Eastern Turkic Khaganate

Eastern Turkic Khaganate
581–603 (subdivision of the First Turkic Khaganate) 603–630, 639–645 (independent empire) (630–639, Tang Dynasty)
Greatest extent of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate (It probably did not reach the Pacific)
Status	Khaganate (Nomadic empire)
Capital	Ötüken
Common languages	Old Turkic Ruanruan Middle Chinese[1]
Religion	Tengrism, Buddhism[2]
Khagan
• 603-609	Yami Qaghan
• 620-630	Illig Qaghan
• 645-650	Chebi Khan
Establishment
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Göktürk civil war, Eastern Khaganate founded	581
• East-West split	603
• Conquest by Tang dynasty	630
• Empire reestablished	639
• Reconquest by Tang dynasty	645
• Second Turkic Khaganate established	682
Area
624[3]	4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by First Turkic Khaganate Xueyantuo Protectorate General to Pacify the North
Today part of	China Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia

Shoroon Bumbagar tomb mural, Göktürk, 7th century CE, Mongolia.^[4][5][6][7]

Shoroon Bumbagar tomb mural, Göktürk, 7th century CE, Mongolia.^{[8][9][10][11]}

A Turk mourning the Buddha, Kyzyl, Mingoi, Maya cave.^[12][13]

History of the Turkic peoples pre–14th century
Tiele people
Göktürks
First Turkic Khaganate 552–581 Western Turkic Khaganate 581–657 (Tokhara Yabghus, Turk Shahis) Eastern Turkic Khaganate 581–650 Second Turkic Khaganate 682–744
Khazar Khaganate 618–1048
Xueyantuo 628–646
Kangar union 659–750
Turk Shahi 665-850
Türgesh Khaganate 699–766
Kimek confederation 743–1035
Uyghur Khaganate 744–840
Oghuz Yabgu State 750–1055
Karluk Yabgu State 756–940
Kara-Khanid Khanate 840–1212
Western Kara-Khanid Eastern Kara-Khanid
Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom 848–1036
Qocho 856–1335
Pecheneg Khanates 860–1091
Ghaznavid Empire 963–1186
Seljuk Empire 1037–1194
Sultanate of Rum
Cuman–Kipchak confederation 1067–1239
Khwarazmian Empire 1077–1231
Kerait Khanate 11th century–13th century
Delhi Sultanate 1206–1526
Mamluk dynasty Khalji dynasty Tughlaq dynasty
Qarlughid Kingdom 1224–1266
Golden Horde 1240s–1502
Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) 1250–1517
Bahri dynasty

History of Mongolia
Timeline States Rulers Nobility Culture Politics Geography Language Religion
Ancient period Prehistory Slab Grave culture 1300–300 BC Xiongnu 209 BC–93 AD Xianbei state 93–234 Rouran Khaganate 330–555 Göktürks (First, Eastern, and Second Turkic Khaganates) 555–630 682–744 Xueyantuo 628–646 Tang protectorate 647–682 Uyghur Khaganate 744–840 Liao dynasty 907–1125
Medieval period Mongol khanates 9th–10th cent. Khamag Mongol 10th cent.–1206 Mongol Empire 1206–1368 Yuan dynasty 1271–1368 Northern Yuan 1368–1635 Four Oirat 1399–1634 Dzungar Khanate 1634–1758 Qing dynasty 1691–1911
Modern period National Revolution 1911 Bogd Khaganate 1911–19, 1921–24 Chinese occupation 1919–1921 People's Revolution 1921 People's Republic 1924–1992 Democratic Revolution 1990 Modern Mongolia 1990–present
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The Eastern Turkic Khaganate (Chinese: 東突厥; pinyin: Dōng tūjué) was a Turkic khaganate formed as a result of the internecine wars in the beginning of the 7th century (AD 581–603) after the Göktürk Khaganate (founded in the 6th century in Mongolia by the Ashina clan) had splintered into two polities – Eastern and Western. Finally, the Eastern Turkic power was absorbed by the Chinese Tang Empire.

History[]

Outline[]

In 552-555 the Gokturks replaced the Rouran in Mongolia, forming the Turkic Khaganate (552-630). They quickly spread west to the Caspian Sea. Between 581 and 603 the Western Turkic Khaganate in Kazakhstan separated from the Eastern Khaganate in Mongolia. In the early period the Chinese were weak and paid tribute to the Turks. The Chinese grew stronger and overthrew the Eastern Turks in 630.

Before the Khaganate[]

The ethnonym Türk (pl. Türküt, > Middle Chinese as 突厥: early *dwət-kuɑt > late *tɦut-kyat > Mandarin Tūjué) is ultimately derived from the Old-Turkic migration-term^[14][15][16]