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The end of the First World War (1914–1918) transformed Europe and the Near East through the military defeat of the Central Powers and the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires. Although the Armistice of Compiègne...

The Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE), known in Middle Persian sources as Ērānshahr (“Realm of the Iranians”), emerged as the final pre-Islamic Persian imperial state and a major power of Late Antiquity. Founded by Ardashir I (reign 224–242 CE...

The Timurid Empire under Timur (reign 1370–1405) emerged from the fragmented political world of the western Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia. Born near Kesh in 1336, Timur established control over Transoxiana in 1370 and made Samarkand the...

Both the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians extensively colonized vast areas of Europe, along the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. In doing so, they spread their culture, which strongly influenced the local tribes. For the Greeks, this is...

The Median hegemony (late 7th-early 6th century BCE) emerged in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200-1150 BCE) and, more directly, the disintegration of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (to 612/609 BCE). Under rulers such as Cyaxares...

A map showing the auxiliary forts located on the eastern end of the Black Sea during the reign of Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). The Caucasus region was part of the eastern frontiers of the Roman Empire. About 131 CE, Arrian (as governor...

Caucasus region in late 1124 CE.

This lovely medieval khachkar or "cross stone" is located at the Noravank Monastern in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province. Khachkars are characteristic of Medieval Christian Armenian art, they and can be found all over the Caucasus.

Tatev Monastery was one of medieval Armenia's most important religious and cultural centers during the Middle Ages. It's famous throughout the Caucasus for its stone architecture and location on a large basalt plateau near the Tatev village...