Polity · 682 CE – 1017 CE
First Bulgarian Empire
Първo българско царство
- Peak recorded area
- 428,366 km²
- 850 CE
- Rulers on record
- 2
- from 686 CE
Overview
The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after a group of Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans, and secured Byzantine recognition and their right to settle south of the Danube by defeating – possibly with the help of local South Slavic tribes – the Byzantine army led by Constantine IV.
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Territory
31 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
2 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Vikrantavarman IItsar686 CE – 731 CE
- Telerig of BulgariaBulgarian Khan768 CE – 777 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Bulgar, medieval Greek, Old Church Slavonic
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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First Bulgarian Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.