{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Georgian Civilization - Part 2: Forging a Nation","description":"The dawn of the first millennium BCE found the lands of Colchis and Iberia stirring with ambition. Out of the mists of scattered tribes and fortified hill settlements, a process of state formation began.\r\n\r\nThis was not born of sudden conquest. Instead, it emerged from gradual centralization, negotiation, and sometimes violent assertion. The chronicles of later centuries, supported by archaeological evidence, indicate that the early Georgian polities coalesced around two main centers: the kingdom of Colchis in the west and the kingdom of Kartli in the east.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thecivilizationarchive.com/civilization/georgian-civilization","author_name":"The Archive Network"}