Khazaria

"At the beginning of the eighth century, the world was polarized between the two super powers representing Christianity and Islam."

"So, these two powers are the Byzantine Empire as well as the Abbasid Caliphate, okay?"

"Their ideological doctrines were welded to power politics pursued by the classical methods of propaganda, subversion, and military conquest. The Khazar Empire represented a..."

"Okay, so do you understand this idea? It's very simple. You have these three powers in Eurasia. You have the Byzantines and you have..."

"There had been no lack of efforts by either court to convert Khazars to Christianity or Islam, but all they resulted in was the..."

"Okay, so the Khazar empire is very ambitious as well, okay? It sees itself as a great power. Eventually, it wants to unite the..."

"At the same time, their intimate contacts with the Byzantium and the Caliphate had taught the Khazars at their primitive shamanism was not only..."

"Yeah, okay, this is a very simple idea. Monotheism is very important because the idea of one god gives ultimate authority to one person,..."

"...to flight or were driven to it was the existence of Khazaria both before and after the conversion."

"...Europe all the time. They have no place to go except Khazaria, which is now the Jewish homeland. And the Jews know about Khazaria..."

"Before, it was a refugee haven. After, it became a kind of national home. The refugees were products of a superior culture and were..."

"also brought with them Byzantine arts and crafts superior methods in agriculture and trade and the square Hebrew alphabet."