Search results for query: Khazaria

...of the Khazars has vanished from the map of the world and today many people have never even heard of it. But, in its day the Khazar kingdom [Khazaria] was a major power. The Byzantine Emperor and historian, Constantine Porphyrogenitus (913-959) recorded in a treatise on Court Protocol...

...This is not proof of course, simply interesting speculation. Next: on page 77, Koestler outlines some interaction between the Alans and Khazaria: A quick reminder on the Alans: This too might have provided a means of transmission of what ultimately became the Cathar heresy. At any rate...