First Bulgarian Empire

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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.

Aliases (1)

Bulgarian Empire ×3

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 → knyaz → tsar →
influenced	Kievan Rus' → development of Slavic literacy → medieval Serbian culture → spread of Orthodox Christianity among Slavs →
locatedIn	Balkans → Eastern Europe →
namedAfter	Bulgars →
neighbor	Byzantine Empire → Frankish Empire → Serbian Principality →
officialLanguage	Old Bulgarian → Old Church Slavonic →
officialReligionAfterChristianization	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 → 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 → Creation of Cyrillic script → Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire →
startTime	681 →
writingSystem	Cyrillic script → Glagolitic script →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bulgarians → Slavs →	historicalState
Bulgarian Orthodox Church →	associatedWith
Christianization of Bulgaria →	country
Cyrillic script →	developedIn
Macedonian dynasty →	diplomaticRelations
Late Byzantine period ("Bulgarian Empire") →	hasConflictWith
Christianization of the Balkans →	hasInfluence
Dobruja ("Bulgarian Empire") →	historicallyRuledBy
Bulgaria →	historicalPredecessor
Naissus →	laterControlledBy
Christianization of Bulgaria →	location
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars →	mainBelligerent
Serbian Empire ("Bulgarian Empire") →	neighbor
Second Bulgarian Empire →	predecessor
Varna →	wasPartOf