Göktürk Khaganate
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The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Göktürk Khaganate canonical | 7 |
| Second Turkic Khaganate | 5 |
| Göktürks | 4 |
| Western Turkic Khaganate | 4 |
| First Turkic Khaganate | 2 |
| Turkic Khaganate | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1946320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Göktürk Khaganate Context triple: [Turkic world, hasHistoricalRoot, Göktürk Khaganate]
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A.
Avar Khaganate
The Avar Khaganate was a powerful early medieval nomadic empire of Eurasian steppe origin that dominated much of the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe between the 6th and 9th centuries.
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B.
Uyghur Khaganate
The Uyghur Khaganate was a powerful Turkic nomadic empire that dominated parts of Central Asia and Mongolia in the 8th–9th centuries, playing a key role in regional trade, politics, and the spread of Manichaeism and Buddhism.
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C.
Kara-Khanid Khanate
The Kara-Khanid Khanate was a medieval Turkic Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia, particularly Transoxiana and Kashgaria, between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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D.
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol and later Turkic-ruled khanate in Central Asia, formed from the lands of Genghis Khan’s son Chagatai and serving as a key successor state of the Mongol Empire.
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E.
Western Xia
Western Xia was a Tangut-ruled dynasty in northwestern China (1038–1227), known for its unique script and culture and for its frequent conflicts with the Song, Liao, and later the Mongol Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Göktürk Khaganate Target entity description: The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.
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A.
Avar Khaganate
The Avar Khaganate was a powerful early medieval nomadic empire of Eurasian steppe origin that dominated much of the Carpathian Basin and Central Europe between the 6th and 9th centuries.
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B.
Uyghur Khaganate
The Uyghur Khaganate was a powerful Turkic nomadic empire that dominated parts of Central Asia and Mongolia in the 8th–9th centuries, playing a key role in regional trade, politics, and the spread of Manichaeism and Buddhism.
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C.
Kara-Khanid Khanate
The Kara-Khanid Khanate was a medieval Turkic Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia, particularly Transoxiana and Kashgaria, between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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D.
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol and later Turkic-ruled khanate in Central Asia, formed from the lands of Genghis Khan’s son Chagatai and serving as a key successor state of the Mongol Empire.
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E.
Western Xia
Western Xia was a Tangut-ruled dynasty in northwestern China (1038–1227), known for its unique script and culture and for its frequent conflicts with the Song, Liao, and later the Mongol Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic empire
ⓘ
historical state ⓘ khaganate ⓘ nomadic empire ⓘ |
| capital | Ötüken ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
China (part of territory)
Kazakhstan ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakhstan (part of territory)
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
surface form:
Kyrgyzstan (part of territory)
Mongolia ⓘ
surface form:
Mongolia (part of territory)
Siberia ⓘ
surface form:
Russia (part of territory, Siberia)
Turkmenistan ⓘ
surface form:
Turkmenistan (part of territory)
Uzbekistan ⓘ
surface form:
Uzbekistan (part of territory)
|
| currency | Chinese coinage (in trade) ⓘ |
| economy |
long-distance trade
ⓘ
pastoral nomadism ⓘ |
| endTime | 603 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Göktürk Khaganate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Göktürks
Turkic peoples ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ashina clan
ⓘ
Bumin Qaghan ⓘ |
| governmentType |
monarchy
ⓘ
nomadic confederation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Göktürk Khaganate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
First Turkic Khaganate
Göktürk Khaganate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Turkic Khaganate
|
| headOfStateTitle |
Great Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Khagan
|
| influenced |
Khazar Khaganate
ⓘ
Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ later Turkic states ⓘ |
| knownFor |
earliest known Turkic runic inscriptions
ⓘ
unifying various Turkic and steppe tribes ⓘ |
| language |
Old Turkic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Turkic
|
| notableEvent |
defeat of the Rouran Khaganate
ⓘ
division into Eastern and Western Göktürk Khaganates ⓘ subjugation by the Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Bilge Qaghan
ⓘ
Bumin Qaghan ⓘ Ilterish Qaghan ⓘ Kül Tigin ⓘ Bumin Qaghan ⓘ
surface form:
Muhan Qaghan
Taspar Qaghan ⓘ İstemi Yabghu ⓘ |
| partOf |
Silk Road routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road network
|
| predecessor | Rouran Khaganate ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| religion |
Tengrism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| startTime | 552 ⓘ |
| successor |
Göktürk Khaganate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Turkic Khaganate
|
| writingSystem | Old Turkic script ⓘ |
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Subject: Göktürk Khaganate Description of subject: The Göktürk Khaganate was a powerful early medieval Turkic empire in Central Asia that unified various nomadic tribes and laid the foundations of later Turkic states and cultures.
Referenced by (24)
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