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Tao-Klarjeti ((グルジア語:ტაო–კლარჯეთი)) also referred as Kingdom of Georgians〔Silogawa & Shengelia, History of Georgia, 2007, p. 63〕 ((グルジア語:ქართველთა სამეფო)) was a medieval Georgian (Kartvelian) kingdom and principality, succeeding the Principality of Iberia, in what is now part of the provinces of Erzurum, Artvin, Ardahan and Kars in north-eastern Turkey. Tao and Klarjeti were originally only the names of the two most important provinces of the Georgian lands that stretched from the "Georgian Gorge" (Turkish ''Gürcü Boğazı'') in the south to the Lesser Caucasus in the north. Historically, the area comprised the following provinces: West of the Arsiani Mountains (Turk. Yalnızçam Dağları) were Tao, Klarjeti, Nigali, and Shavsheti, to the east lay Samtskhe, Erusheti, Javakheti, Artaani and Kola. The landscape is characterised by mountains and the river-systems of the Chorokhi (Turk. Çoruh) and the Mtkvari (Turk. Kura). Tao-Klarjeti’s geographical position between the great Empires of the East and the West, and the fact that one branch of the Silk Road ran through its territory, meant that it was subject to a constant stream of diverging influences. In the 9th to 11th centuries, Tao-Klarjeti was ruled by the Bagrationi dynasty, and the region played a crucial role in the unification of all Georgian lands and principalities into a single feudal state, Kingdom of Georgia in 1008. == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tao-Klarjeti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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