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Caucasus Mountains

Background

Prehistory[edit]Further information: Prehistoric Georgia and Prehistoric ArmeniaStone Age[edit]Metsamor siteShulaveri-Shomu cultureNakh peoplesBronze Age[edit]Maykop cultureLeyla-Tepe cultureKura-Araxes cultureTrialeti cultureJar-Burial CultureKurgan cultureNakh peoplesKhojaly-Gadabay culture (c. 1300 – 600 BC)Kingdom of Arme-Shupria (c. 1300-1190 BC)Colchian culture (c. 1200 – 600 BC)Iron Age[edit]Kingdom of Diauehi (12th - 9th century BC)Nairi (1114–860 BC)Koban culture (c. 1100 – 400 BC)Kingdom of Urartu (c. 860 – 590 BC)Nakh peoplesAssyrian Empire (c. 934 BC – 609 BC)Classical Antiquity[edit]Georgian Kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia 600BC-150BCKingdom of ColchisPersiaMedia (728 BC – 549 BC)Achaemenid Empire (c. 550 BC – 330 BC)Parthia (247 BC – AD 224)