A tamga[a] or tamgha (from Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀, romanized: tamga, lit. 'stamp, seal') was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads initially as a livestock branding, and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was used as a livestock branding …

Astride a major artery of commerce between Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia, 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'. [12][13] For some three centuries (c. 6...

The Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry, often called the Khazar myth by its critics, [1][2] is a largely abandoned historical hypothesis that postulated that Ashkenazi Jews were primarily, or to a large extent, descended from converts to Judaism among the Khazars, a multi-ethnic conglomerate of mostly Turkic peoples who formed a semi ...

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established an empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea and Kazakhstan.

5 days ago · Khazar, member of a confederation of Turkic-speaking tribes that in the late 6th century CE established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia.

The Khazar tamga (the example photo is shown below) indicated the ownership of the bearer of the tribe's ruling clan. The most dangerous enemy of the Khazars at that time was the Arab Caliphate, whose constant skirmishes with varying success then increased the territory of the kingdom, then reduced.

Aug 1, 2021 · The Khazar Khaganate was a state based around modern day Ukraine from the 7th to 10th centuries AD. The state was formed from a Turkic tribe, but it had one very unique aspect – it adopted Judaism. Here, David Matsievich tells us the background to the Khazars, how the European Jewish state came into being, and how it ended.

Jun 26, 2019 · Tamgas are signs of group identity used by medieval Turkic nomads inhabiting Southern Siberia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. We describe eight groups of tamgas found in the Altai and in Semirechye,...

Originating from the Caucasus they were a group of Turkic and Iranian tribes that settled primarily in the steppes of the of the lower Volga and Don basins. The Khazars established their capital in Itil, near the mouth of the Volga, and founded an empire that spread to the Caspian Sea.

As Pritsak points out, the ‘bident’ and trident’ em- blems of the Rus’ rulers have direct parallels in Khazar material and he considers the ‘trident’ to be a Khazar “tamga’ symbol which was adopted by the Rus’ branch of the dynasty as a symbol of the ruler’s victory and glory (fig. 99).