The Khazars[a] (/ ˈxɑːzɑːrz /) were a nomadic Turkic people that, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. [10] .

Khazaran was a city in the Khazar kingdom, located on the eastern bank of the lower Volga River. It was connected to Atil by a pontoon bridge. Khazaran was later inhabited primarily by Muslims and featured numerous mosques, minarets, and madrasas.

In a time when Jews were persecuted thruout Christian Europe, the kingdom of Khazaria was a beacon of hope. Jews were able to flourish in Khazaria because of the tolerance of the Khazar rulers, who invited Byzantine and Persian Jewish refugees to settle in their country.

The Khazars were a semi- nomadic Turkic people. They formed an empire called Khazaria in Russia from the 6th to 10th century CE. [6] . They are said to have originated from the Western Turkic Khaganate of the Eurasian steppe, a vast plain encompassing Central Asia and southeastern Europe. [7] Khazaria was an international trading center.

2021年1月29日 · When we say “Khazars adopted Judaism,” we cannot be certain who we are talking about—the Khazars proper, or also the ethnic relatives of Alans, Volgan Tatars and Eastern Slavs. We simply don’t...

Astride a major artery of commerce between northern Europe and southwestern Asia, Khazaria became one of the foremost trading emporia of the medieval world, commanding the western marches of the Silk Road and playing a key commercial role as a crossroad between China, the Middle East and Kievan Rus'.

Atil, also Itil, was the capital of the Khazar Khaganate from the mid-8th century to the late 10th century. It is known historically to have been situated along the Silk Road, on the northern coast of the Caspian Sea, in the Volga Delta region of modern Southern Russia. Its precise location has long been unknown.

2021年5月13日 · From 550 to 630 A.D., the Khazars were a part of the Western Turkic Empire ruled by Celestial Blue Turks (Kök Turks). The Khazars obtained independence after a civil war in the 7th century. They did however take their form of government from the Kök Turks.

2009年4月1日 · The Khazars were a semi- nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' [1] seems to be tied to a Turkic verb form meaning "wandering". [2] In the 7th century CE, the Khazars founded an independent Khaganate in the Northern Caucasus along the Caspian Sea.

The Jews of Khazaria recounts the eventful history of the Turkic kingdom of Khazaria, which was located in eastern Europe and flourished as an independent state from about 650 to 969.