Atil

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Atil was the principal city and political center of the Khazar Khaganate, serving as a major commercial hub on the lower Volga River in the early medieval period.

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Label Occurrences
Atil canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
alternativeName Itil ⓘ
Itilo ⓘ
Itil’ ⓘ
Itil’ River city ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Khazars ⓘ
linked to: Khazar Khaganate
connectedTo Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Islamic Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Rus' ⓘ
Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
country Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
currentLocationStatus exact archaeological site uncertain ⓘ
destroyedBy Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus
destroyedIn 10th century ⓘ
960s ⓘ
function major commercial hub ⓘ
trade center ⓘ
historicalSource Arab geographers ⓘ
Byzantine writers ⓘ
Persian geographers ⓘ
knownFor international trade ⓘ
multiethnic population ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
languageOfName Khazar ⓘ
linked to: Khazar Khaganate
locatedInTime early medieval period ⓘ
locatedOn lower Volga River ⓘ
linked to: Lower Volga
near Caspian Sea ⓘ
partOf Khazar Khaganate urban network ⓘ
politicalSystem Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
region Caspian steppe ⓘ
linked to: Kazakh Steppe
role capital of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
political center of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
principal city of the Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
status ruined city ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing 10th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
tradeRoute Volga trade route ⓘ
routes between northern Europe and the Islamic world ⓘ
routes between the steppe and the Middle East ⓘ

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