BCE to 5th centuryCaucasian Albania
- 1st millennium BCEPublication of 2 Maccabees
- 1 BCEBirth of Saint Peter
- 5 CEBirth of Paul the Apostle
- from 8 CE to 73 CERise of Zealotry
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.