Itil

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Itil was the medieval capital city of the Khazar Khaganate, strategically located near the Caspian Sea as a major commercial and political center.

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Itil canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
medieval city ⓘ
approximateDestructionDate 960s ⓘ
circa 965 ⓘ
archaeologicalIdentification often associated with sites near modern Astrakhan ⓘ
attackedBy Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
capitalOf Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
currencyUsed silver dirhams ⓘ
describedBy Ibn Fadlan ⓘ
Ibn Hawqal ⓘ
al-Istakhri ⓘ
destroyedBy Kievan Rus forces ⓘ
economyBasedOn customs duties ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
tribute ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
knownFor international trade ⓘ
multiethnic population ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
languageGroupsPresent Iranian ⓘ
Slavic ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
locatedInPresentDay Russia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Volga region ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
locatedNear Caspian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Volga River ⓘ
partOf Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
politicalFunction administrative center of Khazaria ⓘ
politicalStatus capital city of Khazaria until its fall ⓘ
religionsPresent Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
pagan beliefs ⓘ
role commercial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
trade hub ⓘ
servedAs seat of the Khazar Khagan ⓘ
strategicLocation junction of steppe and Caspian trade routes ⓘ
key node on Volga trade route ⓘ
tradersFrom Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Muslim world ⓘ
Rus ⓘ

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