Caucasian Albania

Albania, academically termed the Caucasian Albania to avoid confusion with modern-day Albania, is the name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus. The native name for the country is unknown.^[3][4] It was on the land of present-day Azerbaijan and partially Russia's southern Dagestan. The ancient inhabitants of Caucasian Albania spoke Caucasian Albanian, an language that went extinct in the 10th century in the heyday of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Middle Ages.^[5]

Caucasian Albania
4th century BC – 8th century AD
Borders of Arsacid kingdom Caucasian Albania (late 4th century) in the Sassanid empie[2]
Status	Empire
Capital	Kabalak, Partav (modern-day Azerbaijan)
Common languages	Caucasian Albanian (extinct), Armenian, Parthian (extinct), Middle Persian (extinct)
Religion	Paganism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	4th century BC
• Disestablished	8th century
Preceded by Succeeded by Achaemenid Empire Rashidun Caliphate
Today part of	Azerbaijan  Russia