2017/06/21 by Murtazali S. Gadjiev · 8 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Byzantine Studies and History #Linguistics and language evolution #Reign #Asian studies #Ancient history #Central asia #History #Geography #Ethnology #Archaeology #Political science #Law #China #Politics
paper · doi:10.1163/1573384x-20170202
published in Iran and the Caucasus 21(2), 121-131 (Brill)
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The article, on the basis of written sources and archaeological data, focuses on the Sasanian fortification construction activities in the territory of Caucasian Albania during the reign of Shahanshah Kavād I (488-531). This policy was aimed at creating both a stronghold against the nomads (the Sabirs, Huns, etc.), and an Iranian mainstay in the strategically important region of the Eastern Caucasus.