Suyab

E899343

Suyab was an important ancient Silk Road city in Central Asia that served as a political and commercial center for various Turkic and other regional powers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Suyab canonical 4
Suiyab 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
capitalOf Turgesh Khaganate ⓘ
Western Turkic Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
controlledBy Kara-Khanid Khanate ⓘ
Karluks ⓘ
linked to: Karluk Turks

Tang dynasty ⓘ
Turgesh Khaganate ⓘ
Western Turkic Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
declinedAfterCentury 10th century ⓘ
excavatedBy Soviet archaeologists ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
garrisonedBy Tang dynasty ⓘ
hadPopulationGroup Chinese ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Sogdians ⓘ
Turkic peoples ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf fortifications ⓘ
religious buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
knownAs Sui-ye ⓘ
Suiyab ⓘ
linked to: Suyab

Suiyeh ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Chüy Valley ⓘ
linked to: Chüy Region
locatedInPresentDay Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
locatedNear Tokmok ⓘ
locatedOn Chu River ⓘ
mentionedIn Chinese historical sources ⓘ
nearbySite Ak-Beshim ⓘ
onTradeRouteBetween Byzantine Empire ⓘ
China ⓘ
Sogdia ⓘ
partOf Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
recognizedAs important Silk Road heritage site ⓘ
religionPresent Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Nestorian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism

Tengrism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
servedAs commercial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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