Transcaucasus

Peaches, apricots, cherries and plums all came from Central Asia; the banana and the mango had ancestral links to India; pears originated in the Transcaucasus; wild grapes first grew east of the Black Sea; untamed quinces and mulberries cavorted near the Caspian; the watermelon emerged in tropical Africa.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Bush is in no position to do anything about it on his own; the Europeans are incapable of taking action; and the only other possible player the Turks hvae their own agenda in the Transcaucasus.

"This war did not begin because of a miscalculation by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Ann Althouse 2008

Peaches, apricots, cherries and plums all came from Central Asia; the banana and the mango had ancestral links to India; pears originated in the Transcaucasus; wild grapes first grew east of the Black Sea; untamed quinces and mulberries cavorted near the Caspian; the watermelon emerged in tropical Africa.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Peaches, apricots, cherries and plums all came from Central Asia; the banana and the mango had ancestral links to India; pears originated in the Transcaucasus; wild grapes first grew east of the Black Sea; untamed quinces and mulberries cavorted near the Caspian; the watermelon emerged in tropical Africa.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

The whole scheme aims to benefit the US-Anglo alliance, cut off Russia, China and Iran, and "weaken competing European oil interests in the Transcaucasus and Central Asia."

Reviewing Michel Chossudovsky's America's War on Terrorism 2007

The whole scheme aims to benefit the US-Anglo alliance, cut off Russia, China and Iran, and "weaken competing European oil interests in the Transcaucasus and Central Asia."

Reviewing Michel Chossudovsky's America's War on Terrorism 2007

In 1918 a weakened and defeated Russia spawned three new states built on old ethnic identities in the Transcaucasus: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Where Europe Vanishes 2000

The northern slopes of these mountains, properly called the North Caucasus, contain various ethnic chieftaincies that are now part of the Russian Federation; the region to the south of the highest ridges is called the Transcaucasus — the land of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Where Europe Vanishes 2000

In 1918 a weakened and defeated Russia spawned three new states built on old ethnic identities in the Transcaucasus: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Where Europe Vanishes 2000

The northern slopes of these mountains, properly called the North Caucasus, contain various ethnic chieftaincies that are now part of the Russian Federation; the region to the south of the highest ridges is called the Transcaucasus — the land of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Where Europe Vanishes 2000