Arab–Chinese wars

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The Arab–Chinese wars were a series of 8th-century military confrontations between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang dynasty over control of Central Asia and Silk Road trade routes.

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Label Occurrences
Arab–Chinese wars canonical 1
Arab–Tang relations 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf series of military conflicts ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Karluk allies ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
local Central Asian states ⓘ
cause competition for control of Central Asian trade routes ⓘ
rivalry for political influence in Central Asia ⓘ
conflictBetween Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
conflictOver control of Central Asia ⓘ
control of Silk Road trade routes ⓘ
influence in Transoxiana ⓘ
endTime late 8th century ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Talas ⓘ
historicalContext Islamic expansion into Central Asia ⓘ
Tang dynasty western expansion ⓘ
impact expansion of Islamic cultural influence in Central Asia ⓘ
reduction of direct Chinese presence in Central Asia ⓘ
reorientation of Silk Road trade networks ⓘ
involvedParty Karluk Turks ⓘ
Tibetan Empire ⓘ
local Central Asian principalities ⓘ
location Fergana Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ferghana Valley

Talass River region ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
mainTheater Central Asia ⓘ
Silk Road regions ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
opponent Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
partOf Arab–Tang relations ⓘ
linked to: Arab–Chinese wars

history of the Silk Road ⓘ
military history of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
military history of the Tang dynasty ⓘ
predecessor Umayyad–Tang clashes in Central Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent Arab conquest of Transoxiana ⓘ
Battle of Talas ⓘ
Tang campaigns in Central Asia ⓘ
result consolidation of Muslim control over Transoxiana ⓘ
decline of Tang influence in Central Asia ⓘ
shift of Silk Road trade influence toward Islamic polities ⓘ
startTime 8th century ⓘ
early 8th century ⓘ
timePeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ

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Battle of Talas → conflictOf → Arab–Chinese wars ⓘ
Arab–Chinese wars → partOf → Arab–Tang relations ⓘ
linked to: Arab–Chinese wars