Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the ...
They appear to have been heavily influenced by the First Bulgarian Empire and the merging of ideas that came via the Great Silk Road trading route, from the Middle East and Byzantium. Intrigued?
After his death and military defeat, many Bulgars move west into the Balkans. 681-1018 - First Bulgarian Empire. Bulgaria becomes an important regional power. Bulgarians besiege Constantinople in ...