Caucasus — The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus ) is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia Middle East. It is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions on Earth, home to Europe s highest mountains ( Mount Elbrus … Wikipedia
Society of the Mongol Empire — The expansion of the Mongol Empire over time. Main article: Mongol Empire Contents 1 Food in the Mongol Empire … Wikipedia
South Caucasus — [ thumb|250px|Administrative map of Caucasus in USSR, 1952 1991.] The South Caucasus is a mountainous, geopolitical area of south central Eurasia, also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Transcaucasus . More specifically, the South Caucasus… … Wikipedia
History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union — Catherine the Great the most famous Russian Empress of German descent The German minority in Russia and the Soviet Union was created from several sources and in several waves. The 1914 census puts the number of Germans living in Russian Empire at … Wikipedia
History of the name Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan is the name used by the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Iranian region of Azerbaijan. This name originated from pre Islamic history of Persia, derived from Atropates , a Persian [ Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly… … Wikipedia
Steppe, the — ▪ geographical area, Eurasia Introduction belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east. Mountain ranges interrupt the steppe, dividing it… … Universalium
History of the Turkish people — This page is for Turkish people (Turkic people of Turkey), history of Turkic peoples can be found under History of the Turkic peoples. The Turks ( Turkish people ), whose name was first used in history in the 6th century by the Chinese, [… … Wikipedia
Karabakh Khanate — The Karabakh khanate was a Turkiccite book last = Bertsch first =Gary Kenneth title =Crossroads and Conflict: Security and Foreign Policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia publisher =Routledge date=2000 location = pages =297: Shusha became the… … Wikipedia
Talysh Khanate — The Talysh khanate was one of many semi independent principalities that existed on the territory of modern Azerbaijan Republic between 1747 and 1813. It broke away from Persia after Nadir Shah’s death in 1747 but had already been developing a… … Wikipedia
Quba Khanate — The Quba Khanate was an independent principality on the territory of modern day Azerbaijan from 1747 1806. The Quba Khanate was founded as a feudal hold around 1680 as a result of a land grant to the Saytaq family, who were related to both the… … Wikipedia
