Eastern Turkic Khaganate

Eastern Turkic Khaganate
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
581–645
	625 WESTERN; TURKIC KHAGANATE EASTERN; TURKIC KHAGANATE SASANIAN; EMPIRE CHAM-; PA Kyrgyzs TOKHARA; YABGHUS PUSHYABHUTIS TANG; DYNASTY BYZANTINE; EMPIRE AVAR; KHAGANATE Khitans CHENLA Paleo-Siberians Tungus GOGU-; RYEO TUYUHUN TIBETAN; EMPIRE Greatest extent of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate
Status	581–603: administrative region of the First Turkic Khaganate; 603–630: independent khaganate; 630–639: under Tang dynasty suzerainty; 639–645: buffer state under the Tang dynasty;
Capital	Ötüken
Common languages	Old Turkic; Rouran; Middle Chinese;
Religion	Tengrism, Buddhism
Khagan
• 603–609	Yami Qaghan
• 620–630	Illig Qaghan
• 645–650	Chebi Khan
Establishment
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Göktürk civil war, Eastern Khaganate founded	581
• East-West split	603
• Conquest by Tang dynasty	630
• Empire reestablished	639
• Reconquest by Tang dynasty	645
• Second Turkic Khaganate established	682
Area
624	4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi)
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	First Turkic Khaganate
Xueyantuo
Protectorate General to Pacify the North
Second Turkic Khaganate
Today part of	China; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Russia

The Eastern Turkic Khaganate (Chinese: 東突厥; pinyin: Dōng Tūjué or Dōng Tújué) was formed as a result of the destructive wars in the beginning of the 7th century (AD 581–603) after the First Turkic Khaganate (founded in the 6th century in the Mongolian Plateau by the Ashina clan) had splintered into two polities – one in the east, one in the west. The Eastern Turkic Khaganate was defeated and absorbed by the Tang dynasty, and Xueyantuo occupied the territory of the former Turkic Khaganate.