Suyab

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Suyab was an important ancient Silk Road city in Central Asia that served as a political and commercial center for various Turkic and other regional powers.

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Suyab canonical 4
Suiyab 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road city
ancient city
archaeological site
capitalOf Turgesh Khaganate
Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
controlledBy Kara-Khanid Khanate
Karluks
linked to: Karluk Turks

Tang dynasty
Turgesh Khaganate
Western Turkic Khaganate
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
declinedAfterCentury 10th century
excavatedBy Soviet archaeologists
flourishedInCentury 6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
garrisonedBy Tang dynasty
hadPopulationGroup Chinese
Iranian peoples
Sogdians
Turkic peoples
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf fortifications
religious buildings
residential quarters
knownAs Sui-ye
Suiyab
linked to: Suyab

Suiyeh
locatedIn Central Asia
Chüy Valley
linked to: Chüy Region
locatedInPresentDay Kyrgyzstan
locatedNear Tokmok
locatedOn Chu River
mentionedIn Chinese historical sources
nearbySite Ak-Beshim
onTradeRouteBetween Byzantine Empire
China
Sogdia
partOf Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes
recognizedAs important Silk Road heritage site
religionPresent Buddhism
Manichaeism
Nestorian Christianity
linked to: Nestorianism

Tengrism
Zoroastrianism
servedAs commercial center
political center
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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