Caucasian carpets come from the area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, the area dividing Europe from Asia Minor (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Dagestan, Russia). Much of it is a mountainous area, populated by nomadic people. There are many different tribes who speak different languages, including Persians, Turkmens, Turks and Armenians. The oldest Caucasian carpets were made of hand-woven wool, used in the entire structure of the carpet - in the pile, weft and warp. They come mostly from the 16th to 18th centuries (excluding the findings from the Pazyryk valley from the 3rd century BC). Well-known recognizable "dragon” specimens come from the 19th century. Floral and geometric compositions were also common (usually with hooked medallions). These carpets have intense, saturated, contrasting colors (red, blue, yellow, green and ecru) and low, densely woven pile. An additional advantage of these carpets is also the use of natural dyes when dyeing yarns. Zoomorphic motifs were often used. Usually Caucasian carpet has minimal border and centre filled with geometric medallions and simplified swastika motifs. Kazak carpets are often small in size.

Kazak carpets are produced primarily in Sivrwan, Karabakh, Kuba, the Western Caucasus, Gaza Strip, Talysz, Baku and Dagestan, by the Muslim Nomads - Turkmen, Georgians, Kurds and Armenians as well as Azerbaians.

Today, Kazak carpets are also made in Pakistan. Caucasian carpets have a very dense weave, short-cut wool of very good quality, traditional designs with different cultures elements. They often are made of wool which is specially washed using stones.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, carpets from this area began to be called "Kazak". However, these carpets have names such as: Derbent, Mikraja, Gendze, Yerevan, Shirvan.