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Azerbaijan at the crossroads of Eurasia : the tumultuous fate of a nation caught up between the rivalries of the world's major powers /

Modern Azerbaijan came into being in 1991 following a national struggle for the reestablishment of its independence, initiated long before the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is situated in a unique geographic location, at the crossroads of Eurasia and on the famous Silk Road that links Europe and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zeynalov, Fazil (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]
Subjects:
Azerbaijan > History.
Azerbaijan > Foreign relations.
Azerbaijan > Politics and government.
Geopolitics > Azerbaijan.
Table of Contents:
  • The first states on the territories of Azerbaijan
  • The Arab conquest of Azerbaijan
  • The emergence of new Azerbaijani feudal states
  • The reign of the Seljukids
  • The Azerbaijani state of the Atabegs
  • The domination of the Mongols
  • The Timurid empire
  • Azerbaijan: a place of trade between Europe and Asia
  • The Azerbaijani state of Ak Koyunlu
  • The Safavid states: a new regional power
  • The era of the khanates, independent and sovereign feudal states
  • Azerbaijan as part of tsarist Russia
  • The first Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
  • The second Republic of Azerbaijan
  • The third Republic of Azerbaijan.