The word "Turk" did not exist at the time of the Bulgars and its use to describe them is problematic. Bulgars certainly did not call themselves that way. Ethnically, they had little in common with modern-day Turks who came into Anatolia after spending centuries in the Middle East and mixing with the local population there. In contrast, Bulgars have always been a North Eurasian population and DNA analysis indicates their generic similarity with other European populations in the Ukrainian and Russian steppes.
Turks went to Anatolia following the southern coast of the Black Sea, Bulgarians came to Balkan from area north of the Black Sea. Until fall of Byzantium those 2 groups never shared a border.
Modern day Turkish people have almost nothing in common with Tatars/Turks. One thing people don't realize is that the nomadic steppe lifestyle was not exclusive to just Turk peoples. The Rus Khaganate was Slavic and Viking in origin. The rulers didn't come from tribes that tilled the soil, they were nomadic conquerors. They set themselves up as the ruling class of the settled peoples.
ty for covering this history
100 soldiers? Are they having a small picnic or something like that?
Turkish and Turkic is a big diffrence that leads to missconseptions. Thank you for the video. :)
I'm pretty sure it should be called an Empire as we call it "Царство" (Tsarsvo) equal to Empire in English but not to the English tsardom.
hihi turkish and turkic,are not same things, mate.Who told you all peoples,from the steppes around Black see are turkic?Thanks for video
The word "Turk" did not exist at the time of the Bulgars and its use to describe them is problematic. Bulgars certainly did not call themselves that way. Ethnically, they had little in common with modern-day Turks who came into Anatolia after spending centuries in the Middle East and mixing with the local population there. In contrast, Bulgars have always been a North Eurasian population and DNA analysis indicates their generic similarity with other European populations in the Ukrainian and Russian steppes.
Turks went to Anatolia following the southern coast of the Black Sea, Bulgarians came to Balkan from area north of the Black Sea. Until fall of Byzantium those 2 groups never shared a border.
Modern day Turkish people have almost nothing in common with Tatars/Turks. One thing people don't realize is that the nomadic steppe lifestyle was not exclusive to just Turk peoples. The Rus Khaganate was Slavic and Viking in origin. The rulers didn't come from tribes that tilled the soil, they were nomadic conquerors. They set themselves up as the ruling class of the settled peoples.
This is utter bullshit. Bulgaria was never a kaganate. Bulgarian rulers never had titles like kagan or khan.
Bulgarians are NOT Turkic race, they are INDOEUROPEAN race, from Iranic extraction1
Show me an artefact from the ,, seven Slavic tribes". This is bullshit.