FACTOID #172:Armenia was the first nation to formally adopt Christianity, and today has one of the few Christian cultures to still sacrifice animals on Sunday.
Omortag-Khan or Omurtag of Bulgaria succeeded his father Krum to the throne in 814. His rule ended in 831. Krum (died April 13, 814) was a Khan of Bulgaria, of the Dulo clan, from 802 to 814. ... Events Louis the Pious succeeds Charlemagne as king of the Franks and Emperor. ... Events The Saracens capture Palermo. ...
Omurtag waged war against the Franks, the Khazars and the Byzantine Empire, expanding the borders of the Bulgarian state northwest incorporating the cities of Belgrade and Branichevo. To the east, the state expanded all the way to the Dnieper. His ships sailed up to the middle reaches of the Danube. The Franks or the Frankish people were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm (sometimes referred to as Francia) in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the western regions of Germany (Franconia... The site of the Khazar fortress at Sarkel. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Belgrade (Serbian: Београд, Beograd ▶(?)), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, and of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present). ... This article is about the river. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian and Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ...
Only his wars with Byzantium were a failure. A thirty-year peace treaty was signed between Bulgaria and Byzantium with the rulers of each taking an oath by the other's ritual. Both observed the Bulgar's pagan ceremonies and the Byzantine Christian rite. The Bulgarian army also helped suppress a peasant revolt against Constantinople. Omurtag completed the process of Bulgaria's consolidation as a unified and powerful state. By marrying a Slav and giving two of his sons Slavic names he showed that he preferred to use peaceful means to unite the Bulgars and the Slavs into one nation. Map of Constantinople. ...
However, the preachers of Christianity were persecuted by the Khan. His eldest son Enravotha fell victim to this persecution and was thus denied succession to the throne because of his adoption of Christian faith. The capital Pliska, which had been burned by the Byzantines, was restored by Omurtag. Another palice-fort was built on the Danube. Pliska (Bulgarian. ...
here (at Aboba) was, I think, the old Bulgarian capital of Asparukh, Krum, Omortag and Malamer, the capital having moved after that to the near-by Preslav." [2] This laconical conclusion was repeated in the Annual report of the Varna archaeological society from 1897-1898.
The Russian scholar was known for his efforts to reveal the true place of the Slavs in their relations with Byzantium and supported an attempt to locate the oldest capital of Bulgaria.
"Kanasubigi Omortag, inhabiting his old home, made a famous home at the Danube and in the middle between these famous homes, after he took measurements, he made a mound, and from the middle of this mound to my old palace it is 20,000 measures and to the Danube it is another 20,000 measures.
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