Old Great Bulgaria

Old Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria
632[1]–668
	Old Great Bulgaria
Common languages	Bulgar
Religion	Tengrism
Demonym(s)	Bulgar
Government	Absolute monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	632[2]
• Disestablished	668
	Succeeded by
First Bulgarian Empire

Old Great Bulgaria was a 7th-century nomadic empire. It was created by the Onogur Bulgars on the western Pontic–Caspian steppe (what is now southern Ukraine and southwest Russia).[3]

History

In the early 7th century, Khan Kubrat united the Onogur Bulgars and other Turkic tribes.

References

Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521815398, p. 78.
Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521815398, p. 78.
Leif Inge Ree Petersen (2013). Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD. p. 112.

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[1] Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521815398, p. 78.

[2] Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521815398, p. 78.

[3] Leif Inge Ree Petersen (2013). Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD. p. 112.