Forget Doha, Dallas or even Aberdeen, the first and still the finest oil town lies on the western shores of the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan"s capital of Baku has been synonymous with the combustible crude stuff since the seventh century BC, when it was the source of inspiration for Zoroastrianisrn - so suffused was the entire country with oil and natural gas that flames would burst forth from the ground and followers would worship the "burning soil...

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