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According to Veselin Besheliev the word "ichirgu" was of Turkic-Altay origin and meant "internal". [2]One funeral inscription found during excavation works in Preslav talks about the ichirgu-boila Mostich who served under the Emperors Simeon I the Great (893-927) and Peter I (927-969).
Some historians use the terms Danube Bulgaria, [13] First Bulgarian State, [14] [15] or First Bulgarian Tsardom (Empire). Between 681 and 864 the country is also called by modern historians as the Bulgarian Khanate , [ 16 ] or the Bulgar Khaganate , [ 17 ] from the Turkic title of khan / khagan borne by its rulers.
During the First Bulgarian Empire, the Balkan–Danubian culture developed in the 8th century and flourished until the 11th century. [6] [7] It represents an early medieval archaeological culture which emerged in the region of the Lower Danube. In Romania it is called Dridu culture [6] [7] while in Bulgaria it is usually referred to as Pliska ...
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 ]
A man from Florence, 1888 Renaissance-style painting by Konstantin Velichkov.. A number of ancient civilizations, including the Thracians, ancient Greeks, Scythians, Celts, ancient Romans, Goths (Ostrogoths and Visigoths), Slavs (East and West Slavs), Varangians and the Bulgars have left their mark on the culture, history and heritage of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria portal; The First Bulgarian Empire (681−1018) — the Early Middle Ages Bulgarian Empire, ... Balkan–Danubian culture; Bogomilism; Boila; Braničevci;
It lies in Preslav, the former capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, today a town in northeastern Bulgaria. The church dates to the early 10th century, the time of Tsar Simeon I 's rule, and was unearthed and first archaeologically examined in 1927–1928.
It is assumed that there was a prominent bolyar family in Bulgaria from which the kavkhan was chosen generation after generation - the so-called "kavkhan kin". The title was therefore hereditary and for life. According to most historians the title outlived the First Empire which was conquered by Basil II in 1018.