Quiz on Azerbaijan

When discussing Azerbaijan’s past, it is customary to refer to the territory that makes up the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan. Geographically, the Armenian Highlands are to the west, the Caspian Sea is to the east, and the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains are to the north. The natural borders become less evident in the south when the country begins to blend with the Iranian Plateau.

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Summary:

Eastern Transcaucasia was inhabited by Iranian speakers, nomadic Turkic tribes, Kurds, and Caucasian Albanians, who converted to Christianity in the 4th century and were influenced by the Armenians. After 7th-century Arab invasions, shāhanshāhs ruled Islamic polities. Oghuz Turkic languages dominated the local population after the 11th-century Seljuq conquests. The Caucasian Muslims of Azerbaijan, unlike the Ottoman Turks who ruled Anatolia, were Shiʿi Muslims in the early 16th century and developed under Persian social and cultural influence. Persian-controlled khanates in Shirvan (Şamaxı), Baku, Ganja (Gäncä), Karabakh, and Yerevan ruled this frontier of Safavid Iran.

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