Yangikent

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Yangikent was a medieval Central Asian city that served as the political and administrative center of the Oghuz Turks.

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Yangikent canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
former populated place
medieval city
archaeologicalResearch surveyed in Soviet period
associatedWithTribe Oghuz Yabghu confederation
linked to: Oghuz Yabgu State
connectedTo Khwarazmian cities by trade routes
steppe nomad routes
countryDuringMedievalPeriod Khwarazm
linked to: Khwarezm
culture Turkic
currentState ruins
declineCause political shifts in steppe powers
declinePeriod late 11th century
economicBase pastoralism support services
trade
ethnicAssociation Oghuz Turks
linked to: Oghuz
flourishedInCentury 10th century
11th century
governedByTitle Yabghu
historicalRegion Transoxiana fringe
knownAs Dih-i Yangi
New Town
Yangi-kent
languageInUse Oghuz Turkic
locatedIn Central Asia
lower Syr Darya region
linked to: Syr Darya basin
locatedInPresentDay Kazakhstan
mentionedBy Ibn Hawqal
al-Biruni
linked to: Al-Biruni

al-Istakhri
al-Muqaddasi
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
nearBodyOfWater Aral Sea
onRiver Syr Darya
partOf Oghuz Yabghu State
linked to: Oghuz Yabgu State
politicalRole capital of the Oghuz Yabghu State
precededBy Jand
regionToday Kyzylorda Region
religionPresent Islam
pre-Islamic Turkic beliefs
servedAs administrative center of the Oghuz Turks
political center of the Oghuz Turks
strategicRole frontier city between steppe and settled lands
tradeFunction regional trade center
stop on steppe caravan routes
urbanFeature citadel
fortified settlement
residential quarters

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Oghuz Yabgu State capital Yangikent