Edge of empires : a history of Georgia /
Rayfield, Donald, 1942-
Edge of empires : a history of Georgia / History of Georgia. Donald Rayfield. - London : Reaktion Books, 2012. - 479 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The emergence of the Kartvelians -- The origins of the kingdom of Kartli -- Conversion -- The Arab conquest -- Unification -- Davit the builder -- Demetre and Giorgi III -- Queen Tamar -- Mongol invasion -- The fractured state -- Timur Lang and the destruction of Georgia -- Fraticide -- King Teimuraz I -- Teimuraz dispossessed -- The eighteenth century -- The Russian conquest of Kartli-Kakhetia -- King Solomon's end -- Vice-regency -- Reaction and revolution -- Independence -- Soviet annexation -- After Stalin -- Independence restored.
9781780230306 1780230303
Georgia (Republic)--History.
DK675.4 / .R39 2012
947.58
Edge of empires : a history of Georgia / History of Georgia. Donald Rayfield. - London : Reaktion Books, 2012. - 479 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The emergence of the Kartvelians -- The origins of the kingdom of Kartli -- Conversion -- The Arab conquest -- Unification -- Davit the builder -- Demetre and Giorgi III -- Queen Tamar -- Mongol invasion -- The fractured state -- Timur Lang and the destruction of Georgia -- Fraticide -- King Teimuraz I -- Teimuraz dispossessed -- The eighteenth century -- The Russian conquest of Kartli-Kakhetia -- King Solomon's end -- Vice-regency -- Reaction and revolution -- Independence -- Soviet annexation -- After Stalin -- Independence restored.
9781780230306 1780230303
Georgia (Republic)--History.
DK675.4 / .R39 2012
947.58