First Bulgarian Empire
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| First Bulgarian Empire Първo Българско царство Părvo Bălgarsko Tsarstvo |
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| Capital | Pliska (681–893) Preslav (893–972) Skopie (972–992) Ohrid (992–1018) |
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| Language(s) | Bulgar language, Old Bulgarian | |||
| Religion | Paganism until 864 A.D and Eastern Orthodox 865 on | |||
| Government | Monarchy | |||
| Khan/Tsar (Emperor) | ||||
| - 681–700 | Asparukh | |||
| - 1018 | Presian II | |||
| Legislature | Kurultai | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Established | 632 | |||
| - Arrival of Asparukh | 681 | |||
| - Christianisation | 864 | |||
| - Fall to the Byzantine Empire | 1018 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1018 | |||
| Area | ||||
| - 10th century | 750,000 km2 (289,577 sq mi) | |||
| Population | ||||
| - 10th century est. | 4,000,000 | |||
| Density | 5.3 /km2 (13.8 /sq mi) | |||
The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state founded in AD 632 in the lands near the Danube Delta and disintegrated in AD 1018 after its annexation to the Byzantine Empire.
