Khazars

The Khazars were member of a confederation of Turkic peoples that c. 650–969 ruled the Khazaria empire that covered the southeastern section of modern European Russia.

Ashkenazi jews are according to the Khazar theory descendents of the Khazars.

External links

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica: Khazar
• Encyclopedia.com: Khazars

Sources

• Brook, Kevin Alan, The jews of Khazaria, New York and Oxford, 2004 reprint, ISBN: 0-7657-6212-9.