Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 459 Seiten).
ISBN:
90-474-2145-0
,
978-90-474-2145-0
Series Statement:
Handbuch der Orientalistik 17
Note:
"Selected papers from the Jerusalem 1999 international Khazar colloquium hosted by the Ben Zvi Institute.". - Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-445) and index. - 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). - 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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 90-04-16042-6
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-90-04-16042-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Chasaren
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Golden, Peter B., 1941-
Author information:
Róna-Tas, András, 1931-
