First Bulgarian Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area ~325,000 km² (at its height)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Pliska
gptkb:Preslav
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkbp:currency gptkb:fals_(coin)
gptkbp:demonym gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkbp:dissolved 1018
gptkbp:established 681
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Thracians
gptkb:Vlachs
gptkb:Slavs
gptkb:Bulgars
gptkbp:flag no surviving original flag
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Middle_Ages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Bulgarian Empire
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Croatia
gptkb:Serbia
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Avar_Khaganate
gptkb:Frankish_Empire
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Great_Basilica,_Pliska
gptkb:Madura_Fortress
gptkb:Preslav_Fortress
gptkb:Round_Church,_Preslav
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Christianization_of_Bulgaria
gptkb:Creation_of_Cyrillic_script
gptkb:Ohrid_Literary_School
gptkb:Preslav_Literary_School
gptkb:Battle_of_Pliska
gptkb:Battle_of_Kleidion
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Constantine_of_Preslav
gptkb:John_Exarch
gptkb:Naum_of_Preslav
gptkb:Theodore_of_Preslav
gptkb:Clement_of_Ohrid
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Old_Bulgarian
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Medieval_Balkans
gptkbp:population ~2 million (at its height)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Tengrism
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Krum
gptkb:Asparuh
gptkb:Boris_I
gptkb:Simeon_I
gptkb:Samuel_of_Bulgaria
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cyrillic_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4