Nomadic empire
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Nomadic empires, sometimes also called steppe empires, Central or Inner Asian empires, were the empires erected by the bow-wielding, horse-riding, nomadic people in the Eurasian Steppe, from classical
A horserider of probable Xiongnu origin: the rider wears a hairbun characteristic of the oriental steppes, and his horse has characteristically Xiongnu horse trappings. 2nd–1st century BC. Excavated in Saksanokhur (near Farkhor), Tajikistan. National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan.
Xiongnu Empire
Xianbei Empire
Bulgars led by Khan Krum pursue the Byzantines at the Battle of Versinikia (813).
Turkic migration
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The Turkic migrations were the spread of Turkic tribes and Turkic languages across Eurasia between the 4th and 11th centuries. In the 6th century, the Göktürks overthrew the Rouran Khaganate in what i
Asia in 200 BC, showing the early Xiongnu state and its neighbors
Uyghur Khaganate in geopolitical context c. AD 800