Old Great Bulgar Khanate

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Old Great Bulgar Khanate was a 7th-century nomadic Bulgar state in the Pontic–Caspian steppe that served as an important precursor to both the Volga Bulgar and First Bulgarian Empires.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgar state
historical state
nomadic polity
alternativeName Great Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Old Great Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Onogur Bulgaria NERFINISHED
borderedBy Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED
capital Phanagoria NERFINISHED
causeOfDissolution Khazar expansion
chronologyNote existed mainly in the 7th century
culture steppe nomad culture
dissolvedBy Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED
economy pastoral nomadism
ethnicGroup Bulgars NERFINISHED
ethnoGeneticRole precursor of Danubian Bulgars
precursor of Volga Bulgars
followedBy First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgaria NERFINISHED
foundedBy Khan Kubrat NERFINISHED
governmentType khanate
hasLeader Batbayan NERFINISHED
Khan Kubrat NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Azov Sea region NERFINISHED
Black Sea steppe NERFINISHED
inception 7th century
influenced formation of First Bulgarian Empire
formation of Volga Bulgaria
language Bulgar language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Eurasian steppe
Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Moldova NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
Ukraine NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Byzantine chronicles
militaryType cavalry-based army
notableTribe Onogur Bulgars NERFINISHED
partOf early medieval Eurasian steppe polities
politicalStructure tribal confederation
precededBy Onogur tribal union NERFINISHED
religion Tengrism NERFINISHED
rulingTitle khan
significantEvent death of Khan Kubrat
successorPolity Danubian Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgar state NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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Old Great Bulgaria alsoKnownAs Old Great Bulgar Khanate