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'''Caucasian Iberia''' is the term designated to the Kingdom of '''Iberia''' (
4th century BC–
5th century AD) established in Eastern
Georgia by the
Georgians (
Kartvelians).
The king of Iberia,
Farnavaz I was a reformer of the
Georgian alphabet (
284 BC). He was also founder of the dynasty of
Farnavazians (
284 BC-
5th century AD). The capital of this Kingdom was
Mtskheta.
In the
4th century AD, Equal-to-the
Apostles Saint Nino of
Cappadocia took
Christianity to the Kingdom of Iberia. In
317 it was adopted as the state religion by the rulers of Iberia, King
Mirian and Queen
Nana.
The main Georgian sources of the history of the Kingdom of Iberia are old Georgian chronicles collected in ''
Kartlis Tskhovreba'' ("History of Georgia").
The term "Caucasian Iberia" is an anachronism, used to distinguish it from the
Iberian peninsula, where modern day
Spain and
Portugal are located.
=== See also ===
*
Ibero-Caucasian peoples.
*
Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
*
History of Georgia
=== Literature ===
* Pavle Ingorokva. Old Georgian chronicle "Moktsevai Kartlisai" and the List of the Kings of Iberia.- Bulletin of the State Museum of Georgia, vol. XI-B, Tbilisi, 1942, pp. 259–320 (in Georgian)
* Leonti Mroveli. "Tskhovreba Kartvelta Mepeta". "Kartlis Tskhovreba" (Edited by Simon Kaukhchishvili), Tbilisi, 1942 (in Georgian)
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