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Khazars

The Khazars (/kəˈzɑːrz/) were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who established a major commercial empire in the late 6th century CE spanning the south of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, and western Kazakhstan. It was the most powerful polity to emerge from the break-up of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Astride a major artery of commerce between…

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850 est.
3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi)
900 est.
1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi)
Capital
Balanjar (c. 650 – c. 720) · Samandar (720–750) · Atil (750 – c. 965–969)
Common languages
Oghuric (lingua franca) · Old Turkic (dynastic, spoken) · Alanian (spoken)
Currency
Yarmaq
Historical era
Middle Ages

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has impact · 72
Khazars → Abkhazians, After, Al-Muqaddasi, Although, Although Poliak, Armenian King, Athir's, Barthold, Brutakhi, By, Byzantines, Carpine, Caspian, CE, Chernigov, Christian, Constantinople, Cumans-Kipchaks, Faḍl, Faḍlūn
related to Rise of the Khazar state · 54
Khazars → An, Apa Qaghan, Ashina, Ashina Tong Yabghu Qaghan, Asparukh, Avars, Azov, Balkans, Both, Bulgaria, Bulğars, By, Byzantium, Chinese, Danube, Duōlù, East, First Bulgarian Empire, First Turkic Khaganate, General Su Dingfang
related to Khazars and Byzantium · 50
Khazars → After, Although, Augusta, Bulgaria, Busir, Busir Glavan, Busir's, Byzantine, Byzantine-Tűrk, Byzantines, Byzantium, Caspian, Cherson, Constantinople, Crimea, Derbent, During, Epiphania, Göktürk, Göktürks
related to Rise of the Rus' and the collapse of the Khazarian state · 43
Khazars → Aaron II, According, Alans, Alliances, Although Benjamin, Arab, Atil, By, Byzantine Cherson, Byzantium, Christianity, Chud, Constantinople, Dnieper, From, It, Khazar, Khazaria, Khazaria's, Khazaria's Byzantine
related to history · 40
Khazars → Akatziri, Arabic, Ashina, Attila's, Bulgars, Byzantium, Caspian, Chinese, Constantin Zuckerman, Eurasian Steppe, Golden, Hunnic-Xiōngnú, Iranian, Irbis Seguy, Khazar, Many Turkic, Mongolia, Mongols, Moving, Oghuric
related to Etymology · 35
Khazars → András Róna-Tas, Caesar, Ch, Chinese, Common Turkic, Dunlop, Gyula Németh, Gésà, Gésà/Qasar, Göktürks, In, Kesar, Khazar, Khazar's, Louis Bazin, Middle Chinese, Pahlavi, Qa, Qasar, Roman
related to Christianity · 33
Khazars → Alans, Albanian, Alp Ilut'uêr, Armenian, Buddhism, Byzantine, Byzantine Christianity, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Byzantium's, Caucasian, Caucasian Albania, Caucasus, Christian, Christianity, Crimea, Daghestan, Derbend, Eastern, Huns
related to Arab–Khazar wars · 31
Khazars → Abbasid, Abd, Arab, Arabs, Armenia, Ashina, Balanjar, By, Caucasus, Due, During, First Muslim Civil War, Göktürk, Göktürks, In, Irbis, Khazar, Muslim, Persian, Rabiah
related to External links · 27
Khazars → Archived, August, Cambridge University Library, Chabad, December, Dinur Center, English, History Resource Center, January, JerusalemKhazar Historic Maps, Jewish History, Judah Hallevi, Khazar, Khazari, Khazaria, Kitab, Medieval Jewish History, October, Project, Research
related to Claims of Khazar ancestry · 26
Khazars → Avars, Claims, Cossack, Cossacks, Crimea, Crimean, Crimean Tatar, Don, Hungarians, Judaising Slavic Subbotniks, Karaites, Kazakhs, Khazar, Kumyks, Lithuania, Mishar Tatars, Moldavian Csángós, Muslim Karachays, Poland, Qaraylar

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khazar turkic jewish khazaria jews judaism century rus' one ibn conversion also early although state western byzantine empire khaganate muslim

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Khazars850 est.3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Khazars900 est.1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
KhazarsCapitalBalanjar (c. 650 – c. 720)1.00infobox
KhazarsCapitalSamandar (720–750)1.00infobox
KhazarsCapitalAtil (750 – c. 965–969)1.00infobox
KhazarsCommon languagesOghuric (lingua franca)1.00infobox
KhazarsCommon languagesOld Turkic (dynastic, spoken)1.00infobox
KhazarsCommon languagesAlanian (spoken)1.00infobox
KhazarsCurrencyYarmaq1.00infobox
KhazarsHistorical eraMiddle Ages1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionJudaism (official religion of Khazaria since the reign of Khan Bulan)1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionTengrism1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionChristianity1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionIslam1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionPaganism1.00infobox
KhazarsReligionReligious syncretism1.00infobox
KhazarsStatusKhaganate1.00infobox
Khazars• 10th centuryAaron1.00infobox
Khazars• 10th centuryJoseph1.00infobox
Khazars• 10th centuryDavid1.00infobox
Khazars• 11th centuryGeorgios1.00infobox
Khazars• 8th centuryBulan1.00infobox
Khazars• 9th centuryObadiah1.00infobox
Khazars• 9th centuryZachariah1.00infobox
Khazars• 9th centuryManasseh1.00infobox
Khazars• 9th centuryBenjamin1.00infobox
Khazars• c. 650Irbis1.00infobox
Khazars• Establishedc. 6501.00infobox
Khazars• Sviatoslav's sacking and razing of Atil9691.00infobox

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