Twin Peaks Of Mount Elbrus, The Highest Mountain In The Caucasus (5600 M) (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Twin Peaks Of Mount Elbrus, The Highest Mountain In The Caucasus (5600 M)

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Twin peaks of Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus (5600 m). The Caucasus is a crucial contact zone in the history of Europe, both genetically and culturally. During the Bronze Age, crucial innovations, such as the first highly effective metal weapons and wheel and wagon, came to Europe through the Caucasus.

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Sabine Reinhold

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