ILLUSTRATIONS*
Fig. 1. Bulgar dikes on the Balkan peninsula (aft er Fiedler 2008, fi g. 2,
with kind permission of Brill).
Fig. 2. Plan of Pliska’s center (palaces and temples) (aft er Beshevliev 1981).
Fig. 3. Pliska, palatial compound, fi rst building phase (aft er Fiedler 2008,
fi g. 7, with kind permission of Brill).
Fig. 4. Pliska, palatial compound, second building phase (aft er Fiedler
2008, fi g. 8, with kind permission of Brill).
Fig. 5. Pliska, substructions of the older (“Krum’s palace”) palace below
those of the smaller “Th rone palace” built by Omurtag aft er 814
(black with diamond checker) (aft er Fiedler 2008, fi g. 4, with kind
permission of Brill).
Fig. 6/6a. Fragment from the stone inscription of the 30-years peace
treaty between Byzantium and Bulgaria, 815 A.D., together with the
text (aft er Beshevliev 1981b, fi g. 19 and 26).
Fig. 7. Memorial Inscription of Korsis (aft er Beshevliev 1981b, fi g. 29).
Fig. 8. Madara, the relief with the inscriptions (aft er Fiedler 2008, fi g.
14, with kind permission of Brill).
Fig. 9. Plans of the Bulgar heathen temples, 9th century (from Pliska,
Preslav, Madara, and Drustur/Silistra) (aft er Aladzhov 1999, fi g. 12,
with kind permission of Zhivko Aladzhov).
Fig. 10. Bishapur, palatial complex (aft er Doncheva 2005, fi g. 21, with
kind permission of Stela Doncheva).
Fig. 11. Dura-Europos, palatial complex (aft er Doncheva 2005, fi g. 16,
with kind permission of Stela Doncheva).
Fig. 12. A Khazar vessel from Kotski with fi gures of men and ani-
mals (aft er Flerova 2001, fi g. 21, with kind permission of Valentina
Flerova).
Fig. 13. Figures from a bone vessel from the region of Saltovo-Mayats-
koe, Khazar khaganate (aft er Flerova 2001, fi g. 5, with kind permis-
sion of Valentina Flerova).
* Th e illustration section is located at the end of this volume.