February 2026

Kubrat’s Sons: The Founding of the First Bulgarian Empire

MEDIEVAL

The origin of the modern Bulgarians is associated with Turkic people who in the past inhabited the Caucasus region. From there they gradually migrated westward and southward toward the Balkan Peninsula. Origins Sources concerning the Proto-Bulgarians are relatively scarce, and the study of their history relies heavily on early Byzantine authors. Of particular importance is […]

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Emperor Constantine and The Serbs: A Byzantine Perspective

MEDIEVAL

In his work De administrando imperio, Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus describes Serbs. According to his statements, Serbs are descended from the so-called White Serbs. Settled “on the other side of Turkey” a name that refers to the modern day Hungary). Serbs called that country Bojki/Boiki. According to some historians, it is Bohemia, which would mean their

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