Eastern Turkic Khaganate
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The Eastern Turkic Khaganate was formed as a result of the destructive wars in the beginning of the 7th century after the First Turkic Khaganate had splintered into two polities – one in the east, one
Shoroon Bumbagar tomb mural, Göktürk, 7th century CE, in modern-day Mongolia.
Shoroon Bumbagar tomb mural, Göktürk, 7th century CE, Mongolia.
A Turk mourning the Buddha, Kyzyl, Mingoi, Maya cave.
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
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
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
…by the Ashina clan) had splintered into two polities – one in the east, one in the west. The Eastern Turkic Khaganate was defeated and absorbed by the Tang dynasty, and Xueyantuo occupied the territory of the former Turkic Khaganate. In 552–555 the Göktürks replaced the Rouran Khaganate as the dominant power on…
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)