Turfan region

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archaeological site cluster historical region oasis region

The Turfan region is an oasis area in present-day Xinjiang, China, historically significant as a Silk Road crossroads and rich archaeological site of ancient Buddhist, Manichaean, and Nestorian cultures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Turfan oasis 2
Turfan region canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site cluster ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
oasis region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Turpan NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate continental desert climate ⓘ
contains Astana tombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaochang ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jiaohe ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toyoq caves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turpan city NERFINISHED ⓘ
country China ⓘ
excavationsBy Chinese archaeologists ⓘ
German expeditions ⓘ
feature one of the lowest depressions on Earth ⓘ
historicalInhabitants Chinese ⓘ
Indo‑European peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uyghurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist archaeological remains ⓘ
Manichaean archaeological remains ⓘ
Nestorian Christian archaeological remains ⓘ
Silk Road crossroads ⓘ
ancient cave temples ⓘ
ancient irrigation systems ⓘ
extreme arid climate ⓘ
grape cultivation ⓘ
karez underground canals ⓘ
multi‑lingual manuscript discoveries ⓘ
oasis settlements ⓘ
languageEvidence Middle Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Uyghur language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sogdian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tocharian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Turpan Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRoute Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistory Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nestorian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole cultural contact zone ⓘ
trade hub between China and Central Asia ⓘ
timeDepth at least from 1st millennium BCE ⓘ

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German Turfan expeditions → location → Turfan region ⓘ
German Turfan expeditions → significantPlace → Turfan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan oasis
Turfan manuscripts → relatedTo → Turfan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan oasis