Bulgarian Empire

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The Bulgarian Empire was a powerful medieval state on the Balkan Peninsula that played a major role in Southeast European politics, culture, and warfare between the 7th and 14th centuries.

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Surface form Occurrences
Medieval Bulgaria 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical state
medieval empire
capital Pliska NERFINISHED
Preslav NERFINISHED
Tarnovo NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Bulgaria
culture Bulgarian culture
currency perpera NERFINISHED
dissolved late 14th century
endTime 1396
ethnicGroup Bulgarians NERFINISHED
followedBy Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
follows Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
hasPart First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED
Second Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle Khan
Knyaz NERFINISHED
Tsar NERFINISHED
inception late 7th century
language Old Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED
Southeast Europe NERFINISHED
notableRuler Asparuh of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Boris I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Krum of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Samuel of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Simeon I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
officialReligion Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
precededBy Old Great Bulgaria NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
sharesBorderWith Avar Khaganate NERFINISHED
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED
Serbian states
Wallachia NERFINISHED
significantEvent Battle of Kleidion NERFINISHED
Battle of Pliska NERFINISHED
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars NERFINISHED
Christianization of Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Uprising of Asen and Peter NERFINISHED
significantFigure Saint Clement of Ohrid NERFINISHED
Saint Cyril NERFINISHED
Saint Methodius NERFINISHED
Saint Naum of Preslav NERFINISHED
startTime 681
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Glagolitic script NERFINISHED

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Empire of Romania opposedBy Bulgarian Empire
Laskarid dynasty alliedWith Bulgarian Empire
Asen dynasty restoredState Bulgarian Empire
Stefan Uroš II Milutin alliedWith Bulgarian Empire
Bulgar-slayer targets Bulgarian Empire
Angelid dynasty coexistsWith Bulgarian Empire
Patriarch Damian of Bulgaria regionOfInfluence Bulgarian Empire
this entity surface form: Medieval Bulgaria
Duchy of Croatia borderedBy Bulgarian Empire
Battle of Skafida conflictBetween Bulgarian Empire