Armenia, the land of Hayk’s sons
Rather than focusing on a single state, we thought that an introduction to the places and cultures of the Caucasus was more interesting. Which is why, after showing you Azerbaijan,…
Georgia, the land of the Bagrations
After Azerbaijan and Armenia, the last of the purely Caucasian states arrives: Georgia, the land of Medea, the Bagrations and Stalin. A country never dead, capable of churning out a…
Dagestan, the land of the mountains
We conclude our brief introduction to the Caucasus with the largest Russian province linked to these territories. Dagestan has always been a place that attracts the imagination of many, bewitched…
Baku, between ancient and modern
Azerbaijan, the land of a thousand souls
We thought there could be no better country than Azerbaijan to start exploring the Caucasus. A magical place which, more than any of its neighbors, has been able to absorb…
Georgia
Caucasus, the mountains on the edge of the world
The Caucasus, a legendary place, always a union of a thousand cultures. A land that we have decided to let you discover this week and that, we are sure of…
Evliya Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi, the Turkish Herodotus
After the great architect, the great traveler. Evliya Çelebi was undoubtedly one of the most complete and interesting testimonies about the Ottoman Empire, analyzing it in all its people and…
“Mongol” by Sergej Bodrov
One of the most beautiful films ever on Genghis Khan, able to tell us about the suffering behind the conqueror of the world and thus showing us the most human…
The mongols
A small presentation to the Mongols, legendary people of whom we will talk about these days. From the distant Altai mountains to warm Delhi, a small summary of the long…
Days of the week: Tuesday
Tuesday is a practically insignificant day in the Islamic world, but of great importance for most other civilizations, which mostly associate it with the war On Tuesdays according to Zakariyya…
Yat-Kha, Tuvan rock
A band that we discovered today and we couldn't help talking about. Yat-Kha represent the perfect fusion between rock and traditional Mongolian music, a mix that we lacked but we…
