This city's eighteenth-century rug industry used the "harshang" and "ashvan" designs on theChila rugs. This city was sacked in 1501 in revenge for the death of Junayd at the Battle ofKhachmaz; that sack by Ismail I decimated the Shirvanshah state centered here. Shortly after theMarch Days riots in this city, the Twenty-Six Commissars were captured and shot here. A cake givento Hitler with this city's name written in icing celebrated the start of Operation (*) Edelweiss, whichaimed to capture the extensive oil resources of this city. For 10 points, name this city on the Caspian Sea,which in 1991 became a national capit
This city's eighteenth-century rug industry used the "harshang" and "ashvan" designs on theChila rugs. This city was sacked in 1501 in revenge for the death of Junayd at the Battle ofKhachmaz; that sack by Ismail I decimated the Shirvanshah state centered here. Shortly after theMarch Days riots in this city, the Twenty-Six Commissars were captured and shot here. A cake givento Hitler with this city's name written in icing celebrated the start of Operation (*) Edelweiss, whichaimed to capture the extensive oil resources of this city. For 10 points, name this city on the Caspian Sea,which in 1991 became a national capital on the independence of Azerbaijan.
This city's eighteenth-century rug industry used the "harshang" and "ashvan" designs on theChila rugs.
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