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Caucasus


(KAW-kuh-suhs) Mountain range extending from the Black Sea southeast to the Caspian Sea, through extreme southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.	1
‡ It forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia.	2
‡ Oil is its major resource. In World War II, the Germans tried to seize or neutralize this resource but were driven back by the Soviets.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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