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Lecture 1 part (a) Central Asia Gokturks and Uighurs. Modern world map of Turkic speaking people. Turkic Empires. Uighur, Timurid, Selcuk and Ottoman. Orkhon river valley ( Khosho Tsaidam) monuments - Gokturks. Unesco World heritage site Orkhon Valley cultural landscape.
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Lecture 1 part (a) Central Asia Gokturks and Uighurs
Orkhon river valley (Khosho Tsaidam) monuments - Gokturks Unesco World heritage site Orkhon Valley cultural landscape. Centre of 3 major empires 1.Turkic Gokturk Kaghanate552–744AD 2. Uıghur Empire 3. Mongolian.
Petroglyphs from Zavkhan Province Mongolia, depicting Göktürks (6th-8th century
Bilge Khan Monument Complex 735 AD Depiction of horsemen on clay tiles Monumental site reconstruction
Commerative stele with tortoise base (Pixi) Xiao Xiu mausoleum, Nanjing, Liang Dynasty, ca. 518 Wordless stele of EmpressWu Zhe Tian Tang Dynasty 705
Kul Tigin monumental complex 732AD Sculpted marble head of the Göktürk general Kul Tigin (8th century AD). Reconstruction of commerative stele with tortoise base (Pixi) from Kul Tigin and Bilge Kahan complex
Bilge Khan monument figurative sculpture Sculpted figure Bilge Khan complex 8th century AD. Sculpted figure Bilge Khan complex 8th century AD.
Bilge Khan Monument Complex 735 AD Golden Crown with precious stones Sılver deer statuette
Interior of Kazakh Yurt Tent / Yurt in Seljuk manuscript
Imperial Ottoman tent complex Safaviid tent complex
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Uighur Khaganate Situated on Silk road Late Uighar Karakhoja Kingdom AD 856-1209 Buddhist religious cave grottoes
Wall Paintings Bezeklik caves Uyghur Prince Bezeklik, Cave 19, ca. 11th/12th century AD Uyghur Noble couple Bezeklik, Cave 19, ca. 11th/12th century AD
Textile and paper drawings and paintings Uighur Khagan 8th century AD
Textile and paper drawings and paintings Uighur Dancing Demon 13th 14th century AD Khocho . Ink on paper
Stucco and paint sculpture Bust of a bodhisattva from Kucha, 6th-7th century