Kartli, Georgia

Georgia

Kartli, Georgia shares 134 connections with 5092 other places across 16 topics, with history forming the dominant cluster. Most of its overlap is with Kakheti, Russia, and Iran, reflecting the region's position between competing Byzantine and Iranian civilizations. Kartli developed a Christian culture and, uniquely among Kartvelian regions, its own written language. After the 15th-century partition of the Kingdom of Georgia, it became a separate kingdom with Tbilisi as its capital. Language and military topics round out its connections.