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In the paragraph dealing with khan Omurtag and his persecution of Christians I have deleted the sentence "Menologion of Basil II, glorifies Basil as a warrior defending Orthodox Christendom against the attacks of the pagan Bulgars". Since Basil II ruled more than a century later than Omurtag, the information seemed irrelevant. If this was a mistake on my part, please make the relevance more clear in the article. Nikolaj1905 (talk) 07:40, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's said that the Bulgars after arriving in the Balkans mixed with Slavic and also non-Slavic tribes. As one non-Slavic tribe the Thracians are mentioned. But who were the Slavic tribes? It seems that the arrival of Bulgars from the east and the Slavs from north-eastern parts (round the Ural) in the Balkans happened about the same time. My question is why would a Turkish people accept a new language, new personal and topographic names and the domination of a completely different culture unless they were overpowered and forced by these other peoples the Slavs? And secondly, who were these Slavic tribes? History (and Wikipedia) tells us that Slavic tribes called Serbs and Croats settled on the Balkans during the 7th century AD. How did that assimilation of the Bulgars into the Slavic corpus happen and why did it happen so fast? The same goes for the acceptance of a new language (as already mentioned above). There's no explanation in the article. It just happened. Period. Usually the ethnic and cultural mixing of peoples takes decades and centuries. Here it just happened immediately. Maybe somebody can give some more detailed information here and probably add this to the article to make it more understandable for people outside of that geographical area. Thanks. 2A01:599:32A:5CC:E369:28E3:D1FE:B99A (talk) 07:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The last added map which represents the borders of the First Bulgarian Empire is quite more accurate than any others shown before in the page. It's practically impossible to improve any page if admins use their stubbornness and abuse with their editing possibilities instead of presenting true reasons about why the edit should be deleted or reverted. Tsar Unknown (talk) 17:39, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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