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Kingdom of Abkhazia
აფხაზთა სამეფო
apkhazta samepo
778–1008
Flag of Kingdom of Abkhazia
Flag of Western Georgia (Kingdom of Abkhazia) in the Middle Ages. Based on the map of the Catalan cartographer Gabriel de Vallseca.
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
CapitalAnacopia (778–786)
Kutaisi (786–1008)
Common languagesGeorgian (language of literacy and culture)
Greek/Georgian (religious)[a]
Arabic(numismatics)[b]
Religion
Eastern Orthodox (Georgian Orthodox Church, Pre Schism)
Government
  • Principality
  • (c. 510–767)
  • Feudal Monarchy
  • (767–1014)
archon 
• c. 510–530
Anos (first)
• c. 745–767
Leon I (last)
King 
• 767–811
Leon II (first)
• 978–1014
Bagrat II (last)[c]
Historical eraEarly Middle Ages
• Declared independence from Byzantine
778
• Unification of the Georgian State
1008
CurrencyVarious Byzantine and Arab coins[3]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Abkhazia Principality of Abasgia
Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Abkhazia
Today part of
  • Abkhazia
  • Georgia
  • Russia
  • Turkey

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.

  1. ^ Hewitt 2013, p. 63.
  2. ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-78023-030-6.
  3. ^ 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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