Atil

E788179

city former capital historical settlement

Atil was the principal city and political center of the Khazar Khaganate, serving as a major commercial hub on the lower Volga River in the early medieval period.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Atil canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ former capital ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ
alternativeName	Itil NERFINISHED ⓘ Itilo NERFINISHED ⓘ Itil’ NERFINISHED ⓘ Itil’ River city NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Khazars NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocationStatus	exact archaeological site uncertain ⓘ
destroyedBy	Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedIn	10th century ⓘ 960s ⓘ
function	major commercial hub ⓘ trade center ⓘ
historicalSource	Arab geographers ⓘ Byzantine writers ⓘ Persian geographers ⓘ
knownFor	international trade ⓘ multiethnic population ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ
languageOfName	Khazar NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTime	early medieval period ⓘ
locatedOn	lower Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Khazar Khaganate urban network ⓘ
politicalSystem	Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	capital of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ political center of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ principal city of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
status	ruined city ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing	10th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
tradeRoute	Volga trade route NERFINISHED ⓘ routes between northern Europe and the Islamic world ⓘ routes between the steppe and the Middle East ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Khazar Khaganate → capital → Atil ⓘ

Volga trade route → connectsCity → Atil ⓘ