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The First Bulgarian Empire (Church Slavonic: блъгарьско цѣсарьствиѥ, romanized: blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Bulgarian: Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by ...
The history of Bulgaria can be traced from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state, and includes the history of the Bulgarian people and their origin. The earliest evidence of hominid occupation discovered in what is today Bulgaria date from at least 1.4 million years ago. [1]
The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a meeting of the leading statesmen of Europe's Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire. In the wake of the Russia's decisive victory in a war with Turkey, 1877–78, the urgent need was to stabilize and reorganize the Balkans, and set up new nations.
Bulgaria portal; The First Bulgarian Empire (681−1018) — the Early Middle Ages Bulgarian Empire, located in Medieval Bulgaria and the Balkans
Bulgarian-Frankish border was at the river Tizsa (Theiss) (see S. Rucniman, History of the First Bulgarian Empire); north-eastern border of Bulgaria beyond the Danube delta (see R. Crampton, A Concise History of Bulgaria, Cambridge UP, 2006); Serdica (Sofia) was part of the First Bulgarian Empire by the 814 peace treaty between the Bulgarians ...
Simeon was born in 864 or 865, as the third son of Knyaz Boris I [14] of Krum 's dynasty. [15] As Boris was the ruler who Christianized Bulgaria in 865, Simeon was a Christian all his life. [14][16] Because his eldest brother Vladimir was designated heir to the Bulgarian throne, Boris intended Simeon to become a high-ranking cleric, [17 ...
Great Bulgaria was formed after the unification of the tribes of Kutrigurs, Utigurs, and Onogurs (Onodonduri). 635: A peace treaty was signed by Kubrat with the Byzantine Empire. 668: Khazar's pressure caused Great Bulgaria to decline. Volga Bulgaria (7th century–1240s) is formed. 680/681: First Bulgarian Empire (Danubian Bulgaria) was formed ...
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.