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Using Koestler, he argues that Khazaria adopted Judaism because Christianity or Islam would have subordinated it to Byzantium or the Abbasid Caliphate, while Judaism offered neutral monotheistic authority.
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Khazars
He argues that Khazars and ancient Israelites have different genetic origins but share cultural forms, making people a product of culture more than genes.
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Jiang says the Khazar Empire saw itself as a great power that needed a distinct identity to avoid absorption by Christian Byzantium or the Muslim Abbasids.
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He argues the Khazar-Jewish marriage made sense because Khazars gained a religion distinct from neighboring empires and gained the skills of Jewish refugees.
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Jiang says Khazars migrated into Eastern Europe after Mongol conquest and became European Jews, with similar cultural practices pointing to a common origin.
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He argues that Khazars and ancient Israelites have different genetic origins but share cultural forms, making people a product of culture more than genes.
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"At the beginning of the eighth century, the world was polarized between the two super powers representing Christianity and Islam."
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"So, these two powers are the Byzantine Empire as well as the Abbasid Caliphate, okay?"
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"...by the classical methods of propaganda, subversion, and military conquest. The Khazar Empire represented a third force which had proved equal to either of..."
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"...are Muslim. And these are the two dominant religions. And the Khazars think they're a power, and if they convert to, when they're pagan,..."
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"...had been no lack of efforts by either court to convert Khazars to Christianity or Islam, but all they resulted in was the exchange..."
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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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"...intimate contacts with the Byzantium and the Caliphate had taught the Khazars at their primitive shamanism was not only barbaric and outdated compared to..."
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"...a huge area. This is Ukraine, okay? Modern -day Ukraine, the Khazar Empire. Then you have the Byzantines and you have the Abbasids. And..."
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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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"Okay, sorry, sorry. So Khazaria is around for a long time, a few centuries but then eventually they become conquered by the Mongols and..."
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"...the origins of the bulk of Hungarian Jewry to the Magyar Khazar nexus the conclusion seems self -evident"
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"...sense, okay? There's a lot of evidence to suggest like the Khazars were Jews and this is important to understand because guess what? The..."
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