Aluank

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Aluank is an ancient historical region and kingdom in the eastern Caucasus, known in classical sources as Caucasian Albania.

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Label Occurrences
Aluank canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caucasian Albania ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity by 4th century ⓘ
culturalLegacyIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Caucasian Albanian Christian monuments ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticCharacter multi-ethnic ⓘ
multi-lingual ⓘ
existsInPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
antiquity ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Barda archaeological site ⓘ
Gabala archaeological site ⓘ
hasCapital Kabala (Gabala) ⓘ
linked to: Kabala

Partav (Barda) ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Caucasian Albanians ⓘ
hasReligionCenter Albanian Church ⓘ
hasRiver Aras River region ⓘ
linked to: Aras

Kura River region ⓘ
hasScriptDiscovery Caucasian Albanian palimpsests at Mount Sinai ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Caucasian Albanian script ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
knownAs Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ
Caucasian Albania ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
eastern Caucasus ⓘ
mentionedInSource Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes Azerbaijan ⓘ
southern Dagestan ⓘ
neighboringEntity Armenia (ancient kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Armenia

Iberia (ancient Georgia) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Iberia
partOf Caucasus region ⓘ
Sasanian frontier zone ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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