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Bolghars and Turks are both steppe nomads who migrated into the Balkans/Anatolia and formed powerful empires. Why did the Bolghars totally assimilate into modern-day Bulgarians, while Turks retained much of their original culture and language?

by /u/megami-hime in /r/AskHistorians

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