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of the ancient Greek historian Xenofon (5-4th century BC). The name of this tribe seems to have survived in latter-day regional toponyms - Georgian Basiani, Greek Phasiane, Armenian Basean, and Turkish Pasin.

History

In the 8th and 7th centuries BC the province was part of Urartu known as Biani ("land of Bia/Bias"). It

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