Dear writer, you need to write an ANALYTICAL ESSAY on the following topic: In the 19th century Russia, Persia and the Ottoman Empire competed for influence in the Caucasus. Also today external actors compete for influence in the South Caucasus. Name five of these actors and account for their main interests in the region. For references you sould make sure that our answer should be based on minimum five sources from the course literature and other relevant academic resources. You are required to make references to the sources you use in your answer: Provide a full bibliography and make in-text references (e.g.: Malek 2006: 151) to support your accounts and assessments.
Always use quotation marks for direct quotes. the Course literature that you should include is: Wertsch, James. 2002. Voices of Collective Remembering (Links to an external site.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 3 (pp. 30-66) and in particular Table 1 (p. 44) Caucasus Analytical Digest. 2009. Writing National Histories: Coming to Terms with the Past (Links to an external site.). Read Reisner, Gasimov, and Minasyan on the challenges facing historians in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. King, Charles. 2008. The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (Links to an external site.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Read the Introduction: Nature’s Bulwark (pp. 3-19) and Part One: Empires and Boundaries (pp. 20-63). Theisen, Søren. . An Introductory History of the South Caucasus. Theisen, Søren. . An Introductory History of the South Eastern Caucasus and North Western Iran. ATTENTIONS: please make sure you insert VALID PAGE NUMBER IN TEXT REFERENCES . Everything will be checked against plagerism. please separealy provide a link to all the references you have used. thanks
