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Netailovo necropolis 218, 259 n. 170
Nicephorus, Byzantine Patriarch 228
Nicholas Mystikos, Byzantine patriarch 163
n. 63, 210 n. 171
Nike, Greek goddess 112, 120
Nikolaenko, Anatolii 130
Nikon Chronicle 201 n. 129, 266 n. 208
Nishapur 150
Nishindu, son of the she-wolf 100
Noah 41, 45–46, 100
nomadic empire/state, see steppe empire
nomadic economy/nomadism 6, 132 and
n. 26, 167–168, 174 and n. 18, 175–180,
211–212, 215–216, 218–220, 268–271, 274,
279, 282–283
sedentarization 175, 179, 181–183 and
notes 57–58, 184–191 and n. 91, 192, 215
and n. 205, 216, 270–278
nomads, see steppe peoples
Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans 52, 228
Noonan, Thomas 6, 18, 54, 99, 151, 156–157
and n. 33, 163, 166, 169–171, 174, 180,
208 n. 159, 211, 215, 269, 274
Novgorod 152
Novgorod First Chronicle 201 n. 129
Novi Pazar necropolis 26 n. 37, 253
Novogireevka 8, 13, 190
Novosel’tsev, Anatolii 4, 48, 54, 56,
60 n. 183, 63, 91, 94, 145–146, 157, 166,
171 n. 5, 208–209, 215 n. 205, 231–232, 263
Novoselovka hillfort 247
Novye Sanzhary 9, 13, 189
Nuh, see Noah
Numa, legendary Roman king 103
Numi-Torum, supreme god of the Ob
Ugrians 121
Nushibi, Turkic tribal confederation 50,
52–53
Ob River 65
Obadiah, Khazar ruler 48 and n. 132, 55,
57–58, 92, 94, 96
Oghuz 34–35, 77, 81, 100, 127, 132 n. 27, 135,
145 n. 94, 193, 210 n. 171, 218–220,
222–223, 239–243, 246, 251, 255, 258,
265, 267, 273–276
Oghuz Khagan, ancestor of the
Oghuz 45–46, 77, 81, 100, 123
Oghuz, son of Togarmah 41
Oghuz state 240–241, 243
Ohrmazd, see Ahura Mazda
Oka River 147, 150, 153, 163–164, 168, 200, 262
Oleg, Rus’ Prince 151, 152 n. 13, 156, 200 and
n. 127
Olga, Rus’ Princess 166
Omurtag, Bulgar ruler 114, 227
Onoguria 144 n. 87
Onogurs 143 n. 85, 185 n. 65, 189 and n. 84,
233 n. 36
Ordos 66 n. 210, 277
Oren-Kala hillfort 244 n. 87
Organa, see Gostun
Orkhon inscriptions 50, 230
Orpheus 71
Oskol River 189, 195, 198, 207, 209
Ossetians 108 n. 418, 117–118
Otrar 15–16, 32, 240
Otrar-Karatau culture 32, 34
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor 166
Ottoman Empire 179 n. 44
Otuken, Turkic sacred mountain 76, 101
Ovcharov, Dimitur 24, 114
Ovcharov, Nikolai 115 n. 456Pacinak, son of Togarmah 42
Păcuiul lui Soare Island 202 n. 136
Palestine 75 n. 254
Pamir Mountain 38 n. 88
Pangaeus Mount 71
Panjakent 15, 78, 112, 115
Pannonia 189, 274
Papai, Scythian god 106, 112
Paphos 110
Paromov, Iakov 207 n. 155
Parsbit, Khazar Khatun 81
Parthians 246, 279
Pastyrskoe hillfort 9, 188 and n. 80
Pastyrskoe-Penkovka culture 187–191, 275
Pavlikians 111
Pazyryk burials 108
Pechenegs 4, 6, 35, 42, 134, 141, 144 and n. 89,
146, 154 and n. 20, 161–162, 193, 217–220,
223, 230, 235, 239–241, 265–266 and
n. 208, 267, 274
Khazar Pechenegs 132, 134 and n. 37,
135–136