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Ertso-Tianeti

The Villages on the Upper Iori

In 1648 Bidzina Cholokashvili held the line at Ertso: "if they take Ertso, we cannot hold Tianeti". The Pshavs, the chronicles say, served whoever held Tianeti.

Nights

10 (the last, an assault elsewhere)

Unlocked by

Defending Outer Kakheti

Weather

heavy rain on night 3, mist on night 5, heavy rain on night 7, mist on night 8 and frost on night 9

Allies

Pshav guards from the north, More Pshav guards, Tush archers and More Tush archers

The story

Ertso-Tianeti, on the upper Iori, 18th century.

The Leks come over the Kakheti ridge for people, to sell at the market of Akhaltsikhe.

Hold Tianeti for ten nights, and bring back everyone they take.

Emptied by Shah Abbas in 1614, the valley was settled again by highlanders from Pshavi and Khevsureti, which is why one of its villages is still called Khevsurtsopeli, the Khevsur village.

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Kiziqi · Inner Kakheti · Tusheti · Hereti · Outer Kakheti · Khevsureti · Kazakh