Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred ...

They appear to have been heavily influenced by the First Bulgarian Empire and the merging of ideas that came via the Great Silk Road trading route, from the Middle East and Byzantium. Intrigued?

After his death and military defeat, many Bulgars move west into the Balkans. 681-1018 - First Bulgarian Empire. Bulgaria becomes an important regional power. Bulgarians besiege Constantinople in ...