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The sequel is The Maternal Genetic Lineages of Ashkenazic Jews (October 2022)
A new candidate for Atil's location has emerged! It's Semibugry, a large Khazar-era city that was discovered in 2019 by researchers from Astrakhan, including Damir Solovyov. They continued to dig in the summers of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. I added what we know so far about Semibugry's remains to my Atil page.
Over a thousand years ago, the far east of Europe was ruled by Jewish kings who presided over numerous tribes, including their own tribe: the Turkic Khazars. After their conversion, the Khazar people used Jewish personal names, spoke and wrote in Hebrew, were circumcised, had synagogues and rabbis, studied the Torah and Talmud, and observed Hanukkah, Pesach, and the Sabbath. The Khazars were an advanced civilization with one of the most tolerant societies of the medieval period. It hosted merchants from all over Asia and Europe. On these pages it is hoped that you may learn more about this fascinating culture.
"The khaganate of the Khazars was of the upmost strategic importance for the
Byzantines for several reasons. First of all, it controlled the routes to the
southern Caucasus, thus playing a central role in the geopolitics of the area.
... Secondly, the Byzantine possessions in Crimea... were bordered by the
Khazars, who represented a major piece in the puzzle of nations who competed
for domination of the region. ... Finally, the Khazar Empire lay at a crossing
of trading routes linking the Russian steppes with Central Asia..."
- The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829-842
by Juan Signes Codoñer, "Section V: The Khazar Flank", page 335.
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