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History of the Caucasus

  • Treaty of FinckensteinNapoleon I sought to strike at the British Empire from a new direction in 1807. He needed an ally who could threaten India, the jewel of his enemy's crown.
  • Bosporan KingdomThe year 540 BC marks the founding of Phanagoria, a colony established by settlers from Teos on the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.