C on Nostr: I honestly don't know. But it used to be part of the Khazar empire, it could have ...
I honestly don't know. But it used to be part of the Khazar empire, it could have something to do with that.
Interestingly, the Khazars had a reputation for lying about their identities or killing passersby and stealing their identities, so this is an ancient practice. A merchant tries to travel through Khazaria, it might be a different "merchant" with the same name that emerges on the other side.
They were forced by their neighbors to adopt a religion around 600AD and they chose Judaism. And because they outnumbered the original Jews like 9 to 1, that's where most modern Jews are originally from.
Interestingly, the Khazars had a reputation for lying about their identities or killing passersby and stealing their identities, so this is an ancient practice. A merchant tries to travel through Khazaria, it might be a different "merchant" with the same name that emerges on the other side.
They were forced by their neighbors to adopt a religion around 600AD and they chose Judaism. And because they outnumbered the original Jews like 9 to 1, that's where most modern Jews are originally from.