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HUNGARIANS
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by András Róna-Tas András Róna-Tas is Professor of Altaic Studies and Early Hungarian History at József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary and has published over 300 papers, monographs and reviews. In 1996 he received the prestigious German science award, the Humboldt Prize. Lavishly illustrated, the book contains seventy five historical maps and colour plates which visualize the historical background of Hungary and introduces its early history to a broader readership. The early history of Hungarians is embedded into the history of Eurasia and special attention is given to the relationship of the Hungarians with the Khazars and the Bulghar-Turks. The first part deals with methods and sources which can be used for elucidating the ancient history of the Hungarians, relying on research into linguistics, archaeology, anthropology and natural history. The second part traces how the Hungarians came into the Carpathian Basin and answers such questions as: who are the Magyars, from where did they come and how did they conquer the land? It reconstructs and examines their early political and social structure, the economy, and religion, and compares the Hungarian medieval process with the ethnogenetic processes of the Germanic, Slavic and Turkic people.
Contents Preface. Part I: Introduction Part II: The sources Part III: The relatives Part IV: The neighbours Part V: Eurasia in the 9th and 10th centuries Part VI: The names of the Magyars before the foundation of the state Part VII: Urheimats and migration Part VIII: The conquest Part IX: The Magyars in the Carpathian Basin Part X: The integration of the Magyars within Europe Part XI: Summary overview RECENT RESEARCH Part XII: Overview of the study of ancient Hungarian history Part XIII: The Levedi question and the earliest Hungarian chronicle Part XIV: Historical traditions Part XV: The East Magyars, the Bashkirian tribal names and Yugria Part XVI: The Székely Runiform script Appendices
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