Bulgar

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The Bulgars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people of the early Middle Ages who founded the First Bulgarian Empire in southeastern Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Bulgar canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
historical people
alliedWith Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
archaeologicalCulture Pliska–Preslav culture NERFINISHED
capitalFounded Pliska NERFINISHED
conflictedWith Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED
conversionEvent Christianization of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
convertedUnder Boris I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
culture steppe nomad culture
descendants Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED
modern Bulgarians
economy animal husbandry
pastoralism
ethnicOrigin Turkic
ethnogenesis Turkic-Slavic synthesis in the Balkans
founded First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgaria NERFINISHED
hadRulingTitle kanasubigi
khan NERFINISHED
influenced medieval Bulgaria NERFINISHED
languageFamily Oghur Turkic languages NERFINISHED
laterCapital Preslav NERFINISHED
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
legalCode nomadic customary law
lifestyle semi-nomadic
mergedWith Slavs in the Balkans
migratedTo southeastern Europe
militaryType cavalry-based army
neighbor Avars NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Magyars NERFINISHED
notableLeader Asparuh of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Krum of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Kubrat NERFINISHED
originRegion Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED
north of the Black Sea
politicalOrganization tribal confederation
region Eurasian steppe NERFINISHED
religion Tengrism NERFINISHED
religiousCenter Pliska NERFINISHED
Preslav NERFINISHED
spoke Bulgar language NERFINISHED
timePeriod early Middle Ages
usedScript Cyrillic alphabet (after 10th century)
Glagolitic alphabet (after Christianization) NERFINISHED
Greek alphabet (administration, later)

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Pliska culture Bulgar
Khan Omurtag culture Bulgar