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First Bulgarian Empire

ц︢рьство бл︢гарское
681–1018
First Bulgarian Empire in 850
First Bulgarian Empire in 850
Capital Pliska (681–893),
Preslav (893–968/972),
Skopje, Ohrid, Bitola (until 1018)
Common languages Bulgar,
Proto-Slavic,
Byzantine Greek,
Balkan Romance,
Old Bulgarian (official from 893)
Religion
Tengrism, Slavic paganism (681–864),
Orthodox Christianity (state religion from 864)
Government Absolute monarchy
Monarch  
• 681-700
 Asparuh (first)
• 1015-1018
 Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (last)
Historical era Middle Ages
• Asparuh arrives and defeats Eastern Rome at the Battle of Ongal
 680
• New Bulgarian state recognized by Eastern Rome
 681
• Christianisation
 864
• Adoption of Old Bulgarian as a national language
 893
• Simeon I assumes the title of Tsar (Emperor)
 913
• Theme Bulgaria established in Byzantine Empire
 1018 1018
Area
895 440,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi)
927 325,000 km2 (125,000 sq mi)
1000 235,000 km2 (91,000 sq mi)
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Byzantine Calvary cross potent (transparent).png Quaestura exercitus
Image missing Avar Khaganate
The Monogram of Kubrat.png Old Great Bulgaria
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty Flag placeholder.svg

The First Bulgarian Empire (Old Bulgarian: ц︢рьство бл︢гарское, ts'rstvo bl'garskoe) was a medieval Bulgarian state founded in AD 632 in the lands near the Danube Delta and which disintegrated in AD 1185 after its annexation to the Byzantine Empire.

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  • Slav-7-8-obrez

    Slavic tribes and states in Early Middle Ages

  • Old Great Bulgaria and migration of Bulgarians

    The Bulgar colonies after the fall of Old Great Bulgaria in the 7th century.

  • Early Bulgar Khanate. Zones of tribal control

    Zones of control by Slavic tribes and Bulgars in the late 7th century

  • Pliska - Gate

    Part of the Pliska fortress.

  • Territorial expansion during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814)

    Territorial expansion during the reign of Krum

  • Bulgaria under Presian

    Bulgaria under Presian

  • RizMap09

    Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Simeon I

  • Car Simeon Bulharsky - Alfons Mucha

    Emperor Simeon I: The Morning Star of Slavonic Literature, painting by Alfons Mucha

  • RizMap10

    Bulgaria under the rule of Emperor Samuel

  • Fortaleza de Samuel, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2014-04-17, DD 55

    Samuel's Fortress in Ohrid

  • SamuilsDeathBGhistory

    Above: The Byzantines defeat Samuel at Kleidion; below: the death of Samuel, Manasses Chronicle

  • Sword of Varbitza, Replica Ratina

    A replica of a Bulgarian sabre found near the town of Varbitsa

  • Bulgarians defeat Byzantines under Krenites and Kourtikios

    A battle scene of the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896, Madrid Skylitzes

  • Médaillon byzantin - Varna

    A pendant of the Preslav treasure

  • Ilya Repin - Sadko - Google Art Project

    Slavic mythology: Sadko (1876) by Ilya Repin

  • Baptism of the Preslav Court

    Baptism of Boris I and his court, painting by Nikolai Pavlovich

  • Saint Clement of Ohrid (icon, 13th-14th century)

    A medieval icon of Saint Clement of Ohrid, a high-ranking official of the Bulgarian Church, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Bulgarians and the Slavs

  • Culture of the First Bulgarian Empire

    Culture of the First Bulgarian Empire

  • Pliska-svik

    The ruins of Pliska, the first capital of Bulgaria

  • Caballero de Madara, reserva histórico-arqueológica Nacional de Madara, Bulgaria, 2016-05-27, DD 39

    The Madara Rider

  • Reliefs, First Bulgarian Epire

    Early Christian reliefs

  • Saint Theodore (Ceramic icon)

    Ceramic icon of Saint Theodore, Preslav ceramics, c. 900.

  • Old Bulgarian Alphabet

    The Old Bulgarian alphabet

  • DidacticGospelAlphabetPrayerConstantinePreslavski

    A page with the Alphabet Prayer by Constantine of Preslav

See also

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