Khazar Khaganate
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The Khazar Khaganate was a powerful medieval Turkic polity that controlled key trade routes between Europe and Asia and is notable for its ruling elite’s conversion to Judaism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khazar Khaganate canonical | 16 |
| Khazars | 11 |
| Khazaria | 2 |
| the Khazar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1946324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Khazar Khaganate Context triple: [Turkic world, hasHistoricalRoot, Khazar Khaganate]
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A.
Avar Khaganate
The Avar Khaganate was a powerful early medieval nomadic empire of Eurasian steppe origin that dominated much of the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe between the 6th and 9th centuries.
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B.
Kara-Khanid Khanate
The Kara-Khanid Khanate was a medieval Turkic Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia, particularly Transoxiana and Kashgaria, between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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C.
Göktürk Khaganate
The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.
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D.
Kingdom of Rus'
The Kingdom of Rus' was a medieval East Slavic state centered in the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, playing a key role in the political and cultural life of Eastern Europe in the 13th–14th centuries.
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E.
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol and later Turkic-ruled khanate in Central Asia, formed from the lands of Genghis Khan’s son Chagatai and serving as a key successor state of the Mongol Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Khazar Khaganate Target entity description: The Khazar Khaganate was a powerful medieval Turkic polity that controlled key trade routes between Europe and Asia and is notable for its ruling elite’s conversion to Judaism.
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A.
Avar Khaganate
The Avar Khaganate was a powerful early medieval nomadic empire of Eurasian steppe origin that dominated much of the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe between the 6th and 9th centuries.
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B.
Kara-Khanid Khanate
The Kara-Khanid Khanate was a medieval Turkic Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia, particularly Transoxiana and Kashgaria, between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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C.
Göktürk Khaganate
The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.
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D.
Kingdom of Rus'
The Kingdom of Rus' was a medieval East Slavic state centered in the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, playing a key role in the political and cultural life of Eastern Europe in the 13th–14th centuries.
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E.
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol and later Turkic-ruled khanate in Central Asia, formed from the lands of Genghis Khan’s son Chagatai and serving as a key successor state of the Mongol Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic state
ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ khaganate ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Saltovo–Mayaki culture sites
ⓘ
Sarkel ⓘ
surface form:
Sarkel ruins
|
| borderedBy |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Caliphate of the Umayyads
Bulgars ⓘ
surface form:
Volga Bulgars
early Rus principalities ⓘ |
| capital |
Atil
ⓘ
Balanjar ⓘ Sarkel ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| controlled |
lower Volga trade route
ⓘ
portions of the Silk Road ⓘ trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ |
| currency | silver dirhams ⓘ |
| economy |
trade-based economy
ⓘ
tribute system ⓘ |
| endTime |
10th century
ⓘ
c. 969 ⓘ |
| ethnicCharacter | Turkic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Khazar Khaganate
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Khazars
|
| governmentType | dual kingship ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentTitle |
Bey
ⓘ
surface form:
Bek
|
| headOfStateTitle | Khagan ⓘ |
| historicalDebate |
extent of Judaization of population
ⓘ
origins of the Khazar ruling elite ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bulgars
ⓘ
surface form:
Volga Bulgars
early Rus polities ⓘ |
| language | Khazar language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Oghuric Turkic languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Caucasus
ⓘ
surface form:
North Caucasus region
Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ lower Volga region ⓘ north of the Caucasus Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Black Sea
ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Arab–Khazar wars
ⓘ
conflicts with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ wars with the Rus ⓘ |
| notableFor | conversion of ruling elite to Judaism ⓘ |
| populationIncludes |
Alans
ⓘ
Bulgars ⓘ Slavs ⓘ various steppe nomads ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Tengrism ⓘ |
| religiousConversionOfElite |
8th century
ⓘ
c. 740 ⓘ |
| source |
Arabic geographers
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Byzantine chronicles ⓘ Hebrew correspondence of Hasdai ibn Shaprut ⓘ |
| startTime |
7th century
ⓘ
c. 650 ⓘ |
| successor |
Kyivan Rus
ⓘ
surface form:
Kievan Rus
Pechenegs ⓘ
surface form:
Pecheneg polities
|
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Subject: Khazar Khaganate Description of subject: The Khazar Khaganate was a powerful medieval Turkic polity that controlled key trade routes between Europe and Asia and is notable for its ruling elite’s conversion to Judaism.
Referenced by (30)
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