Old Countries, New Problems
Gerontocracy in USSR
The end of The Soviet Union
Small Wars in The Caucasus to mid 1990s
It all kicks off in Georgia in 1989
Gamsakhurdia: A Life and a Death
Abkhasian-Georgian Conflicts from 1989
South Ossetia and further conflict
Azerbaijan and Armenian independence
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan 1988 onwards
Concluding Thoughts from Charles King
A new reference:
Crisis in The Caucasus ed Paul Rich
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire Founding of Constantinople on site of older Byzantium Fall of Western Roman Empire, Survival of Eastern Empire (Byzantine) Christianity later divides between
From the The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries The Pre Islamic Arabs Origins-Language-Tribal Societies- Attitude of Byzantines and Persians- Jewish contact in Book of Nehemiah Mohammed Early L
Welcome to this first lecture in a new series looking at Jewish and Arab histories Roman Palestine Rome and Jerusalem A very brief introduction of Peoples and their land Jews' troubles begin in the 60