Magyars: Map & History
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to present day Hungary, and the Carpathian Basin who share a common culture, language, history and ancestry.
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Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to present day Hungary, and the Carpathian Basin who share a common culture, language, history and ancestry. They have a notable presence in parts of the former Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, alongside the Khanty and Mansi languages.
Modern Countries Once Part of Magyars
At its mapped extent, Magyars covered territory in 6 present-day countries. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
- Moldova840–899 CE · nearly all
- Romania840–910 CE · a large part
- Ukraine840–899 CE · a large part
- Slovakia896–910 CE · a large part
- Hungary896–899 CE · a small part
- Russia840–895 CE · a small part
States and Provinces
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside Magyars's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
Magyars in Depth
History
The origin of Hungarians, the place and time of their ethnogenesis, has been a matter of debate. Due to the classification of the Hungarian language in the Ugric family, they are sometimes regarded as an Ugric people originating in Siberia. However, Fóthi et al. 2022 suggests that the conquering Hungarians have origins in three distinct regions on the Eurasian steppe: the Lake Baikal-Altai Mountains, spanning present-day northwestern Mongolia and southern Siberia, the Southern Urals-Western Siberia and the Black Sea-Northern Caucasus. Meanwhile, Neparáczki et al. 2018 proposes that over a third of the Hungarian conquerors' maternal lineages derive from Inner Asia, centred in present-day eastern Mongolia and southern Siberia, while the remainder is derived from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe.
Ethnic affiliations and genetic origins
Modern Hungarians stand out as linguistically isolated in Europe, despite their genetic similarity to the surrounding populations. The population of the Carpathian Basin has the common European gene-pool which formed in the Bronze Age through the admixture of three sources: Western Hunter-Gatherers, who were the first Homo sapiens appearing in Paleolithic Europe, Neolithic farmers originating from Anatolia, and Yamnaya steppe migrants that arrived in the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age. This common European gene pool in the Carpathian Basin, has been overlaid by migration waves originating from the east since the Iron Age. According to genetic studies, the Carpathian Basin was continuously inhabited from at least the Bronze Age.
Culture
The culture of Hungary shows distinctive elements, incorporating local European and Ottoman influences, and minor Central Asian/Steppe derived traditions, such as Horse culture and Shamanistic remnants in Hungarian folklore.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Hungarians (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Magyars: Key Facts
| Religions | Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Reformed Church in Hungary, Lutheranism |
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Facts from Wikidata Q133032 (CC0).
Magyars Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which Magyars appears, with the other states of the time.
Magyars Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 418,272 km² in 896 CE.
Magyars: Frequently Asked Questions
When did Magyars exist?
Magyars is dated to 840 CE – 910 CE, in the Early Middle Ages era.
How large was Magyars at its peak?
At its peak in 896 AD Magyars covered about 418,272 km².
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