Khazar Khaganate

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Turkic state historical empire khaganate medieval polity

The Khazar Khaganate was a powerful medieval Turkic polity that controlled key trade routes between Europe and Asia and is notable for its ruling elite’s conversion to Judaism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Khazar Khaganate canonical	16
Khazars	11
Khazaria	2
the Khazar	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic state ⓘ historical empire ⓘ khaganate ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ
alliedWith	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Saltovo–Mayaki culture sites ⓘ Sarkel ⓘ surface form: Sarkel ruins
borderedBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Caliphate of the Umayyads Bulgars ⓘ surface form: Volga Bulgars early Rus principalities ⓘ
capital	Atil ⓘ Balanjar ⓘ Sarkel ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
controlled	lower Volga trade route ⓘ portions of the Silk Road ⓘ trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
currency	silver dirhams ⓘ
economy	trade-based economy ⓘ tribute system ⓘ
endTime	10th century ⓘ c. 969 ⓘ
ethnicCharacter	Turkic ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Khazar Khaganate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Khazars
governmentType	dual kingship ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Bey ⓘ surface form: Bek
headOfStateTitle	Khagan ⓘ
historicalDebate	extent of Judaization of population ⓘ origins of the Khazar ruling elite ⓘ
influenced	Bulgars ⓘ surface form: Volga Bulgars early Rus polities ⓘ
language	Khazar language ⓘ
languageFamily	Oghuric Turkic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	North Caucasus ⓘ surface form: North Caucasus region Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ lower Volga region ⓘ north of the Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
locatedOn	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ
militaryConflict	Arab–Khazar wars ⓘ conflicts with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ wars with the Rus ⓘ
notableFor	conversion of ruling elite to Judaism ⓘ
populationIncludes	Alans ⓘ Bulgars ⓘ Slavs ⓘ various steppe nomads ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Tengrism ⓘ
religiousConversionOfElite	8th century ⓘ c. 740 ⓘ
source	Arabic geographers ⓘ Byzantine chronicles ⓘ Hebrew correspondence of Hasdai ibn Shaprut ⓘ
startTime	7th century ⓘ c. 650 ⓘ
successor	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus Pechenegs ⓘ surface form: Pecheneg polities

Referenced by (30)

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

Turkic world → hasHistoricalRoot → Khazar Khaganate ⓘ

Kyivan Rus → precededBy → Khazar Khaganate ⓘ

Eurasian Steppe → inhabitedBy → Khazar Khaganate ⓘ