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The Transcaucasian Corridor: Ancient Trade Between East and West
While the Silk Road gets all the glory for connecting China to Rome, a rugged, high-altitude network of passes through the Caucasus Mountains served as an equally vital artery for centuries. This episode explores how the Kingdom of Iberia, the Lazica Wars, and the strategic control of the Darial Gorge allowed goods, ideas, and armies to flow between the Persian Empire and the Byzantine world. We look at the specific trade goods like Caucasian iron and silk re-routing through these mountain gates, and how the conflict between Rome and Persia turned this narrow corridor into a brutal…
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