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ID: 8711773
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711773
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Atil (lost settlement)  Atil (lost settlement)

Note: Lost settlement that was the final capital of the Khazar Khaganate (or "Khazaria") from ca. 730/750 to the 10th century. Scholars and archaeologists have not agreed upon its location. Some suggest it is underwater, in the Caspian Sea, near the Volga delta. Others suggest it may be the ruins at Samosdelka.

Names:
Atil (preferred,C,V)
Itil (C,V)
Khazaran-Atil (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Khazar Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Khazar Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Atil (lost settlement)  ............  Atil (lost settlement) (P)

Place Types:
lost settlement (preferred, C)
inhabited place (H)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Khazar Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, Europe) [6003066]
..................  ca. 730/750-10th century

Sources and Contributors:
Atil..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Brook, Jews of Khazaria (2010) 20
Itil..........  [VP]
...........  Brook, Jews of Khazaria (2010) 20
Khazaran-Atil..........  [VP]
..........................  Brook, Jews of Khazaria (2010) 20
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Brook, Jews of Khazaria (2010) 20-21
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Brook, Jews of Khazaria (2010) 20-21

 

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