Göktürk Khaganate

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The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic empire
historical state
khaganate
nomadic empire
capital Ötüken
continent Asia
country China (part of territory)
linked to: China

Kazakhstan (part of territory)
linked to: Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan (part of territory)
linked to: Kyrgyzstan

Mongolia (part of territory)
linked to: Mongolia

Russia (part of territory, Siberia)
linked to: Siberia

Turkmenistan (part of territory)
linked to: Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan (part of territory)
linked to: Uzbekistan
currency Chinese coinage (in trade)
economy long-distance trade
pastoral nomadism
endTime 603
ethnicGroup Göktürks
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate

Turkic peoples
foundedBy Ashina clan
Bumin Qaghan
governmentType monarchy
nomadic confederation
hasPart First Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate

Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
headOfStateTitle Khagan
linked to: Great Khan
influenced Khazar Khaganate
Uyghur Khaganate
later Turkic states
knownFor earliest known Turkic runic inscriptions
unifying various Turkic and steppe tribes
language Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic language
notableEvent defeat of the Rouran Khaganate
division into Eastern and Western Göktürk Khaganates
subjugation by the Tang dynasty
notableLeader Bilge Qaghan
Bumin Qaghan
Ilterish Qaghan
Kül Tigin
Muhan Qaghan
linked to: Bumin Qaghan

Taspar Qaghan
İstemi Yabghu
partOf Silk Road network
linked to: Silk Road routes
predecessor Rouran Khaganate
region Central Asia
religion Tengrism
shamanism
startTime 552
successor Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
writingSystem Old Turkic script

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Turkic world hasHistoricalRoot Göktürk Khaganate
Eurasian Steppe associatedWithEmpire Göktürk Khaganate
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) usedBy Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Old Turkic language usedBy Göktürk Khaganate
Old Turkic script usedBy Göktürks
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Old Turkic script associatedEmpire Göktürk Khaganate
Sogdia conqueredBy Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Turkic peoples hasHistoricalEmpire Göktürk Khaganate
Uyghur Khaganate predecessor Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Göktürk Khaganate ethnicGroup Göktürks
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Göktürk Khaganate hasPart First Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Göktürk Khaganate hasPart Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Göktürk Khaganate successor Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
tamga historicallyUsedBy Göktürks
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Oghuz Yabgu State precededBy Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Orkhon inscriptions associatedWith Göktürk Khaganate
Orkhon inscriptions associatedWith Second Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Karluk tribes country Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Karluk tribes partOf Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Karluk tribes partOf Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Tengri worshippedBy Göktürks
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Hephthalite Empire successor Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
Hephthalite Empire defeatedBy First Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate