Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 24 (2018)

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. From the contents (altogether 13 contributions): Erhan Aydin, Name, Titles, And Identity In The Küli Cor Inscription Mehmet Çaliskan, A New Idea Of The Etymology Of A-Shih-Na Ethnonym Konstantin Golev, The Cuman-Qïpchaqs And Crimea: The Role Of The Peninsula In The Nomads’ Relations With The Outside World Roman K. Kovalev, Circulation Of Sâmânid Dirhams In Viking-Age Northern And Eastern Europe (Based On The Mints Of Samarqand And Al-Shâsh) John Latham-Sprinkle, One Alania Or Two? The Question Of A ‘Dual State’ In The Seventh To Twelfth Century North Caucasus Shamil Mingazov, The Chronicle Of John Of Nikiu And Kubrat, The Ruler Of Great Bulgaria