Seven Slavic tribes

Seven Slavic tribes

The Seven Slavic tribes ( _bg. Седем славянски племена, "Sedem slavyanski plemena") were a union of Slavic tribes of Moesia (the Danubian Plain in modern Bulgaria) that was established around the middle of the 7th century and took part in the formation of the First Bulgarian Empire together with the Bulgars in 680-681.

In the late 7th century the Seven Slavic tribes moved west and were assigned the defence of the newly-established Bulgarian Empire's western and northwestern border (the Iskar River up to its mouth in the Danube) against Avar raids, as well as some of the passes of the Balkan Mountains, whereas the Severi, whose possible participation in the union is not clear, would guard the eastern part of the mountains.

The Seven Slavic tribes, together with other Slavic tribes of the Bulgarian Empire, gradually formed the Bulgarian ethnicity in the 9th century due to the Christianization of Bulgaria under Boris I and the preceding administrative reforms that deprived them of their autonomy and self-government.

References

* cite book
last = Collective
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2002
title = Balgarska entsiklopediya A-YA
publisher = IK Trud
url = http://www.znam.bg/com/action/showArticle/short?encID=1&article=3005290426&ctx=search57800&sectionID=1#selectedarticle
location = Sofia
language = Bulgarian


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of Medieval Slavic tribes — The list includes Slavic tribes, reported before 1500 BC. East Slavs*Buzhans *Dregovichs *Drevlyans *Dulebes *Goryuns *Ilmen Slavs *Krivich *Polans (eastern) *Polochans *Radimichs *Severians(also South Slavic) *Tivertsi *Ulichs *Volhynians… …   Wikipedia

  • Chiprovtsi — Coordinates: 43°23′N 22°53′E / 43.383°N 22.883°E / 43.383; 22.883 …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Ongal — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Ongal partof=the Byzantine Bulgarian Wars date=summer, 680 place=The Ongal area in southern Ukraine result=Decisive Bulgarian victory combatant1= combatant2=flagicon|Byzantine Empire Byzantine …   Wikipedia

  • Asparukh of Bulgaria — Infobox Monarch | name =Asparuh title =Khan of Bulgaria caption =Monument in Dobrich, Bulgaria reign =679 ndash;700 coronation = predecessor =Kubrat successor =Tervel consort = issue =Tervel Ajjar royal house =Dulo royal anthem = father = mother …   Wikipedia

  • Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

  • Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

  • Khazars — Kazar redirects here. For the Marvel Comics character, see Ka Zar. For the village in Azerbaijan, see Xəzər. For Khazar University, see Khazar University. Khazaria Eastern Tourkia Khaganate …   Wikipedia

  • Czechoslovak history — Introduction       history of the region comprising the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia from prehistoric times through their federation, under the name Czechoslovakia, during 1918–92. With the dissolution of the Czechoslovak… …   Universalium

  • South Slavs — The South Slavs are a southern branch of the Slavic peoples that live in the Balkans mainly throughout the former Yugoslavia (meaning Land of the South Slavs ) and Bulgaria. Geographically, the South Slavs are native to the southern Pannonian… …   Wikipedia

  • Hungarian prehistory — See Pannonian basin before Hungary for the prehistory of Hungary (as opposed to the prehistory of the Hungarian people). The Tree of Life on an ancient Magyar sabertache (tarsoly) plate Hungarian prehistory (Hungarian: magyar őstörténet) refers… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”