Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 15 (2006/2007)

The focus of Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi is on the political, social, economic and linguistic history of the peoples of the Eurasian steppes and adjoining regions from late antiquity to the Mongol Empire and its successor states. Among its primary concerns are questions regarding the Iranian steppe peoples, the Huns, the Oghur and Bulghar Turkic peoples, the Sabirs, the Avars, the Khazars and other peoples of the Türk Empire, the Hungarians, Pechenegs, Cumans and peoples of the Mongol Empire. The periodical will also touch on many points in the history of the Slavic world, Crimea, Byzantium, Iran, the Caucasus, the lands of Islam and the peoples of Central and Northern Europe, as well as elucidate various questions of Turkic and steppe history. Aus dem Inhalt/From the contents: - C. I. Beckwith: The Frankish Name of the King of the Turks - P. B. Golden: Cumanica V: The Basmils and Qipcaqs - S. Kamoliddin, G. Babajar: Some Notes on the Titles of the Pre-Islamic Rulers of Chach - A. P. Martinez: Addenda to "State, Society, Administration, Revenues, Trade" - T. S. Noonan: Nomads and Sedentarists in a Multi-Ethnic Empire: The Role of the Khazars in the Khazar Khaganate - D. D. Y. Shapira: Notes on Early Jewish History in Eastern and Central Europe - S. Stark: On Oq Bodun. The Western Türk Qaganate and the Ashina Clan - P. Wang: Lunar Symbolism and its Lexical Strata