People / group

Bulgarians

The Bulgarians are a South Slavic people of the eastern Balkans. They formed from the union of the Turkic Bulgars of Asparuh, who crossed the Danube in 681, with the Slavs already settled in Moesia, and the conversion to Christianity under Boris I in 864 and the adoption of Old Church Slavonic gave them a shared faith and literary language. They created the First and Second Bulgarian Empires before Ottoman rule from the late 14th century.

Bulgarians
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Mentioned in 4 profiles

Byzantine EmpireMilitaryFirst Bulgarian EmpireMilitaryCounty of HainautMilitarySecond Bulgarian EmpireFoundation, Governance, Impact

Mentioned in 8 state histories

OdessosMesembriaTimočaniHungarian tribal federationPechenegsDuchy of GladKingdom of ThessalonicaDespotate of Epirus

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bulgarians. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bulgarians
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