The History of the Aghuans (Complete Set)

This set includes: History of the Aghuans (Book I) History of the Aghuans (Book II) History of the Aghuans (Book III) The History of the Aghuans is a major source for the history of the indigenous Aghuan people of Caucasia from the earliest times to about A.D. 988. Aghuania (also Aghuank, Arran, Aghbania, Caucasian Albania) comprised parts of modern Dagestan and Azerbaijan, Armenia’s eastern neighbor. Its ancient peoples and their numerous languages were noted occasionally by classical Greek and Latin authors. Like the neighboring Armenians, the Aghuans were part of the Iranian-Zoroastrian culture-world for at least a millennium. Their royalty and nobility had marriage ties with their counterparts in Iran and Armenia. Also, like Armenia, Aghuania was among the countries early visited by the Apostles; and the Aghuan and Armenian churches were frequently united. Book 1 gives a brief summary of Armenian and Aghuanian history reaching to the end of the 5th century. Book 2 describes