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The mass adoption of Judaism by Khazars as Jiang explains it: a neutral monotheistic identity with political and cultural advantages.
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Khazar conversion
The mass adoption of Judaism by Khazars as Jiang explains it: a neutral monotheistic identity with political and cultural advantages.
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"Okay, so the Khazar empire is very ambitious as well, okay? It sees itself as a great power. Eventually, it wants to unite the..."
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"...theocratic world powers, the Caliph and the Emperor, enjoyed. Yet the conversion to either creed would have meant submission, the end of independence, and..."
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"...it for ourselves. Really simple, okay? So this was a mass conversion of an entire people to Judaism, okay? Does that make sense? All..."
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"They wanted to maintain a separate identity. They didn't want to be consumed by either empire. Okay? So this is another map that shows..."
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"...it was the existence of Khazaria both before and after the conversion."
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"Okay, so it doesn't make sense. So Jews are being persecuted in Europe all the time. They have no place to go except Khazaria,..."
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"Before, it was a refugee haven. After, it became a kind of national home. The refugees were products of a superior culture and were..."
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"also brought with them Byzantine arts and crafts superior methods in agriculture and trade and the square Hebrew alphabet."
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"So not only did the Khazars wanted their own religion that was distinct from Byzantines and the Abbasids but they also wanted the skills,..."
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