A history of the second Türk empire (ca. 682-745 AD)
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A history of the second Türk empire (ca. 682-745 AD)
（Brill's Inner Asian library, v. 40）
Brill, c2021
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Bibliography: p. [290]-305
Includes index
Summary: "This book is an outstanding work of scholarship, which builds on a long history of research and publication in this field dating to the 1890s. The author has made extensive use of Chinese sources in the original and prepared a new edition of the Old Turkic inscriptions. It also provides new views on the dating and authorship of the inscriptions. In short, it is the leading edition for scholarly use by Turkologists, but is also open to those interested in the history of the Early Turks and Medieval Central Eurasia. An essential source book and reference work"-- Provided by publisher
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Description
This book is an outstanding work of scholarship, which builds on a long history of research and publication in this field dating to the 1890s. The author has made extensive use of Chinese sources in the original and prepared a new edition of the Old Turkic inscriptions. It also provides new views on the dating and authorship of the inscriptions. In short, it is the leading edition for scholarly use by Turkologists, but is also open to those interested in the history of the Early Turks and Medieval Central Eurasia. An essential source book and reference work.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Map of the Second Turk Empire
The Ruling Lineage of the Second Turk Empire (682-745 AD)
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 History of the Early Turks
2 Overview of Political and Social Conditions on the Steppe
3 Previous Research
4 Questions and Sources
5 Why a New Edition of the Old Turkic Inscriptions?
6 Notes on Calendar
7 Notes on Transcribing Chinese Characters
1 Revival of Power
1 Unsuccessful Rebellion
2 Successful Uprising Led by Kutlug
3 The Base of the Turk Rebels: Cugay Mountain and Black Sand
4 Ashide Yuanzhen and Bilge Tonukuk
5 Campaigns of the Turk Army
6 Return to OEtuken
7 The Turk Campaign against Shandong
8 The Tripartite Alliance against the Turks
9 The Turk Campaign against the Kirkiz
10 Tonukuk's Isolation in the Army
11 The Westward Campaign of the Turks
12 When Did Elteris Kagan Pass Away?
2 Years of Warfare
1 Honeymoon between the Turks and China
2 The Kitan Rebellion against China
3 The Intervention of the Turks
4 The Turk Requirements for Military Aid
5 The Winner of the Kitan-China War: The Turks
6 Breakdown of the Turk-China Negotiations
7 The Turks' Second Wave of Attacks on China
8 The Turks' Victory over Caca
9 The Construction of Three Strategic Citadels
10 The Involvement of the Turgis and Kirkiz
11 Resumption of the Turk-Tang Marriage Negotiations
12 The Turk Campaign against the Kirkiz and Turgis
13 Suspension of the Turk-Tang Marriage Negotiations
14 The Rise of the Tatabi
15 The Fruits of the Turk-Tang Marriage Negotiations
16 The Bes Balik Battle
17 Kapgan Kagan's Last Attempt
18 Risk of Collapse
19 The Turk-Oguz War
3 Compromise and Negotiation
1 Bilge Kagan's Enthronement
2 Background of the Tonukuk Inscription
3 Swaying the Attitudes of the Small Regimes
4 The Turk Campaign against the Basmil
5 Rebellion of the Sogdians in Alti Cub Sogdak
6 The Turks' Foreign Policy
7 Establishment of the Kul Tegin Memorial
8 The Turk Campaign against the Tatabi
9 Bilge Kagan's Death: A Murder Case
4 Empire in Decay
1 Tenri Teg Tenri Yaratmis Turk Bilge Kagan (r. 734-740)
2 Tenri Teg Tenride Bolmis Turk Bilge Kagan (r. 740-741)
3 Collapse of the Second Turk Empire
Conclusion
1 Reconstruction of the Chronology
2 Contextualizing the Old Turkic Inscriptions
3 Authorship of the Old Turkic Inscriptions
Appendix: Old Turkic Inscriptions
Notes on Transliteration, Transcription and Translation
Bilge Tonukuk Inscription - Text
Bilge Tonukuk Inscription - Translation
Kul Tegin Inscription - Text
Kul Tegin Inscription - Translation
Bilge Kagan Inscription - Text
Bilge Kagan Inscription - Translation
The Chinese Text on Kul Tegin's Memorial
Glossary of the Old Turkic Inscriptions
Glossary of the Chinese Characters
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
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