Is it me, or is the caucasus area a largely 'forgotten' area. I mean, you have Russia or the Golden Horde or such above, various Muslim empires underneath, and this is just the inbetween area that gets annexed by whoever you'd like to have it.
Why is it that this area is so... Well, unimportant, although I suppose that isn't really the right word. I know there was a kingdom of Georgia which arose there and was somewhat powerful, but that's about it, to my knowledge.