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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818364603321

Autore

Zhivkov Boris

Titolo

Khazaria in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries / / by Boris Zhivkov ; translated by Daria Manova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , [2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; v. 30

Disciplina

947.402

Soggetti

Khazars - History

Khazars - Antiquities

Ethnic relations

Khazars

History

Sources.

Russia History To 1533

Europe, Eastern History

Russia Ethnic relations History

Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations History

Europe, Eastern

Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Ideology of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries: The Difficult Reconciliation of Steppe Traditions with Judaic Monotheism -- 2 The Pechenegs in Khazar History: The Late Ninth and Tenth Centuries -- 3 Khazaria and International Trade in Eastern Europe in the Late Ninth and Tenth Centuries -- 4 The Khazar Economy: Economic Integration or Disintegration? -- 5 The “Internal” Ethnic Communities in Khazaria -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Khazaria in the Ninth and the Tenth Centuries Boris Zhivkov offers a new view on Khazaria by scrutinizing the different visions offered by



recent scholarship. The paucity of written sources has made it necessary to turn to additional information about the steppe states in this period, and to analyze exceptional cases not directly related to the Khazars. In re-examining the Khazars, he thus uses not only the known documentary sources and archaeological finds but also what we know from history of religions (comparative mythology), history of art, structural anthropology and folklore studies. In this way the book draws together a synthesis of conclusions, information and theory.