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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 ...
In the 11th century, the First Bulgarian Empire collapsed under multiple Rus' and Byzantine attacks and wars, and was conquered and became part of the Byzantine Empire until 1185. Then, a major uprising led by two brothers, Asen and Peter of the Asen dynasty, restored the Bulgarian state to form the Second Bulgarian Empire. After reaching its ...
An alternative name used in connection with the pre-mid 13th century period is the Empire of Vlachs and Bulgarians; [17] variant names include the Vlach–Bulgarian Empire, the Bulgarian–Wallachian Empire, [18] or the Romanian–Bulgarian Empire; the latter name was used exclusively in Romanian historiography. [19]
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.
Ivan Asen II aspired to make himself the ruler of a joint Bulgarian-Byzantine Empire [55] and his reign saw the Second Bulgarian Empire reach its greatest extent. [3] Defeated the Empire of Thessalonica at the Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230), whereafter much of its territory was annexed and Bulgaria became the most powerful state in southeastern ...
In the 1912–1913 Balkan Wars, Bulgaria initially formed an alliance with Greece, Serbia and Montenegro against the Ottoman Empire, and together they conquered a great deal of Ottoman territory. Bulgaria, however, unhappy with the resulting division of territory , soon went to war against its former allies Serbia and Greece and lost territory ...
Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire; Bulgarian Empire resurfaces as a great power in Eastern Europe [citation needed] Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202-1203) Bulgarian Empire: Serbian Principality: Victory. The Bulgarian Empire under king Kaloyan pushes Serbia to the west; First Bulgarian–Latin War (1204-1208) Bulgarian Empire: Latin ...
History of Bulgaria; Odrysian kingdom 460 BC – 46 AD; Roman times 46–681; Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. Old Great Bulgaria 7th cent., 632–668; First Bulgarian Empire 681–1018. Christianization; Golden Age 896–927; Cometopuli dynasty 968–1018; Byzantine Bulgaria 1018–1185; Second Bulgarian Empire 1185–1396. Second Golden Age 1230 ...