Old Great Bulgaria
632–668 nomadic empire in Eastern Europe
Old Great Bulgaria was a 7th-century nomadic empire. It was created by the Onogur Bulgars on the western Pontic–Caspian steppe (what is now southern Ukraine and southwest Russia).[2]
Old Great Bulgaria | |||||||
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632[1]–668 | |||||||
Common languages | Bulgar | ||||||
Religion | Tengrism | ||||||
Demonym(s) | Bulgar | ||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | 632[1] | ||||||
• Disestablished | 668 | ||||||
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History
changeIn the early 7th century, Khan Kubrat united the Onogur Bulgars and other Turkic tribes.
References
change- ↑ Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521815398, p. 78.
- ↑ Leif Inge Ree Petersen (2013). Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD. p. 112.