- Also known as Avar Khaganate
- Based in eastern Europe and the Pannonian Basin
- Bayan I was the first khagan (562 - 602 AD)
- Avar-Byzantine wars (568 - 626 AD)
- Maurice's Balkan campaigns (582 - 602 AD)
- Byzantine-Sasanian War (602- 628 AD)
- Failed Siege of Constantinople (626 AD)
- Avar Wars (788 - 803 AD)
- Conquered by Carolingian Empire
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