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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Aluank canonical 1

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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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