> Ss wo f CULTURE OF >” ALBANIAGEOGRAPHY OF ALBANIA. Albania was founded at the end of the fourth century and the beginning of third century BC and it fell in the year 705 of our era. It covered the territory of modern Azerbaijan, armenia, Georgia and Dagestan. It was b Caucasian Iberia to the west, by Caspian east and it is located on the left side of. The first capital of the Albania was Qab: also called Kabalaka). But then Barda be; capital of Albania.POPULATION According to Strabon information, the population of Albania consisted of tribes speaking 26 languages. From the first centuries of our era with the invasion of the Sasani kings a number of Iranian-speaking tribes were .d to Albania and from the third and centuries new Turkic tribes including Khazars, Subars has started flowing into ia. Before the arrival of the Arabs the lation of Albania consisted of Caucasian, Turkic and Iranian-speaking people.RELIGION Paganism and Fire worship In the pre-Christian times, Albanian people worshipped various Greek gods and goddesses and fire. There were different Christian temples he country however most of them were troyed by Arabs. There was found a temple jour of the Moon Goddess. Among the grave Snuments, more items were found with the crescent ornaments on them, which are signs of the Moon Goddess Selene.Christianity in Albania Christianity began to spread with the coming of missionaries which came from Syria. According to Moisey Kalankatly the Albanian archaic rulers Urnair, second and ache fought against to pagan Pgs. in 313 Umair declared Janity the religion of country. Also +h Temple is known as the first Christian mosque in the Caucasus. However, Christianity could not take deep roots in Albania and it was spread only mountainous areas.ALBANIAN ARCHITECTURE samples of Albanian architecture have been ed and studied in the territories of the |, armenia and Dagestan. The most interesting examples of Albanian architecture ar sive castles and fortifications and religious ngs such as churches and monasteries. consisted of long prayer halls and one-nave 's,In Albania a special a temples was also comiion and is atjle belongs to Albanians, There was a reason, These temples were built for who worshipped in the sun or enly bodies, because in those tim: tianity was not fully adopted. TATEV MONASTREY CHIRAQQALA, yf yTHE ALPHABET ‘The flourishing period of Albanian writing is considered to be the sth-6th centuries. AG. Shenidze writes: during this period, Albanians actively participated in the political and cultural life of the Caucasus together with Georgians. The jan alphabet was destroyed by the order of Arab snd the books written in Albanian alphabet were destroyed after being translated. time, the Albanian alphabet was considered lost, 137, the Georgian scholar lliva Abuladze found Thanuscripts which belong 15th century and consist of 52 Ietters Condlestick with Albanian writingART OF ALBANIA LPottery. Despite the fact that the potter wheel was almost completely unused in old times and most Albanian ceramics were made by hand, ceramics are distinguished by the symmetry and elegance of their forms. Many pottery vessels have shematic images of animals, birds and people created with paste {and basma ornamentation and paint, which give a certain idea of Albanian art -A zoomorphic bowl with a deer head discovered during archaeological research in Mingachevir 2Metallization. In the territory of Albania, a big amount of iron products was discovered, most of ‘them are the products of local craftsman, but there are also imported ly tableware and ornaments. Jewelery also developed in this period. In the course of archaeological research, the decorations found in graves. They were made of metal, glass, clay, paste and various precious an semi-precious stone: Copper deer figureMONEY OF ALBANIA of coins found during archa 5‘ ions from the territory of Albania are drachmas and ‘adrachmas minted in the Alexander jacedonian. In later times local imilar to the coins of kander the Macedonian appeared in Afbania. In addition, coins of the rulers of the Rome, Parthia and Byzantium were used in Albania. The most richest treasure of coins was found in Qabala