UID:
almahu_9949703724702882
Umfang:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047421450
Serie:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Inhalt:
This volume, a product of international collaboration, presents readers with the state of the field in Khazar Studies. The Khazar Empire (ca. 650 - circa 965-969), one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia, extended from the Middle Volga lands in the north to the Northern Caucasus and Crimea in the south and from the Ukrainians steppelands to the western borders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the east. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus', medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. Khazaria became one of the great trans-Eurasian trading terminals connecting the northern forest zones with Byzantium and the Arabian Caliphate. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds new light on many unanswered, but fundamental questions regarding the Khazar Empire, so important in medieval Eurasia.
Anmerkung:
"Selected papers from the Jerusalem 1999 international Khazar colloquium hosted by the Ben Zvi Institute."
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Preliminary material /
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Introduction /
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Opening remarks /
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Khazar studies: Achievements and perspectives /
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The Alans: Neighbours of the khazars in the Caucasus /
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The Khazar language /
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New findings relating to hebrew epigraphic sources from the Crimea,with an appendix on the readings in king Joseph's letter /
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The conversion of the khazars to judaism /
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Byzantine sources for Khazar history /
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Al-Khazar and aṣ-Ṣaqâliba: Contacts and Conflicts? /
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Some observations on the economy of the Khazar Khaganate /
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Khazaria and Rus': An examination of their historical relations /
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The khazars and the magyars /
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The khazar motif in the Kuzari of Judah Halevi /
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Iranian sources on the khazars /
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Armenian and georgian sources on the khazars: A re-evaluation /
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The story of a euphemism: The khazars in russian nationalist literature /
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The khazars and the world of Islam /
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Yiddish evidence for the khazar component in the Ashkenazic Ethnogenesis /
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The khazars and Byzantium-The first encounter /
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The Two sources of Movses Dasxuranc'I on Heraclius' campaign /
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The khazars' appearance north-west of the Caspian: Whence? /
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The khazars' appearance north-west of the Caspian: When? /
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Select bibliography /
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Index /
Weitere Ausg.:
World of the Khazars ISBN 9789004160422 (hardback : alk. paper)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9004160426 (hardback : alk. paper)
Sprache:
Englisch
