Kingdom of Caucasian Albania - Kingdom of Caucasian Albania

Japanese: カフカス･アルバニア王国 - カフカスアルバニアおうこく

An ancient kingdom located in southern Dagestan in the southeastern Caucasus and in Azerbaijan, now part of the Soviet Union. The main inhabitants, the Albanians, spoke a Caucasian language. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, the inhabitants of this region had a culture that included ploughing, pasture-raising, various crafts, and rock painting (Khobustan). In the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, they formed a state with its capital in Kavala. In the 1st century BC, they fought against the Roman army of Pompey, who had reached the Kur River. Feudal relations were formed in the 3rd to 5th centuries, but it was around this time that Christianity was made the state religion, and an independent Catholic Province of Albania was established.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カフカス南東部のダゲスタン南部と現ソ連領アゼルバイジャンにあった古代王国。主要住民アルバニア人の言語はカフカス諸語に属する。この地方の住民は前1千年紀末には，犂耕作，放牧，種々の工芸，岩壁画(コブスタン)などの文化を有し，前3～前2世紀には国家を形成して首都をカバラに置いた。前1世紀にはクル川に至ったポンペイウスのローマ軍と戦った。3～5世紀ころ封建的諸関係が形づくられたが，キリスト教が国教とされたのもこのころで，独立のアルバニア･カトリコス管区が設けられた。

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