In a previous post I discussed the survival of the Sarmatian legacy in the Ossetian people, who escaped the destruction of their kingdom by sheltering in the mountain valleys of the Caucasus. There was also a second group of Alans that chose to flee west to Hungary following the Mongol […]
Today we will discuss the fascinating story of the Khazar Khaganate’s conversion to Judaism. The Khazars were a nomadic Turkic people that ruled the steppe north of the Caucasus from a city called Atil located on the mouth of the Volga (Itil) River. This khaganate formed an obstacle to Arab […]
The Sarmatians were an Iranian-speaking group of nomadic tribes that invaded the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century AD. Between the 2nd and 5th centuries BC, Sarmatians spread out from Southern Russia and Ukraine throughout Roman Empire. Tribes such as the Roxalani served in the Roman army as auxiliaries […]