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Title The world of the Khazars : new perspectives / edited by Peter B. Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai and András Róna-Tas
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Handbook of Oriental Studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section eight, Central Asia, 0169-8524 ; v. 17
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Achte Abteilung, Handbook of Uralic studies ; v. 17.
Contents Abbreviations; Introduction; Opening Remarks (Haggai Ben-Shammai); Khazar Studies: Achievements and Perspectives (Peter B. Golden); The Alans: Neighbours of the Khazars in the Caucasus (Irina A. Arzhantseva); The Khazar Language (Marcel Erdal); New Findings Relating to Hebrew Epigraphic Sources from the Crimea, with an Appendix on the Readings in King Joseph's Letter (Artem Fedorchuk); The Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism (Peter B. Golden); Byzantine Sources for Khazar History (James Howard-Johnston); Al-Khazar wa-'l-Saqâliba: Contacts and Conflicts? (Tatiana Kalinina)
Summary The Khazar Empire (ca 650 - ca 965-969), was one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus', medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds light on many unanswered questions regarding the Khazar Empire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-445) and index
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Subject Khazars -- History -- Congresses
HISTORY.
Khazars
Chazaren.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Golden, Peter B.
Ben-Shammai, Haggai.
Róna-Tas, András.
Mekhon Ben-Tsevi le-ḥeḳer ḳehilot Yiśraʼel ba-Mizraḥ
ISBN 9789047421450
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