Göktürk Khanate, Second

The Turkic Khaganate (552-744), sometimes referred to by its Anatolian Turkish corruption Göktürks' khaganate (Celestial/Blue Turks), are a khaganate established by Ashina Türks in medieval Inner Asia.

The Ashina Türks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan (d. 552) and his sons, succeed the Rouran Khaganate as the main power in the Mongolian plateau and establish a stronger empire, which rapidly expands to rule huge territories in Central Asia.

This khaganate interacts extensively with various dynasties based in north China, and for significant periods exercises considerable control over the lucrative Silk Road trade.

This first dynasty collapses in 581, and fifty years later Kutlugh (d. 692) establishes the Second Türk Empire (683-734), also referred to as the Turkic Khaganate, which controls much of the eastern portion of the former Turkic Khaganate and produces the Orkhon inscriptions that have survived to the present.

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