Home Region: Mongolia (Central and Northern Eurasia)
Uigur Khaganate
745 CE 840 CE
Displayed: 750 CE
Ordu Balik
Ordu Balik
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General Description
The Orkhon Valley lies either side of the Orkhon River, in north-central Mongolia. Between the 740s and the 840s, this region was controlled by the Uighur khaganate, notably one of only two polities ever to adopt Manichaeism as the official state cult.
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The Uighur khaganate was relatively centralized, and included a tax collection system, but leaders often served both civil and military functions, and local rulers often enjoyed considerable autonomy.
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No population estimates specific to this polity could be found in the literature, though, according to McEvedy and Jones, at that time Mongolia and Siberia together likely had a population of no more than 500,000.
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[1]: Werner Sundermann, "MANICHEISM i. GENERAL SURVEY," Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2009, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/manicheism-1-general-survey (accessed on 25 August 2016).
[2]: (Rogers 2012, 226)
[3]: (McEvedy and Jones 1978) McEvedy, Colin. Jones, Richard. 1978. Atlas of World Population History. Penguin Books Ltd. London.
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
| alliance with [---] | |
| personal union with [---] |
| Turko-Sogdian |
| Khitan Empire |
| elite migration | |
| continuity |
| Preceding: Second Turk Khaganate (mn_turk_khaganate_2) [continuity] | |
| Succeeding: Khitan I (mn_khitan_1) [absorption] |
| confederated state |
Language
Religion
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information
/ Writing System
Information
/ Kinds of Written Documents
Information
/ Money
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/ Postal System
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/ Measurement System
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables
Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences
Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions
Coding in Progress.
NGA Settlements:
| Year Range | Uigur Khaganate (mn_uygur_khaganate) was in: |
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| (745 CE 840 CE) | Orkhon Valley |
Home NGA: Orkhon Valley
General Variables
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| Utm Zone | 48 T | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Original Name | Uigur Khaganate | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | Ordu Balik | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Uighur Empire | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Uygur | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Uyghur | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Duration | [745 CE ➜ 840 CE] | Confident | |||||||||
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| Suprapolity Relations | alliance with [---] | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Suprapolity Relations | personal union with [---] | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Supracultural Entity | Turko-Sogdian | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Succeeding Entity | Khitan Empire | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Relationship to Preceding Entity | elite migration | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Relationship to Preceding Entity | continuity | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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Preceding Entity
682 CE 744 CE
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Second Turk Khaganate (mn_turk_khaganate_2) [continuity] | Confident | |||||||||
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Succeeding Entity
907 CE 1125 CE
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Khitan I (mn_khitan_1) [absorption] | Confident | |||||||||
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| Degree of Centralization | confederated state | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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Social Complexity Variables
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| Specialized Government Building | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Merit Promotion | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Full Time Bureaucrat | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Examination System | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Variable | Coded Value | Tags | Year(s) | See More | |||||||
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| Mines or Quarry | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Variable | Coded Value | Tags | Year(s) | See More | |||||||
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| Written Record | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Script | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Phonetic Alphabetic Writing | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Nonwritten Record | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Non Phonetic Writing | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Mnemonic Device | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Scientific Literature | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Practical Literature | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Philosophy | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Lists Tables and Classification | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| History | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Fiction | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Calendar | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Variable | Coded Value | Tags | Year(s) | See More | |||||||
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| Token | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Precious Metal | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Paper Currency | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Indigenous Coin | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Foreign Coin | Present | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Article | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Postal Station | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| General Postal Service | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Courier | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Weight Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Volume Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Time Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Length Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Geometrical Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Area Measurement System | Uncoded | Undecided | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
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| Wooden Palisade | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Stone Walls Non Mortared | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Stone Walls Mortared | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Settlements in a Defensive Position | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Modern Fortification | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moat | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Fortified Camp | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Earth Rampart | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Ditch | Present | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Complex Fortification | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Long Wall | unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Tension Siege Engine | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Sling Siege Engine | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Sling | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Self Bow | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Javelin | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Handheld Firearm | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Gunpowder Siege Artillery | Absent | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Crossbow | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Composite Bow | Present | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Atlatl | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| War Club | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Sword | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Spear | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Polearm | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Dagger | Present | Confident | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Battle Axe | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Wood Bark Etc | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Shield | Present | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Scaled Armor | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Plate Armor | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Limb Protection | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Leather Cloth | Present | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Laminar Armor | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Helmet | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Chainmail | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Breastplate | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Broad | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Broad | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic | Unknown | Confident | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in This Life | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in This Life | Absent | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners | Absent | Inferred | 745 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Certain | Unknown | Suspected | 745 CE 761 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Certain | Present | Confident | 762 CE 840 CE | ||||||||
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