CULTURES OF THE CAUCASUS

Crossroads of Eurasia for two million years

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Greater Caucasus

Swaneti

Mestia

Dariel Pass

Kura/Mtkvari River

Kartli

Colchis/Imereti

Kakheti

Lesser Caucasus

Lake Sevan

Lake Van

Yerevan Plain

Mt Aragats

Mt Ararat

1.8 million BC: Early Man

Dmanisi (Georgia)

Kura-Araxes/Early Transcaucasian(Bronze Age, 3rd millennium)

Maikop

Aghavnatsin (Armenia)

Horom (Armenia)

Vani (Georgia)

Gobustan (Azerbaijan)

Zorats Karer (Armenia)

Kingdom of Urartu(Iron Age, 1st millennium)

Van

Karmir Blur

Erebuni (Aremnia)

Goshavank (Armenia)

Garni (Armenia)

Lazic Wars (Byzantine-Persian, 6th C)

Nekresi (Georgia)

Gonio (Georgia)

Tsikhisdziri/Petra (Georgia)

Nokalakevi/Archaeopolis (Georgia)