bulgarians

Come up with a short timeline where the Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire merge politically with each other but the last surviving ruling family is the House of Osman controlling lands in the Balkans and Anatolia. Bonus Points for having the empire be a sweet blend of Bulgarian and Byzantine...

I once heard that why Bulgarian identity survived while Avar didn't was that the Bulgarians had reason to try and absorb in all the society into their identity and slavs into the warrior aristocracy to better resist Roman attacks. Now I also seen the argument that Christianity also played a...

Peter Delyan was a Bulgarian noble from Byzantine Balkans who, in 1040, claimed descent from the last Bulgarian Emperor, Samuel I, and rose up in rebellion against the central Byzantine imperial administration with local support, aiming to restore Bulgaria's independence. His revolt was the only...

A little challenge for ya: with a PoD anywhere between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and WWI, how could we have Bulgaria defeat the Ottoman Empire decisively in a war and take over the city of Constantinople (to be promptly renamed Carigrad), and perhaps also the majority of the Bosphorus and...

Everyone is used to stanning for Basil II, Byzantine Emperor, so... i’ll propose a screw on him. For context: Samuel of Bulgaria was the last emperor of the First Bulgarian state, one of four sons of the Bulgarian governor of Sofia or Sredets. After the surrender of Peter I to the Byzantines in...

I've had this idea floating around in my head for literally years now. I've finally decided to try bring it to life. --- The story of the Avar Qaganate is a relatively brief, but explosive, episode in the history of Late Antiquity/Early Medieval Europe. First arriving on the scene in 567, the...

I am not an expert on the topic and would appreciate if someone with knowledge would comment and inform.;) Thread Topic: Alternate Bulgarian ethnogenesis and effects in post 1900 world From Wikipedia: Later there has been disagreement about who the Bulgars really were. Some say that the...

Could the Croatian language standardise based on the Chakavian and the Slavonian language on the Kaykavian if Hungary remains intact, keeps and conquers Northern Serbia (Macva/ Syrmia South to the Danube) and the Great Serb Migration doesn't happen? If yes, what could be the consequences. Also...