May 7, 2019
A unique presentation Sabre with a pattern welded blade and gilt bronze hilt, Balkan or Caucasian, ca. 18th century, housed with the Higgins Collection at the Worcester Museum of Art.
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A unique presentation Sabre with a pattern welded blade and gilt bronze hilt, Balkan or Caucasian, ca. 18th century, housed with the Higgins Collection at the Worcester Museum of Art.
One of the lesser known regions of the medieval world was the Caucasus - the lands now spanning the present-day countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Unrecognized Caucasia and neighboring regions
Unrecognized Caucasia and neighboring regions
The current situation in the Caucasus prompted one of the loyal blog readers to request that I post about the confusing region and shed a little light. If you blog readers have any requests for blog topics, I always welcome them. ******
(If interested, there are similar entries about Eastern Europe, North Asia and South Asia.)
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Caucasia is a mountainous region located between the two…
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