The Jews of Khazaria /
The Jews of Khazaria recounts the eventful history of the Kingdom of Khazaria, which was located in Eastern Europe and flourished as an independent state from about the year 650 to the year 1016. In the ninth century, the Khazarian royalty and nobility, as well as a significant portion of the Khazar...
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Northvale, N.J. :
Jason Aronson,
[1999], ©1999
Northvale, N.J. : c1999 Northvale, N.J. : [1999] |
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Table of Contents:
- The origins of the Khazars
- The cities and towns of the Khazars
- The structure of Khazar government
- The Khazar way of life
- Khazarian trade
- The Khazars' conversion to Judaism
- Relations between the Khazars and other peoples
- The decline and fall of the Khazar Empire
- The diaspora of the Khazars
- The phenomenon of proselytism
- Eastern and central European Jews after the tenth century
- Appendix: a timeline of Khazar history