Western Turkic Khaganate

Western Turkic Khaganate was an empire in Kazakh steppe and Semirechye (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 603 to 742 CE, about 139 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

The western half of the Gokturk realm, ruling the Ten Arrows tribes from Suyab in the Chu valley and taking tribute from the Sogdian cities. Tang China made it a protectorate in 657, and its tribes later broke away.

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Facts

Dates

603 to 742 CE

Duration

139 years

Type

Empire

Region

Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Suyab

Came from

• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE
• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE

Became

• Turgesh Khaganate 699 to 766 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 732 Orkhon inscriptions raised

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Second Turkic Khaganate 682 to 744 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE
• Afrighid dynasty c. 305 to 995 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Tang Protectorate General to Pacify the West 640 to 790 CE
• Gaochang kingdom 498 to 640 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
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia

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