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The Caucasus region has been in constant turmoil throughout its history due to its Geography.

This region is a great lesson in Geography!. The Caucasus region has been in constant turmoil throughout its history due to its Geography. The good news for the region has been its Geography. The bad news has been its Geography. Invasions. Trade routes.

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The Caucasus region has been in constant turmoil throughout its history due to its Geography.

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  1. This region is a great lesson in Geography! The Caucasus region has been in constant turmoil throughout its history due to its Geography.

  2. The good news for the region has been its Geography. The bad news has been its Geography. Invasions Trade routes

  3. The Caucasus region is a trade and cultural crossroads. Because of its location, the region is a crossroads of trade and invasion for countless cultures and empires.

  4. Sitting in the mountain ranges between the Black and Caspian Sea, the land is fertile and rich. The various mountains also serve to separate people. The region is made up of numerous ethnic groups that live on a area of land smaller than California.

  5. Various languages and ethnicities inhabit the region.

  6. Orthodox church There are also two strong religions in the area – Orthodox Christian and Islam. Muslim mosque

  7. With the fall of the Soviet Union, many new countries gained their independence. Dozens of small regions with ethnic groups that were not Russian wanted independence. The Russians still control most of them. They remain part of Russia due to: The Russian Army

  8. The region that has seen the most fighting is Chechnya. It is estimated that Russia has destroyed some 80% of the Chechnyan capital of Grozny Grozny

  9. Because they have no chance to win a war with the Russians, many fundamentalist Muslim Chechnyans have been waging a war of terrorism against Russia and Russians. Blew up a Russian airliner Blew up an apartment building Took over a Moscow theatre for several days. Hundreds were killed when Russian soldiers botched the rescue attempt.

  10. But the most brazen terrorist attack came in Beslan, where Chechen terrorists captured an elementary school in 2005.

  11. Over 1,000 people were taken hostage, mostly children. When explosion sounded inside the school, the Russian troops rushed in. Over 350 people were killed.

  12. The terrorists claimed revenge for the destruction of most Chechnyan cities. Streets of Grozny. Terrorists before attacking Beslan. While it is quiet in Chechnya today, the people still want to break away from Russia.

  13. In 2008, the Georgians “invaded” South Osetia, a part of Georgia. The Osetians asked Russia for help. The Russian army rolled in and drove the Georgians back.

  14. Russian troops now occupy South Osetia Russians also invaded the Abkhazia region but eventually moved back into Russia.

  15. This conflict had the potential to grow into a larger conflict because Georgia is linked with Western Europe and the USA. Can you name a circumstance when a small conflict turned into a world war?

  16. The region remains in turmoil with ethnic and religious strife still evident In Geography, what do we call a region that has strong religious and/or ethnic groups living close together? A SHATTERBELT!

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