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31 05, 2017

Who were the Gokturks? Central Asian History

By |2019-07-08T11:16:17-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Who were the Gokturks? Central Asian History

The Gokturks: A Gokturk coin, about 576-600 AD (Kyrgyzstan museum) (compare to Sassanian and Byzantine coins of the same time) Bumin Qaghan beats the Rouran About 550 AD, Bumin Qaghan [...]

31 05, 2017

Khans and Czars in Central Asia – Government

By |2017-05-31T11:36:32-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, Government|Comments Off on Khans and Czars in Central Asia – Government

Scythian comb,about 400 BC (Metropolitan Museum, New York) Most early Central Asian people were Indo-European, or Yamnaya. The biggest group may have been the Scythians. Until about 500 BC, the Scythians lived [...]

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