The Bulgars and the Steppe Empire in the Early Middle Ages
106 chapter two nobody has the right to eat together with the ruler, not even his wife.^73 Probably the role of the wife was onl ...
the ‘inside’ other 107 The inhabitants of these regions were multiethnic and multilingual (Sogdians, Iranians, descendents of th ...
108 chapter two Turfan, he established relations with the Chinese, i.e. the Sui dynasty. After gaining the Empire’s consent in 6 ...
the ‘inside’ other 109 the chest.^91 They can be seen in a fresco from Kizil (Kucha) named “Peoples lamenting Buda”. The same po ...
110 chapter two II.2. Smiths and shamans/magicians/koloburs, or the inevitable but necessary otherness All of the persons mentio ...
the ‘inside’ other 111 belief among Bulgarians that the man who “slaughters the dog/cut the dog into pieces”, indeed is the one ...
112 chapter two skirmishes as clearly pointed out in answer N 35 by Pope Nicholas I to the questions of the Bulgarian knyaz Bori ...
the ‘inside’ other 113 division of the world in three layers (Heaven, Earth, and Underworld) and this strict cosmological scheme ...
114 chapter two more numerous than the shamans; moreover, people think they have more power than the latter.^107 Menander’s info ...
the ‘inside’ other 115 According to at-Ṭ ̣abarî (his information was repeated by Yâqût), some strange shaman beliefs could be s ...
116 chapter two notion can be found as such in the Orkhon inscriptions. This is made clear in the monument placed in honor of To ...
the ‘inside’ other 117 center to the periphery. Thus the space in a way ‘closes’ (and, there- fore, becoming ‘owned’) the commun ...
118 chapter two Besides the sacred mountain which was considered a sacred cen- ter of the territory, the Turks had other markers ...
the ‘inside’ other 119 this adoration goes back to the oldest cults of Sun and Moon and later on—of Heaven.^132 Thus white marke ...
120 chapter two “was baptized”, as emperor Justinian I took him from the font, and after that showered him with gifts and sent h ...
the ‘inside’ other 121 period Byzantium for many reasons, including religious, lacked any missionary enthusiasm.^140 It is highl ...
122 chapter two of the Byzantine Empire and not among Bulgars themselves.^144 These persecutions obviously were stopped in the l ...
the ‘inside’ other 123 Obviously opposing this rule—by accepting a follower of other religion in the most sacred place—was unthi ...
124 chapter two caused by military and trade benefits above all.^151 This became clear through the episodic persecution of Musli ...
the ‘inside’ other 125 presents an interesting hypothesis that besides Turks and extremely influential Sogdians probably the Chi ...
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