Karakhanid era

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The Karakhanid era was a medieval Turkic dynasty period (roughly 10th–12th centuries) in Central Asia marked by the early Islamization of Turkic peoples and the emergence of some of the first written Turkic literary works.

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Qarakhanid period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic historical period
historical era
medieval period
appliesToDynasty Karakhanid dynasty
linked to: Kara-Khanid Khanate
endsWith Kara-Khitai conquest of Karakhanid territories
follows Samanid era
linked to: Samanid Empire
hasAuthorActive Ahmad Yasawi
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Yusuf Khass Hajib
hasCapital Balasagun
Kashgar
hasCulturalFeature bilingual Arabic–Turkic scholarship
courtly didactic poetry
early Turkic Islamic literature
hasCulturalImpactOn Turkic Islamic identity
development of written Turkic languages
hasDynasticReligion Islam
hasEconomicActivity Silk Road trade
hasEndTime 12th century
hasEthnicContext Turkic peoples
hasLanguage Karakhani Turkic
linked to: Chagatai Turkic

Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic language
hasLocation Central Asia
hasNeighbor Ghaznavid Empire
Kara-Khitai
linked to: Qara Khitai

Seljuk Empire
hasNotableRuler Ahmad b. Ali
Nasr Khan
Satuq Bughra Khan
Yusuf Qadir Khan
hasNotableWork Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Dīwān-i Hikmet
Kutadgu Bilig
hasPoliticalStructure dual khanate system
hasPrevalentLaw Islamic law
linked to: Sharia

Turkic customary law
hasProcess Islamization of Turkic peoples
hasRegion Fergana Valley
linked to: Ferghana Valley

Kashgar region
linked to: Kashgar Prefecture

Semirechye
Transoxiana
hasReligion Islam
hasReligionPolicy promotion of Sunni Islam
hasSect Sunni Islam
hasStartTime 10th century
hasUrbanDevelopment growth of Islamic cities in Central Asia
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Old Turkic script
precedes Khwārazmian era

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Kalyan Minaret era Qarakhanid period
linked to: Karakhanid era