Avar Khaganate

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historical state khaganate nomadic empire

The Avar Khaganate was a powerful early medieval nomadic empire of Eurasian steppe origin that dominated much of the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe between the 6th and 9th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Avar Khaganate canonical 7

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical state ⓘ
khaganate ⓘ
nomadic empire ⓘ
alliedWith Lombards ⓘ
surface form: Lombards (early period)

Slavs ⓘ
surface form: Slavic tribes
capital ring-shaped fortified camp (ring city) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
currency Byzantine gold coins (in circulation) ⓘ
dissolutionReason defeats by the Franks under Charlemagne ⓘ
internal fragmentation ⓘ
rise of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
economy pastoral nomadism ⓘ
plunder and raiding ⓘ
tribute from the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime circa 822 ⓘ
early 9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Avars ⓘ
surface form: Pannonian Avars
followed Gepid Kingdom ⓘ
Lombard rule in Pannonia ⓘ
followedBy First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Frankish Empire rule in Pannonia ⓘ
governmentForm nomadic monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Great Khan ⓘ
surface form: Khagan
inception migration of Avars into the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
knownFor complex ring-shaped fortifications ⓘ
domination of the Carpathian Basin in the early Middle Ages ⓘ
introduction and spread of the stirrup in Europe ⓘ
languageUsed Avar language (Pannonian Avar) ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ
various Turkic languages ⓘ
military horse archers ⓘ
mounted warriors ⓘ
use of stirrups ⓘ
notableEvent Avar–Byzantine wars ⓘ
Frankish–Avar wars ⓘ
campaigns with Slavic allies into the Balkans ⓘ
Siege of Constantinople (626) ⓘ
surface form: siege of Constantinople (626)

siege of Sirmium (582) ⓘ
notableFigure Bayan I ⓘ
Khagan Bayan II ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

Gepids ⓘ
Lombards ⓘ
partOf Eurasian steppe cultural sphere ⓘ
region Carpathian Basin ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Tengrism ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
startTime circa 567 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sirmium → laterControlledBy → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Bulgars → neighboringEntity → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Old Great Bulgaria → neighbor → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Siege of Constantinople (626) → belligerent → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Avar wars → hasParticipant → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Avar wars → opponent → Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Duchy of Friuli → borderedBy → Avar Khaganate ⓘ