Khazar Khaganate

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who established a major commercial empire in the late 6th century CE spanning modern southeastern Russia, southern Ukraine, and western Kazakhstan. It was the most powerful polity to emerge from the break-up of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Astride a major artery of commerce between Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia, Khazaria became one of the foremost trading empires of the early 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'. For some three centuries, the Khazars dominated the vast area extending from the Volga-Don steppes to the eastern Crimea and the northern Caucasus.

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650 — 969 Khazar Khaganate

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Britishmuseumrussianstirrup

1660 Buxtorf Kuzari

Britishmuseumrussianironbit

Old manuscripts reveal a lost Jewish kingdom

Khazar coin with museum tag, the so called 'Moses coin' from the Spillings Hoard at Gotland Museum, Visby, Sweden.

Khazar coin with museum tag, the so called 'Moses coin' from the Spillings Hoard at Gotland Museum, Sweden.

Sabre with David star on the pommel and lion head on the guard

Sabre with David star on the pommel and lion head on the guard

Territories that were under control of the Khazar Khaganate.

Saltovo-Mayaki early medieval culture millstone, Eastern Crimea

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	627	Khazar campaigns in Georgia	Abbasid Caliphate, military campaign, Khazar Khaganate, Umayyad Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	723	Battle of Balanjar	Khazar Khaganate, Umayyad Caliphate, battle	Wikidata
event	war	642	Arab conquest of Armenia	war, Byzantine Empire, conquest, Khazar Khaganate, Umayyad Caliphate, Rashidun Caliphate, Sasanian Armenia	Wikidata
event	war	642	Arab–Khazar wars	Abbasid Caliphate, Khazar Khaganate, Umayyad Caliphate, Rashidun Caliphate, series of wars	Wikidata
commons	image		Britishmuseumrussianstirrup		Commons
commons	image		1660 Buxtorf Kuzari		Commons
commons	image		Britishmuseumrussianironbit		Commons
commons	image		Old manuscripts reveal a lost Jewish kingdom		Commons
commons	image		Khazar coin with museum tag, the so called 'Moses coin' from the Spillings Hoard at Gotland Museum, Visby, Sweden.		Commons
commons	image		Khazar coin with museum tag, the so called 'Moses coin' from the Spillings Hoard at Gotland Museum, Sweden.		Commons
commons	image		Sabre with David star on the pommel and lion head on the guard		Commons
commons	image		Sabre with David star on the pommel and lion head on the guard		Commons
commons	image		Territories that were under control of the Khazar Khaganate.		Commons
commons	image		Saltovo-Mayaki early medieval culture millstone, Eastern Crimea		Commons