Geschichte Georgiens

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18601-9
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB

Buch, Deutsch, Band 21, 582 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1017 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies

The book offers a state-of-the-art overview of the complete history of Georgia from the beginnings until the present time. It contains an extensive list of sources, an historical geography and describes the prehistoric cultures as well as the political and cultural developments of the country: the first settlements and state formation in the second and first millennia B.C., the Parnavazid dynasty, Christianization, the invasions of Arabs and Turks, the Golden Age of the 12-13th centuries, Mongol rule, the disintegration of the state, the Russian occupation, the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918, the military invasion and control by the Soviet Union, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the revival of the Georgian state.

Zielgruppe

all those interested in the history, philology, ethnography and culture of the Caucasus and Georgia as well as Sovjet Russia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fähnrich, Heinz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Über Autor(innen)

Fähnrich, Heinz
Heinz Fähnrich, Ph.D. (1970) in Caucasian languages, University of Tbilisi, was Professor of Caucasian Philology at Jena University from 1965-2006. His publications cover Georgian, Kartvelian and other Caucasian languages, Georgian background studies, history, folklore and literature, ethnography and translations from Georgian to German.