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The focus of Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi is on the political, social, economic and linguistic history of the peoples of the Eurasian steppes and adjoining regions from late antiquity to the Mongol Empire and its successor states. Among its primary concerns are questions regarding the Iranian steppe peoples, the Huns, the Oghur and Bulghar Turkic peoples, the Sabirs, the Avars, the Khazars and other peoples of the Turk Empire, the Hungarians, Pechenegs, Cumans and peoples of the Mongol Empire. The periodical will also touch on many points in the history of the Slavic world, Crimea, Byzantium, Iran, the Caucasus, the lands of Islam and the peoples of Central and Northern Europe, as well as elucidate various questions of Turkic and steppe history. From the contents: - Golden, P.B.: Cumanica II: The Olberli: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of an Inner Asian Nomadic Clan - Halasi-Kun, T.: Some Thoughts on Hungaro-Turkic Affinity - Martinez, A.P.: The Third Portion of the story of Gazan Xan in Rasidu'd-Din's Ta'rix-e Mobarak-e Gazani - Martinez, A.P.: Some Notes on the Il-Xanid Army - Noonan, Th. S.: Khwarazmian Coins of the Eighth Century from Eastern Europe