Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Imwe yenzanga dzokutanga munyika yeBulgaria yemazuva ano yaiva tsika yeNeolithic Karanovo, iyo yakadzokera kumashure kusvika ku6,500 BC. Muzana ramakore rechitanhatu kusvika kune rechitatu BC nharaunda iyi yaive nhandare yehondo yevaThracian vekare, maPersia, maCelt nemaMacedonia; kugadzikana kwakauya apo Humambo hweRoma hwakakunda nharaunda muna AD 45. Pashure pokunge hurumende yeRoma yapatsanuka, kurwisa kwemadzinza munharaunda yacho kwakatangazve. Munenge muzana remakore rechi6, nzvimbo idzi dzakagarwa nevaSlav vokutanga. VaBulgaria, vanhu vaifamba-famba, vakapinda muBalkans mukupera kwezana ramakore rechinomwe uye vakavamba Umambo Hwokutanga hweBulgaria muna AD 681. Rakabata rutivi rukuru rweBalkan uye rwakafurira zvikuru tsika dzechiSlavic kupfurikidza nokugadzira manyoro echiCyrillic. Umambo Hwokutanga hweBulgaria hwakagara kusvikira pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 11, apo mambo weByzantium Basil II akahukunda ndokuhubvisa. A
Kumukira kweBulgaria kwakabudirira muna 1185 kwakasimbisa Humambo hweChipiri hweBulgaria, hwakasvika pakakwirira pasi paIvan Asen II (1218<unk>1241). Pashure pehondo dzinoverengeka dzinonetesa nokukakavadzana kwevanhu, umambo hwacho hwakaparara muna 1396 ndokuva pasi pokutonga kwevaOttoman kweanenge mazana mashanu emakore.