First Bulgarian Empire

E22460

Bulgarian state historical state medieval empire

The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Balkan state that became a major political and cultural power in Eastern Europe, playing a key role in the spread of Slavic literacy and Orthodox Christianity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
First Bulgarian Empire canonical	77
Bulgarian Empire	7
Bulgaria under Simeon I	1
Bulgarian Tsardom of Samuel and successors	1
First Bulgarian Empire (in some territories)	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bulgarian state ⓘ historical state ⓘ medieval empire ⓘ
capital	Ohrid ⓘ Pliska ⓘ Preslav ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
convertedToReligion	Christianity ⓘ
country	Bulgaria ⓘ
culture	Bulgarian culture ⓘ Slavic culture ⓘ
endTime	1018 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bulgars ⓘ Slavs ⓘ
followedBy	Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
foundedBy	Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ
founder	Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ
hasTitleForRuler	Khan ⓘ surface form: khan knyaz ⓘ tsar ⓘ
influenced	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus' development of Slavic literacy ⓘ medieval Serbian culture ⓘ spread of Orthodox Christianity among Slavs ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter	Bulgars ⓘ
neighbor	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Carolingian Empire ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire Serbian principalities ⓘ surface form: Serbian Principality
officialLanguage	Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Bulgarian Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
officialReligionAfterChristianization	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
partOf	medieval Bulgarian states ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint John of Rila ⓘ
precededBy	Old Great Bulgaria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Paganism ⓘ
ruler	Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Khan Asparuh Khan Krum ⓘ Khan Omurtag ⓘ Peter I of Bulgaria ⓘ Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ
significantEvent	Adoption of Old Church Slavonic as liturgical language ⓘ Battle of Pliska ⓘ Battle of Varbitsa Pass ⓘ Byzantine conquest of 1018 ⓘ Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Creation of Cyrillic script Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
startTime	681 ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Glagolitic script ⓘ

Referenced by (87)

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

Cyrillic script → developedIn → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgaria → historicalPredecessor → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → associatedWith → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgarians → historicalState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Naissus → laterControlledBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Varna → wasPartOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Slavs → historicalState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Late Byzantine period → hasConflictWith → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Dobruja → historicallyRuledBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Second Bulgarian Empire → predecessor → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Christianization of the Balkans → hasInfluence → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → mainBelligerent → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Macedonian dynasty → diplomaticRelations → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Serbian Empire → neighbor → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Christianization of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Christianization of Bulgaria → location → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Preslav → partOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Preslav → capitalOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Preslav → historicalEra → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Ohrid → historicalEra → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine emperors → conflict → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Serbian principalities → conflictWith → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Philippopolis → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Saint Clement of Ohrid → countryOfCitizenship → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Asparuh of Bulgaria → countryFounded → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Asparuh of Bulgaria → founderOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgars → foundedState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → signatory → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → recognized → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → relatedTo → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine conquest of 1018 → foughtBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine conquest of 1018 → appliesToJurisdiction → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine conquest of 1018 → opponent → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine conquest of 1018 → hasMainBelligerent → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Tsardom of Samuel and successors

Old Great Bulgaria → followedBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Pliska → partOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Pliska → capitalOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Pliska → governingEmpire → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Khan Krum → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Khan Krum → historicalPeriod → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Saint John of Rila → countryOfCitizenship → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Saint John of Rila → placeOfBirth → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Saint John of Rila → placeOfDeath → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Boris I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Codex Zographensis → origin → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → era → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → territorialPeak → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgaria under Simeon I

Khan Omurtag → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Peter I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ