Battle of Talas
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The Battle of Talas was an armed confrontation between the Abbasid Caliphate along with the Tibetan Empire against the Tang dynasty and its allies in 751. In July of that year, the Tang and Abbasid ar
Modern view of Talas River, which starts in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and winds down into Kazakhstan. On the right side of the river is the city of Taraz.
Tang dynasty
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The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kin
Battle of Talas
…معركة نهر طلاس, romanized: Maʿrakat nahr Ṭalās) was an armed confrontation between the Abbasid Caliphate along with the Tibetan Empire against the Tang dynasty and its allies in 751. In July of that year, the Tang and Abbasid armies clashed at the Talas River over control of the regions surrounding the Syr…
Portrait of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566–635) dating to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Tang emissaries to the Sogdian king Varkhuman in Samarkand (648–651) – Afrasiab murals
7th-century Sogdian Huteng dancer – Xiuding temple pagoda, Anyang, Henan
Foreign ambassadors visiting the Tang court – the Portraits of Periodical Offering by Yan Liben (601–673)