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In 20-30s of the 7th century three greatest states of that period – Sassanid and Byzantine empires and Khazar Khaganate fought for the confirmation of supremacy in the Caucasus. Azerbaijan, which was politically subordinated to the Sasanian Empire possessed essential significance in the Northern frontiers of the Empire. That is …

Monuments of material culture, construction and decorative applied art represent the level of spiritual development, ideology and artistic taste of the nation. The culture of Azerbaijan in 3rd – 7th centuries was developed in the context of difficult political circumstances. Agricultural development, adoption of Christianity and aspiration of Sassanids to …

There began a new phase of development in the medieval history of Azerbaijan, which major signs were the forms of ownership and land- tenure. This was such period, when in all countries of Mediterranean and Front Asia slavery phase was being destroyed and the signs of new progressive socio-economic formation, …

At the beginning of the 7th century there was shaped the prince clan of Mikhranids in the historical scene of Albania. The founder of this dynasty, Mikhran was the relative of the Sassanid ShahenShah, Khosrov II. Coming into the throne in Iran in 591, Khosrov decided to punish everybody, who …

Especially, at that period Sasanian Empire was shaken with the movement, led by Mazdak, which historians called and characterized as heretic-mobed, i.e. server of Zoroastrianism. Movement possessed its objective causes, there laid socio-economic demands of the phase on its ground. The population were divided into four stratums. Priests and soldiers, …

One of the important phases in our native history can be considered the middle ages history, which continued approximately fifteen centuries. There were shaped and developed feudal relations, happened essential events that possessed decisive function in military – political, ethnic and religious life stock of Azerbaijan, as well as in …

At the end of 4th and at the beginning of 3rd centuries there was established one more ancient state at the territory of Azerbaijan and several southern regions of Dagestan – Albania. Albania was bounder with Sarmatia in the North, Iberia in the West, Armenia in the South-West and with …

There occurred great changes in all territories of Macedonian rule after the death of Alexander the Great, as well as there was shaped the slavery state of Atropatena in the south of Azerbaijan. The territories of Atropatena boundaries with the river of Aras in the North, mountains of Lagros in …

During the reign of Daria I various tribes settled in Azerbaijan areas at that period (kaspies, uties, myukies, mars and etc.) were under the subordination of Akhamani Empire and participated in Akhamani- Greek wars in the context of Akhamenids’ army. (Despite efforts by) The foreign policy of Ahamani empire more …

The motherland of medians (1st millennium BC) was located in the Southeast of Manna that is in the centre of Iran. The Media, which was in neighborhood with Manna, land of Gizilbunda that was mentioned for the first time in the Assyrian king Salmanasar III’s chronicle. There were mentioned the …