Samachia
- Modern name
- Shamakhi
- Modern country
- Azerbaijan
- Coordinates
- 40.63, 48.64
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364331
Medieval Samachia was a commercial and administrative capital of the kingdom of Shirvan in the Caucasus (its most important city after Baku) and a key nexus of the Silk Road, being located both north of Tauris and along the direct route between Baku and the Black Sea (e.g. the ports of Lovati or Trebizond).
The toponym Samachia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P117
Variant spellings of Samachia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Sanmach | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Samachia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/samachia/.