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...Caucasus, bounded by the Caspian and Black Seas, forms a rough umbilicus betweenAsia and Europe. Its broad steppes in the north and lush valleys in the south have offered a natural highway for migrating hordes. Its mountains, higher than any in Europe, run from northwest to southeast and form natural bastions for defenders. Successive waves of Persians, Khazars, Arabs, Huns, Turko-Mongols and Russians have died in defense of narrow Caucasian mountain passes, or in trying to storm them...
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