Azerbaijan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe and Western Asia
About Azerbaijan
Ever at the crossroads between east and west, Azerbaijan has seen the comings and goings of several great empires. Some of the country's best attractions are theGobustanpetroglyphs. These are the markings of people who lived in the area 40,000 - 5,000 years ago. Scythians and Iranian Medes occupied the area in around 900–700 BCE. The Achaemenids made things interesting by introducing Zoroastrianism in around 550 BCE. Later, the area was on the fringes of Alexander the Great's empire and the Roman Empire. Christianity came in the fourth century but disappeared when the area became part of the second Islamic (Umayyad) Caliphate in the 7th century. Various local kingdoms emerged after the Umayyad Caliphate fell in 750 CE, before the Mongols conquered Azerbaijan in the 11th century. After the
Azerbaijan Travel Guide Sections
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