Avars | A history of the Bane of Byzantium.

In this video, were going to cover the history of The Avars, their society, rise to power and slow downfall during the middle ages.

The Avar Khaganate was a steppe people that for centuries have been considered irrelevant in the annals of history. Yet the Pannonian Avars were a people who greatly affected the course of medieval history in eastern Europe when they reached the Carpathian Basin. Its the history of a political and military force that ruled the Pannonian plains for a quarter of a millennium.

But who were the Avars, how did they manage to remain as a prominent force in eastern Europe for so long and how were the Avar Khaganate and the Avar society structure?

These are the questions that we will cover in this video and when we're finished you will have a better understanding of Avars history and the Avars impact on European history.

Image credits.

Magnus Manske
Jbribeiro1

Music credits.

Five Armies: Kevin Macleod.
The Pyre: Kevin Macleod.
Lost Frontier: Kevin Macleod.

Note: I try to use copyright-free images and stock footage at all times. However, if I have used any of your artwork or video content then please don't hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.

Sources.

The Avars: A Steppe Empire in central Europe(Walter Pohl, 2002).
Byzantium and the Avars 6th - 9th century A.D(Florin Curta and Dušan Zupka, 2018).

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[AncientAccounts]

You merely adopted the basin I was born in it moulded by it...

[StefanMilo]

Charlemagne vs the nomads would make a fantastic film. Great vid!

[benlindsay]

Never heard of these Avars before, but enjoyed learning about them.

[HistoryTime]

Fascinating video. Really enjoyed it. Looking forward to more!

[beambooi]

Thank you for making a video on the subject. The pannonian Avars are an extremely interesting and underrated topic

[gegagegov]

Again a brilliant video! This channel deserves to be much more popular!

[andreiode]

Fun fact khabib nurmagomedov (UFC champion) is an avar. No wonder why all dagestanians athlete in combat sport are well known for their spirit and bravery. Great vid...thanks sir 👍
Great vid...thanks.

[numenoreaneternity]

The Avar state has never extended south of the Danube and was limited solely to the Pannonian Basin. Furthermore, the Avars were initially weaponized as Roman allies against the Sclavenes and the Antes during the reign of Tiberius, as Menander Protector states: "(...) About the fourth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius Constantine, some hundred thousand Slavs broke into Thrace and pillaged that and many other regions. As Greece was being laid waste by the Slavs, with trouble liable to flare up anywhere, and as Tiberius had at his disposal by no means sufficient forces, he sent a delegation to the Khagan of the Avars. (...)". For the first 20 or so years after their arrival to Europe, they were Rome's ally and would betray it only in the 580s.

[saw]

Why does this have 500 views?




It needs much more!

[pavolkrajcovic]

In my country (Slovakia) are many avar artefacts... Near today Devinska nova ves is large cemetery. Very interesting fact is that they even in some cases (but not many) had elongated skulls, like Huns. Archeologists proved this.

[petelcek]

Very uncommon video is in a topic about Avars. Their presence in ancient Pannonia was nearly 300 years long, which makes it three times longer that Hunnic. But today it is still more talking about the Huns than the Avars. The "darkages blinspot" ???

[ThisisBarris]

Awesome stuff Quill! A great video for a great collab.

[kevthekunt]

Avars live in northern west Azerbaijan now, they came from frontline korea, Jujanian people, turkic origin.i am half avar.Amazing video, thanks)

[JenniferinIllinois]

Coming in to check our your Project Pannonia video. New subbie.

[pofigpofig]

Avars came to the lands of the modern Caucasus and today live there, for example, Khabib Nurmagomedov (from the UFC) is also an Avar. But historically, the Avars mixed with the indigenous Caucasian tribes that had already disappeared, and after that the Avars mixed with other indigenous peoples a little changed in appearance. Initially, the Avars looked completely like Mongols. But even nowadays, one can often notice the Mongoloid origin of the Avars who live in Dagestan, for example, Khabib Nurmagomedov, his cheekbones are Asian. Another example, Rasul Gamzatov is also an Avar, but it is difficult to distinguish him from the Mongol.

[_Jebb_]

I live very near to what used to be Sirmium, you can still visit the old Roman ruins

[kingoftheworld]

The Avar individuals showed their highest genetic affinity with present-day Mongolic and Tungusic peoples, as well as Nivkhs. A genetic study published in scientific journal Current Biology in May 2022 examined 143 Avar samples from various periods, including elite and commoners.

[dorjbayar]

The word Khagan is used the first time by Toba Mongols in the 3-rd century. Before Huns and Xianbei used chanuy to refer their kings. These Avars are Mongolian Rouran people. A German and a French scientist finally deciphered two Rouran stone writings, and proved Rouran language is closest to modern Khalkha Mongol language. In the writings, Rourans wrote "how they are paying tribute new colonist Turks". After losing their motherland, some Rourans fled to Europe. Look at their names: Chagan, Batbayan - even these names are popular these days among Mongolians.

[SladkaPritomnost]

It's always like this
Great warlike folks
Settle down,
Adopt farming,
Failed to other warlike folks...
Circle goes on and on...

[gergalyn]

When I spoke Hungarian in Venezia, a bearded Lombard man jumped out of the boat. :)