From Albania to Arrān : : The East Caucasus between the Ancient and Islamic Worlds (ca. 330 BCE–1000 CE) / / ed. by Robert Hoyland.

The first ever study in English dedicated to Albania in Late Antiquity to the Medieval period.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity ; 25
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Physical Description:1 online resource (405 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
ABBREVIATIONS --
TRANSLITERATION & CONVENTIONS --
INTRODUCTION --
I. HISTORIES & PERSPECTIVES --
1. ALBANIA IN GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS: THE USE AND UTILITY OF ‘VIEWS FROM THE WEST’ --
2. THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE ARSACID ALBANIANS --
3. BULDĀN AL-RĀN : THE MANY DEFINITIONS OF CAUCASIAN ALBANIA IN THE EARLY ABBASID PERIOD --
4. “THE WALL OF ROCK AND LEAD:” ABBASID REFLECTIONS ON SASANIAN CAUCASIAN POLICY IN ARRĀN --
5. THE MISSION OF BISHOP ISRAEL CONTEXT OF THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CAUCASIAN ALBANIA --
6. ARRĀN IN THE 9-10THCENTURIES:SAHL IBN SUNBĀȚ(D.CA.850)AND MARZUBĀN B. MUHAMMAD B.MUSĀFIR(D.957) --
7. THE CAUCASUS BETWEEN BYZANTIUM AND THE CALIPHATE (9TH–10TH C.) --
8. GEORGIAN IMAGES OF CAUCASIAN ALBANIA --
II. MATERIAL CULTURE --
9. ON THE CITIES OF ANCIENT CAUCASIAN ALBANIA --
10. JERUSALEM IN THE CAUCASUS: CHURCH BUILDING AND RELIC TRADITIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY --
11. THE MEDIEVAL CITY OF BARDHA‘A --
12. CAUCASIAN ALBANIA AND ITS FIRST CAPITAL CITY: QABALA --
III. LANGUAGE & LITERATURE --
13. PEOPLES AND LANGUAGES OF CAUCASIAN ALBANIA: ON THE LANGUAGE CONTINUUM AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR KOINE --
14. THE DECIPHERING OF THE SCRIPT OF THE CAUCASIAN ALBANIANS --
15. CAUCASIAN ALBANIA AND ITS HISTORIAN --
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Summary:The first ever study in English dedicated to Albania in Late Antiquity to the Medieval period.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781463239893
9783110649826
9783110704716
9783110704518
9783110704730
9783110704525
9783110689587
DOI:10.31826/9781463239893
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Robert Hoyland.