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Golden P.B., Ben-Shammai H., Ron¡-Tas A., "The World of the Khazars (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)"
Publisher: BRILL | 2007 | ISBN 9004160426 | PDF | 469 pages | 3.5 MB
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This volume, a product of international collaboration, presents readers with the state of the field in Khazar Studies. The Khazar Empire (ca. 650 - ca. 965-969), one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia, extended from the Middle Volga lands in the north to the Northern Caucasus and Crimea in the south and from the Ukrainians steppelands to the western borders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the east. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus’, medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. Khazaria became one of the great trans-Eurasian trading terminals connecting the northern forest zones with Byzantium and the Arabian Caliphate. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds new light on many unanswered, but fundamental questions regarding the Khazar Empire, so important in medieval Eurasia. All those interested in the history of the Khazars, the medieval Turkic world, medieval Eastern and Central European history, the history of the Eurasian steppes, the history of the Caucasus, the Islamic world and the history of Judaism, will enjoy this book.
