First Bulgarian Empire

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The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Balkan state that became a major political and cultural power in Eastern Europe, playing a key role in the spread of Slavic literacy and Orthodox Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgarian state ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
medieval empire ⓘ
capital Ohrid ⓘ
Pliska ⓘ
Preslav ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
convertedToReligion Christianity ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
culture Bulgarian culture ⓘ
Slavic culture ⓘ
endTime 1018 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bulgars ⓘ
Slavs ⓘ
followedBy Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ
founder Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ
hasTitleForRuler khan ⓘ
linked to: Khan

knyaz ⓘ
tsar ⓘ
influenced Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

development of Slavic literacy ⓘ
medieval Serbian culture ⓘ
spread of Orthodox Christianity among Slavs ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Bulgars ⓘ
neighbor Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire

Serbian Principality ⓘ
officialLanguage Old Bulgarian ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic
officialReligionAfterChristianization Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
partOf medieval Bulgarian states ⓘ
patronSaint Saint John of Rila ⓘ
precededBy Old Great Bulgaria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Paganism ⓘ
ruler Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
Khan Asparuh ⓘ
linked to: Asparuh of Bulgaria

Khan Krum ⓘ
Khan Omurtag ⓘ
Peter I of Bulgaria ⓘ
Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ
Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ
significantEvent Adoption of Old Church Slavonic as liturgical language ⓘ
Battle of Pliska ⓘ
Battle of Varbitsa Pass ⓘ
Byzantine conquest of 1018 ⓘ
Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Creation of Cyrillic script ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script

Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
startTime 681 ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Glagolitic script ⓘ

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Referenced by (173)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrillic script → developedIn → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Bulgaria → historicalPredecessor → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Bulgarian Orthodox Church → associatedWith → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Bulgarians → historicalState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Naissus → laterControlledBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Varna → wasPartOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Slavs → historicalState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Late Byzantine period → hasConflictWith → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Dobruja → historicallyRuledBy → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire → predecessor → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Christianization of the Balkans → hasInfluence → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → mainBelligerent → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Macedonian dynasty → diplomaticRelations → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Serbian Empire → neighbor → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Christianization of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Christianization of Bulgaria → location → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Preslav → partOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Preslav → capitalOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Preslav → historicalEra → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Ohrid → historicalEra → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine emperors → conflict → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Serbian principalities → conflictWith → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Philippopolis → country → Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Saint Clement of Ohrid → countryOfCitizenship → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Asparuh of Bulgaria → countryFounded → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Asparuh of Bulgaria → founderOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Bulgars → foundedState → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → signatory → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → recognized → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → relatedTo → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine conquest of 1018 → foughtBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine conquest of 1018 → appliesToJurisdiction → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine conquest of 1018 → opponent → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine conquest of 1018 → hasMainBelligerent → Bulgarian Tsardom of Samuel and successors ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Old Great Bulgaria → followedBy → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Pliska → partOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Pliska → capitalOf → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Pliska → governingEmpire → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Khan Krum → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Khan Krum → historicalPeriod → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Saint John of Rila → countryOfCitizenship → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Saint John of Rila → placeOfBirth → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Saint John of Rila → placeOfDeath → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Boris I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Codex Zographensis → origin → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Simeon I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Simeon I of Bulgaria → era → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Simeon I of Bulgaria → territorialPeak → Bulgaria under Simeon I ⓘ
linked to: First Bulgarian Empire
Khan Omurtag → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Peter I of Bulgaria → country → First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ