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The Khazars[a] (/ˈxɑːzɑːrz/) were a semi-nomadic Turkic people that in the late 6th-century CE established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. Khazaria became one of the foremost trading empires of the early medieval world, commanding the western marches of the Silk Road and playing a key commercial role as a crossroad between China, the Middle East and Kievan Rus. For some three centuries (c. 650–965) the Khazars dominated the vast area extending from the Volga-Don steppes to the eastern Crimea and the northern Caucasus. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars Khazars wiki]</ref> | |||
The kingdom of the [[Khazars]] vanished from the map of the world many centuries ago. Today many people have never heard of it, yet in antiquity the Khazarian kingdom [Khazaria] was a major power, indeed dominating the southern portion of modern Russia between the Black and Caspian Seas, holding sway over a large empire of subjugated peoples. | The kingdom of the [[Khazars]] vanished from the map of the world many centuries ago. Today many people have never heard of it, yet in antiquity the Khazarian kingdom [Khazaria] was a major power, indeed dominating the southern portion of modern Russia between the Black and Caspian Seas, holding sway over a large empire of subjugated peoples. | ||