Bulgars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Balkans, Bulgaria
- Date: Beginning in the first century
Article abstract: Military significance: Bulgar presence in the Balkans led to wars with the Byzantine Empire throughout the medieval period.
Groups of Bulgars, a Turkic-speaking, nomadic people, appeared along the lower Danube in the late fifth century. Defeated by the Ostrogoths, they later raided the Balkan provinces of the Byzantine Empire. The main group of Bulgars remained in the region near the Sea of Azov and were subjugated by the Avars and then the Turkish Kaganate in the sixth century. United under Khan Kubrat in the second quarter of the seventh...
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