KIPCHAKS: AN ETHNOS AND ITS NAME
The term "Kipchak", known in medieval Arab-Persian historiography, changed its content in the course of history: in the VIII-XI centuries it was an ethnonym of a tribal community, then, starting…
The term "Kipchak", known in medieval Arab-Persian historiography, changed its content in the course of history: in the VIII-XI centuries it was an ethnonym of a tribal community, then, starting…
The time and circumstances in which the term "Desht-i-Kypchak" appeared, which we have replaced with "Kypchak el" or "Kypchak Khanate", have always been ambiguously interpreted in historical literature. Some authors…
The tribes of the Scythians were considered one of the most powerful forces in the territory of West Asia, the Caucasus and the Northern Black Sea region. Their main weapon…
Tokharistan and the Middle Ages … At the end of the 4th century and the first quarter of the 5th century, under the onslaught of nomadic tribes - Ephthalites, Hionites,…
It is likely that the first war in human history took place about five and a half thousand years ago. At that time, the city of Hamukar was wiped off…
As is known, the medieval kingdom of Hungary included, in addition to Hungary, the territories of all of modern Slovakia and part of Romania.436-7 The data given here about Kuns…
In the middle of the VI century on the steppe expanses of Central Asia a powerful state was formed, the main population of which was made up of various Turkic-speaking…
The XIII century in world history was marked by a unique event - the formation of the Mongol Empire. As V. V. Bartold (1869-1930) noted, never before or after the…
Yellow is considered the color of Asia and an entire race. And it did not happen for nothing. For this there were not only golden banners, but also its preconditions.…
Who are the Kipchaks and why were they called so? The term "Polovtsians" and the corresponding historical designation of the Kipchak people, who inhabited the lands from the Volga to…