Kirghiz Khaganate

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The Kirghiz Khaganate was a medieval Turkic nomadic empire in Central Asia that rose to prominence in the 9th century after overthrowing the Uyghur Khaganate and controlling key stretches of the Eurasian steppe.

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Kyrgyz Khaganate 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic empire
historical state
khaganate
basedOn Yenisei Kyrgyz tribal union NERFINISHED
capital Ordu-Baliq NERFINISHED
continent Asia
culture Turkic steppe culture
diplomaticRelations Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
other steppe polities
economy horse breeding
pastoral nomadism
tribute and trade
endTime 10th century
ethnicContinuity modern Kyrgyz people NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Yenisei Kyrgyz NERFINISHED
floruit 9th century
follows Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
nomadic monarchy
headOfStateTitle Khagan NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
historicalRegion Inner Asia NERFINISHED
inConflict Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
Tibetans NERFINISHED
Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED
language Old Turkic NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eurasian Steppe NERFINISHED
Minusinsk Basin NERFINISHED
Sayan Mountains NERFINISHED
Yenisei River basin NERFINISHED
military cavalry-based army
notableEvent destruction of the Uyghur capital Ordu-Baliq in 840
partOf Eurasian steppe empires NERFINISHED
politicalStructure tribal confederation
predecessor Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED
region Central Asia
religion Tengrism NERFINISHED
sourceOfName Kyrgyz people NERFINISHED
startTime 840
successor regional Turkic principalities in southern Siberia
territoryIncludes parts of modern-day Khakassia
parts of modern-day Mongolia
parts of modern-day Tuva
parts of southern Siberia
uses runiform Turkic script

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Uyghur Khaganate followedBy Kirghiz Khaganate
Kyrgyz people historicalPolity Kirghiz Khaganate
this entity surface form: Kyrgyz Khaganate