Episode 5 – Achaemenid Georgia – The History of Saqartvelo Georgia
Hi everyone. Today we’ll be discussing Achaemenid rule in the Georgian region. We’ll go over what we do know from the sources, which isn’t much, and talk about what Xenophon saw as he marched through the region after being hired by Cyrus the Younger. We’ll also talk about why Georgia ended up being the border of the Persian empire, and touch base at what architectural influence from the Persians we have in the region.
Picture Sources:
http://www.reed.edu/humanities/hum110/assets/images/maps/fall/AchaemenidEmpirePersepolisetc.jpg
Beikzadeh, Saba & GHADIM, Farshid. (2017). Achaemenid architecture in south Caucasus and the Black Sea cultural basin.
TÜRKİYE BİLİMLER AKADEMİSİ ARKEOLOJİ DERGİSİ. 20. 129-146. 10.22520/tubaar.2017.20.007.
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Bibliography:
Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia by Donald Rayfield
The Making of the Georgian Nation by Ronald Suny
Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia 550 BC – AD 562 by David Braund
Achaemenid Culture and Local Traditions in Anatolia, Southern Caucasus and Iran edited by Askold Ivantchik and Vakhtang Licheli
Ancient Persia and the Caucasus by Florian Knauss
Beikzadeh, Saba & GHADIM, Farshid. (2017). Achaemenid architecture in south Caucasus and the Black Sea cultural basin.
TÜRKİYE BİLİMLER AKADEMİSİ ARKEOLOJİ DERGİSİ. 20. 129-146. 10.22520/tubaar.2017.20.007.
CAUCASUS, iii. ACHAEMENID RULE IN – Encyclopaedia Iranica (iranicaonline.org)
The History of Saqartvelo Georgia 
