The third-grade
students studied about the creation of the Bulgarian state. They learned that
in 632 the Bulgars, originally from
Central Asia, formed an independent state that became known as Great Bulgaria
under the leadership of Khan Kubrat. Pressure from the Khazars led to the
subjugation of Great Bulgaria in the second half of the 7th century. One of the
Kubrat’s successors, Khan Asparukh, migrated with some of the Bulgar tribes to
the area, around the Danube delta, and subsequently conquered Scythia Minor and
Moesia Superior from the Byzantine Empire, expanding his new kingdom further
into the Balkan Peninsula. A peace treaty with Byzantium in 681 and the
establishment of a permanent Bulgarian capital at Pliska south of the Danube
mark the beginning of the First Bulgarian Empire.
The
children drew a colorful historical filmstrip.
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