Meskheti

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Meskheti is a historical region in southwestern Georgia known for its mountainous landscapes, strategic location along ancient trade routes, and culturally diverse heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meskheti canonical 8
Meskheti region 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
adminCenter Akhaltsikhe ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Meskhetian Turks ⓘ
linked to: Meskhetians

Meskhetians ⓘ
borders Adjara ⓘ
Javakheti ⓘ
linked to: Samtskhe-Javakheti

Turkey ⓘ
climate continental to mountainous ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
crossedBy ancient trade routes between Anatolia and the Caucasus ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Georgia ⓘ
ethnographicSignificance one of the traditional regions of Georgia ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage fortresses ⓘ
medieval churches ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFortress Rabati Fortress ⓘ
hasMajorCity Adigeni ⓘ
Akhaltsikhe ⓘ
Aspindza ⓘ
hasMountainRange Meskheti Range ⓘ
hasPass Goderdzi Pass ⓘ
hasRiver Mtkvari River ⓘ
Paravani River ⓘ
historicalEvent deportation of Meskhetian Turks in 1944 ⓘ
historicalInhabitants Armenians ⓘ
Georgians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Meskhetian Turks ⓘ
linked to: Meskhetians
historicalNameInGeorgian Meskh ⓘ
historicalProvinceOf Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ
knownFor culturally diverse heritage ⓘ
strategic location on ancient trade routes ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Armenian ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language

Turkic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus region ⓘ
Southwestern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Georgia
partOf Samtskhe-Javakheti region ⓘ
linked to: Samtskhe-Javakheti

historic region of Tao-Klarjeti ⓘ
regionType mountain region ⓘ
religionsHistoricallyPresent Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance borderland between Christian and Muslim states ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Southern Georgia → hasHistoricalRegion → Meskheti ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Georgia
Meskhetians → ethnicOrigin → Meskheti region ⓘ
linked to: Meskheti
Meskhetians → locatedInThePast → Meskheti ⓘ
Meskhetians → deportedFrom → Meskheti ⓘ
Atabegs of Samtskhe → territory → Meskheti ⓘ
subject linked to: atabegs of Samtskhe
Jaqeli family → partOfHistoricalRegion → Meskheti ⓘ
Ahiska Turks → ethnicOrigin → Meskheti region ⓘ
linked to: Meskheti