Second Turkic Khaganate

Second Turkic Khaganate was an empire in Mongolian plateau (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 682 to 744 CE, about 62 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

Ilterish Khagan threw off Tang rule in 682. The Orkhon inscriptions raised for Kul Tigin and Bilge Khan in the 730s are the oldest long texts in a Turkic language; the Uyghurs overthrew the dynasty in 744.

See Second Turkic Khaganate on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

682 to 744 CE

Duration

62 years

Type

Empire

Region

Mongolian plateau, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Otuken

Became

• Uyghur Khaganate 744 to 840 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 732 Orkhon inscriptions raised

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE
• Uyghur Khaganate 744 to 840 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE
• Afrighid dynasty c. 305 to 995 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Kimek Khaganate c. 743 to 1035 CE
• Tang Protectorate General to Pacify the West 640 to 790 CE
• Umayyad and Abbasid Transoxiana 705 to 819 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• 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
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia
• Umayyad Caliphate 661 to 750 CE, Middle East

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