Medievalists.net » Khazars http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards: The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:50:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51993 Trade in slaves and captives was one of the most important (if not the most important) sources of income of the Crimean Khanate in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/feed/ 0 The Khazars did not convert to Judaism, historian finds http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/26/khazars-convert-judaism-historian-finds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/26/khazars-convert-judaism-historian-finds/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:53:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50721 It has long been believed that the Khazars, a central Asian people, converted to Judaism in the ninth or tenth century. However, a new article concludes that the conversion never took place.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/26/khazars-convert-judaism-historian-finds/feed/ 0 The Possible Reasons for the Arab-Khazar Wars http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:25:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40817 From the middle of the 7th century until the second half of the 8th century, the Arab-Khazar wars were fought by the Umayyad, and later by the Abassid Caliphate against the regional power, the Khazar Khaganate.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/feed/ 0 Jews of Medieval Eastern Europe migrated from Caucasus region, study shows http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/22/jews-of-medieval-eastern-europe-migrated-from-caucasus-region-study-shows/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/22/jews-of-medieval-eastern-europe-migrated-from-caucasus-region-study-shows/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:10:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38851 Despite being one of the most genetically analysed groups, the origin of European Jews has remained obscure.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/22/jews-of-medieval-eastern-europe-migrated-from-caucasus-region-study-shows/feed/ 0 Assessing Khazaria http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/17/assessing-khazaria/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/17/assessing-khazaria/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:53:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15554 Assessing Khazaria Meerts, Paul (Institute of International Relations) IIAS Newsletter, #34, July (2004) Abstract The Khazars enter history in the fifth century AD. In the thirteenth, they disappear. Why are these semi- nomads, who reigned from the Caucasus and the Urals to the Caspian and the Dnieper of interest to students of Eurasian history? First, […]

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