Georgia, Georgians, until 1300 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Georgia, Georgians, until 1300 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rapp Jr., Stephen H.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061734
Doc. NO	:	ALei2131
Main Entry	:	Rapp Jr., Stephen H.
Title & Author	:	Georgia, Georgians, until 1300 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rapp Jr., Stephen H.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(8,117 words)
Abstract	:	Georgia resides in the Caucasus isthmus, a crucible of cross-cultural encounter linking the Eurasian steppe and the Middle East. Across the pre-modern epoch, the area named for the Caucasus Mountains was diverse and cosmopolitan: “[i]t would be hard to place such peoples as Georgians and Armenian unequivocally within any one major ‘civilization’” (Hodgson, 33). While Hodgson astutely perceived Caucasia’s cross-cultural condition, subsequent research has exposed the region’s long-term participation in the Iranian and wider Persianate world. This multifaceted association began in the Iron
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2131.pdf