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CAUCASUS i. Physical Geography, Population, and Economy.
Pierre Thorez
The northern side of the range consists of a series of monoclinal folds, in the form of cuestas, with escarpments facing toward the main chain and the more gradual back slopes fanning out into plateaus of varying sizes, all inclining toward the north.
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CAUCASUS ii. Language contact
Fridrik Thordarson
Languages of the Caucasus. Including Caucasian (or Ibero-Caucasian), Turkic, Indo-European, Iranian languages, Kurdish, Tati, Ṭāleši, Ossetic, and others.
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CAUCASUS, iii. ACHAEMENID RULE IN
Bruno Jacobs
Achaemenid rule in the Caucasus region was established, at the latest, in the course of the Scythian campaign of Darius I in 513-12 BCE.
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CAUTES AND CAUTOPATES
William W. Malandra
the two dadophoroi or torch bearers who often flank Mithras in the bull-slaying scene and who are sometimes shown in the birth scenes of Mithras.
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ČĀV
Peter Jackson
paper currency issued in Mongol Iran in 693/1294.
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CAVALRY
Cross-Reference
See ASB; ASB-SAVĀRĪ.
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CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS
Xin-jiang Rong
Ch’ien Fo Tung (Qianfodong), a large group of grottoes and cave temples carved out of Ming-sha hill in the southeastern Tun-huang (Dunhuang) district of Kansu (Gansu) province, China.
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CAVIAR
Hūšang Aʿlam
ḵāvīar in Persian, the processed non-fertilized roe of sturgeons and some other large fishes, highly valued as a gourmet delicacy. In Iran the roe for caviar is obtained mainly from three species of sturgeon (family Acipenseridae) caught in the southern littoral or fluvial waters of the Caspian Sea.
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ČĀVOŠ
Ḡolām-Ḥosayn Yūsofī
or ČĀVŪŠ, used in classical Persian texts with the meanings of 1. army commander; 2. master of ceremony or person in charge of the servants; 3. caravan leader; or, more specifically, 4. a guide on the road to Mecca or holy shrines.
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ČAXRĀ
Cross-Reference
town mentioned in the Avesta. See ČARḴ.