Rouran Khaganate
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The Rouran Khaganate, also known as Ruanruan or Juan-juan, was a tribal confederation and later state. The Rouran state was undoubtedly multi-ethnic, most of the historical sources state that they wer
Ambassador from the Ruoran (Ruiruiguo 芮芮國) in The Gathering of Kings (王會圖), circa 650 CE
Gaochang was subjugated by the Rouran in 460.
The Rouran Khaganate and main polities around 500 AD
Pursuit by Mongol Warriors
Göktürks
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The Göktürks, also known as Türks, Celestial Turks or Blue Turks, were a Turkic people in medieval Inner Asia. The Göktürks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan and his sons, succeeded the Rouran Kha
Rouran Khaganate
…century, with the royal house of Rourans intermarrying with the royal houses of the Hephthalites. The Rouran Khaganate ended when they were defeated by a Göktürk rebellion. Their Khaganate overthrown, some Rouran remnants possibly became Tatars while others possibly migrated west and became the Pannonian Avars…
Gökturk petroglyphs from Orkhon Valley, Mongolia (6th to 8th century)
A funerary depiction of long haired Türks in the Kazakh steppe. Miho funerary couch, circa 570.
Turkic horseman (Tomb of An Jia, 579 CE).
Bust of Kul Tigin (684–731) found in Khashaat, Arkhangai Province, Orkhon River valley, modern-day Mongolia.