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Until the 1 st century AD the territory of modern Georgia passed from one great empire to another including Alexander the Great Empire. After its disintegration it was a part of Selevkid state. In 189 BC Romans freed the Caucasus from Selevkid domination having made the lands vassal. In the 4 th century AD Christianity came to Kartli. In the 5 th – 6 th centuries the territory of Georgia was the apple of discord between Sasanid Iran and Byzantium ( Eastern Roman Empire ). As a result of long wars Byzantium established its domination in Eastern Georgia – Kartli. But the joy of the victory was brief. In the 7 th century Arabian conquerors stepped in on the historical arena. In the beginning of the 8 th century Arabs subordinated Western and Eastern Georgia . But it the end of the century their influence was weakened under the pressure of civil uprisings. It was the time of independent princedoms formation in Georgia.: in the east it was Kakhetian princedom and Ereti princedom, in the west - Abkhazian kingdom, in the south - Tao-Klardzhetian princedom and Tbilisi emirate in the central part. |
