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Revision as of 04:57, 12 February 2004
Transcaucasian Iberia is the term designated to the Kingdom of Iberia (4th century BC - 5th century AD) established in Eastern Georgia by the Georgians (Kartvelians). Founder of this Kingdom was King Azon. His son, King Farnavaz I was inventor of Georgian alphabet. He was also founder of the dinasty of Farnavazians (284 BC-5th century AD). The capital of this Kingdom was Mtskheta.
In the 4th century AD, Equal-to-the Apostles Saint Nino of Cappadocia took Christianity to the Kingdom of Iberia. In 327 it was adopted as the state religion by the rulers of Iberia, King Mirian and Queen Nana.
Main Georgian sources of the history of the Kingdom of Iberia are old Georgian chronicles of the collection 'Kartlis Tskhovreba' ("History of Georgia").
The term "Transcaucasian Iberia" is used to distinguish it from the Iberian peninsula, where the nations of Spain and Portugal are located.
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Literature
- Pavle Ingorokva. Old Georgian chronicle "Moktsevai Kartlisai" and the List of the Kings of Iberia.- Bulletin of the State Museum of Georgia, vol. XI-B, Tbilisi, 1942, pp. 259-320 (in Georgian)
- Leonti Mroveli. "Tskhovreba Kartvelta Mepeta". "Kartlis Tskhovreba" (Edited by Simon Kaukhchishvili), Tbilisi, 1942 (in Georgian)