Volga Bulgaria

Volga Bulgaria was a state in Russia and the Steppe (Europe) that lasted from c. 700 to 1236 CE, about 536 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A Bulgar state where the Volga meets the Kama that converted to Islam in 922 and lived off the fur trade between the forests and the Islamic world. The Mongols destroyed it in 1236.

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Facts

Dates

c. 700 to 1236 CE

Duration

536 years

Type

State

Region

Russia and the Steppe, Europe

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Bolghar

Came from

• Old Great Bulgaria c. 632 to 668 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 732 Battle of Tours
• 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne
• 800 Charlemagne crowned emperor
• 988 Baptism of the Rus
• 1054 East-West Schism
• 1066 Norman conquest of England
• 1095 First Crusade proclaimed
• 1204 Crusaders sack Constantinople

Neighbours in Europe

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE
• Kievan Rus 882 to 1240 CE
• Carolingian Empire 751 to 843 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Kingdom of Scotland 843 to 1707 CE
• Republic of Genoa c. 1005 to 1797 CE
• Kingdom of Portugal 1139 to 1910 CE
• Kingdom of Bohemia 1198 to 1918 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa

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