Kingdom of Abkhazia აფხაზთა სამეფო apkhazta samepo | |||||||||
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| 778–1008 | |||||||||
 Flag of Kingdom of Abkhazia in the Middle Ages. Based on the map of the Catalan cartographer Gabriel de Vallseca. | |||||||||
.png) The Kingdom of Abkhazia from 850–950, at the peak of its territorial expansion. (Superimposed on modern borders.)
Kingdom of Abkhazia
Tributaries and sphere of influences
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| Capital | Anacopia (778–786) Kutaisi (786–1008) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Georgian (language of literacy and culture) Greek/Georgian (religious)[a] Arabic (numismatics)[b] | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox (Georgian Orthodox Church, Pre Schism) | ||||||||
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• c. 510–530 | Anos (first) | ||||||||
• c. 745–767 | Leon I (last) | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 767–811 | Leon II (first) | ||||||||
• 978–1014 | Bagrat II (last)[c] | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Declared independence from Byzantine | 778 | ||||||||
• Unification of the Georgian State | 1008 | ||||||||
| Currency | Various Byzantine and Arab coins[3] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
| Part of a series on the |
| History of Georgia |
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The Kingdom of Abkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზთა სამეფო, romanized: apkhazta samepo; lit. 'Kingdom of the Abkhazians'), was a medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which was established in the 780s. Through dynastic succession, it was united in 1008 with the Kingdom of the Iberians, forming the Kingdom of Georgia.
Byzantine sources record that in the early years of the 10th century Abkhazia stretched three hundred Greek miles along the Black Sea coast, from the frontiers of the thema of Chaldia to the mouth of the river Nicopsis, with the Caucasus behind it.
- ^ Hewitt 2013, p. 63.
- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-78023-030-6.
- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-78023-030-6.
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