Tag: KHAZARIA
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KHAZAR KHAGANATE
The Khazar Khaganate was created in 650 AD by Turkic nomadic peoples and was defeated as a result of a military campaign (two campaigns) in 965 by the Kyiv prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. The Khazar Khaganate collapsed in 969, when it was under the leadership of the Jews. The Khaganate is a…
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THE GODS OF THE KHAZARIAN TURKS
Tengri, the Sky God The ancient Turks believed that 17 Deities ruled the Universe, whilst the Mongols counted 99. From ancient and medieval sources (Turkish, Mongolian, Chinese, Byzantine, Arab and Persian) we learn that in both the Turkic and Mongolian Pantheons superiority belonged to Tengri. The various Turkic peoples had similar names for the Sky…
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KHAZARIAN SHAMANISM
The article “The Religious Beliefs of the Khazars” by Richard A. E. Mason appeared in the Winter 1995 issue (Volume 51, Number 4) of The Ukrainian Quarterly, on pages 383-415. Throughout the article, Mason informs readers about the original religion of the Turkic Khazar people by drawing upon a wide array of informative sources. Although Mason asserts that…
