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Volga Bulgaria Volga Bulgaria
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From paganism to peoplehood From paganism to peoplehood
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The pre-Islamic Volga-Kama region The pre-Islamic Volga-Kama region
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Interpreting Islam in Volga Bulgaria Interpreting Islam in Volga Bulgaria
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Primary sources or mythologies? Primary sources or mythologies?
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Islamisation, sedentarisation, centralisation, literisation Islamisation, sedentarisation, centralisation, literisation
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Magyars, Pečenegs and Cumans Magyars, Pečenegs and Cumans
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‘Honfoglalás’ and Christianisation: differing interpretations ‘Honfoglalás’ and Christianisation: differing interpretations
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Cross-examining the Gesta Hungarorum Cross-examining the Gesta Hungarorum
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Archaeology: uses and misuses Archaeology: uses and misuses
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Christianisation, sedentarisation, centralisation, literisation Christianisation, sedentarisation, centralisation, literisation
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The eight themata of Patzinakia The eight themata of Patzinakia
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Linguistics, social organisation, tribute Linguistics, social organisation, tribute
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Pečenegs and Cuman-Qıpčaqs: avoiding sedentarism and monotheism Pečenegs and Cuman-Qıpčaqs: avoiding sedentarism and monotheism
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Rus’: Byzantine Christianisation Rus’: Byzantine Christianisation
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Pre-Christian ethnicities in Rus’: Slav and Varangian culture-history Pre-Christian ethnicities in Rus’: Slav and Varangian culture-history
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Tribute to tax, a Rus’ ‘khağan’ and a ‘translatio imperii’ Tribute to tax, a Rus’ ‘khağan’ and a ‘translatio imperii’
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3 Case Studies of Monotheisation in Eighth- to Thirteenth-Century Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
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Published:October 2022
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Due to the previous chapters’ foci on ethnogenesis, sedentarisation and monotheisation (Judaisation) in Khazaria, this chapter will in turn examine the same processes within each of the case studies in this order: the Volga Bulgars, Magyars, Pečenegs, Cuman-Qıpčaqs and Rus’. While many scholars have documented the Christianisation of various European polities, they have not necessarily examined them in regard to other possible monotheisations such as Islamisation or Judaisation. For example, Volga Bulgaria’s Islamisation came partially because of Khazaria’s Judaisation, according to the 10th-c. work of ibn Fadlān. The Magyar-Pečeneg migration through the Pontic-Caspian steppe came partially because of Khazarian policy according to the 10th-c. work of Constantine VII Porphyrogennētos. Throughout each case study, the chapter discusses various themes of monotheisation relating to economics, allegiances and law, paying special attention to archaeological discoveries relating to contested loyalties, notably through numismatics, epigraphy, sigillography, ceramics, fortifications and funerary archaeology. One of the primary questions threading through this chapter will be: were there so-called “ethnicities” before monotheism?
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