Powerful Eurasian nomadic empire centered on the Pannonian plain that dominated Central Europe for two and a half centuries, defeating Byzantines and Franks until Charlemagne's destruction of the Ring.
Destroyed between 796 and 822 by a combination of Frankish campaigns under Charlemagne, which shattered its military power in 796, and final Bulgarian campaigns under Khan Krum that eliminated the remnant khaganate by 804–806; the last Avar groups submitted to Frankish rule by 822.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Avar Khaganate — the shape you scrub through changes in 567 · 650 · 750.
Definitive modern scholarly monograph on the Avar Khaganate by the leading specialist
Sweeping history of Central Eurasian nomadic empires that situates the Avar Khaganate among the steppe powers pressing on Byzantium and the Franks.
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