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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 122: Between the Empires: Nomads and Christians in East and East-Central Europe, I

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Universitatea 'Lucian Blaga' of Sibiu
Organiser:Ioan Marian Ţiplic, Faculty of History & Patrimony, Universitatea Lucian Blaga, Sibiu
Moderator/Chair:Alexandru Simon, Center for Transylvanian Studies, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca
Paper 122-aThe Archaeological Perspective of Avar: Byzantine Wars - Methodological Considerations
(Language: English)
Csiky Gergely, Institute of Archaeology, Research Center for Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
Index terms: Archaeology - General, Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval
Paper 122-bBetween the Empires: Nomads and Christians at the Danube Border of the Byzantine Empire
(Language: English)
Ioan Marian Ţiplic, Faculty of History & Patrimony, Universitatea Lucian Blaga, Sibiu
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General, Crusades, Pagan Religions
Paper 122-cExploring Life Quality Levels for a 10th-Century Population from Dobruja, Romania
(Language: English)
Beatrice Kelemen, Molecular Biology Center, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Claudia Radu, Molecular Biology Center, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Byzantine Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies
Abstract

In addition to the great civilizations of Asia and North Africa forming during the postclassical period, two related major civilizations formed in Europe. The Byzantine Empire, in western Asia and southeastern Europe, expanded into eastern Europe. The other was defined by the influence of francs in western and central Europe. The Byzantine empire continued many Roman patterns and spread its Orthodox Christian civilization through most of eastern Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Catholic Christianity, without an imperial center till 11th C., spread in western Europe and central Europe and Byzantine Empire were two separate civilizations emerged from the differing Christian influences. Between these two Empire during the early middle ages until the end of 13th C. were present different representatives of Steppe Empires, nomadic populations like Huns, Avars, Magyars, Chazars, Tatars. This mélange has create during 1000 years a cultural pattern for east and east-central Europe, pattern visible from archeological, religious and historical point of view.
The session Between the Empires: Nomads and Christians in east and east-central Europe aim to present a part of the archeology and history which dealt with the struggle between Christians states/empires (Byzantine Empire, Carolingian Empire, Great Moravia state), and so called Nomads states/Empire (Empire of the Huns, Avar Khaganate, Bulgar Tzarat, Petchenegs, Cumans and Tatars Golden Horde).