Itil

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Itil was the medieval capital city of the Khazar Khaganate, strategically located near the Caspian Sea as a major commercial and political center.

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instanceOf archaeological site
former capital
medieval city
approximateDestructionDate 960s
circa 965
archaeologicalIdentification often associated with sites near modern Astrakhan
attackedBy Sviatoslav I of Kiev NERFINISHED
capitalOf Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED
currencyUsed silver dirhams
describedBy Ibn Fadlan NERFINISHED
Ibn Hawqal NERFINISHED
al-Istakhri NERFINISHED
destroyedBy Kievan Rus forces
economyBasedOn customs duties
long-distance trade
tribute
flourishedInCentury 10th century
8th century
9th century
knownFor international trade
multiethnic population
religious diversity
languageGroupsPresent Iranian
Slavic
Turkic NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Russia NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Lower Volga region NERFINISHED
locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
locatedNear Caspian Sea NERFINISHED
locatedOn Volga River NERFINISHED
partOf Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED
politicalFunction administrative center of Khazaria
politicalStatus capital city of Khazaria until its fall
religionsPresent Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
Judaism NERFINISHED
pagan beliefs
role commercial center
political center
trade hub
servedAs seat of the Khazar Khagan
strategicLocation junction of steppe and Caspian trade routes
key node on Volga trade route
tradersFrom Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Caucasus NERFINISHED
Central Asia NERFINISHED
Muslim world
Rus NERFINISHED

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