Yenisei Kyrgyz

Yenisei Kyrgyz was a state in Western Siberia and the Altai (Central and North Asia) that lasted from c. 550 to 1207 CE, about 657 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A Turkic people of the upper Yenisei who wrote runic inscriptions on stone. They destroyed the Uyghur Khaganate in 840, and after the Khitans pushed them back north they submitted to Genghis Khan's son Jochi in 1207.

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Facts

Dates

c. 550 to 1207 CE

Duration

657 years

Type

State

Region

Western Siberia and the Altai, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Became

• Kyrgyz Khaganate c. 840 to 924 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 732 Orkhon inscriptions raised
• 751 Battle of Talas
• 762 Uyghur khagan adopts Manichaeism
• 1141 Battle of Qatwan
• 1206 Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE
• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho c. 843 to 1335 CE
• Kara-Khanid Khanate c. 840 to 1212 CE
• Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE
• Liao dynasty 916 to 1125 CE
• Samanid Empire 819 to 999 CE
• Khwarazmian Empire 1077 to 1231 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
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• 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
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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