First Turkic Khaganate

First Turkic Khaganate was an empire in Mongolian plateau (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 552 to 603 CE, about 51 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

Founded by Bumin of the Ashina clan, it stretched within twenty years from Manchuria to the Black Sea and traded silk with Byzantium and Persia. Civil war split it into eastern and western khaganates.

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Facts

Dates

552 to 603 CE

Duration

51 years

Type

Empire

Region

Mongolian plateau, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Otuken

Came from

• Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE

Became

• Eastern Turkic Khaganate 603 to 630 CE
• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE
• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE
• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE
• Afrighid dynasty c. 305 to 995 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Gaochang kingdom 498 to 640 CE
• Eastern Turkic Khaganate 603 to 630 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East

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