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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

6 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …