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    Gaochang (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng; Old Uyghur: Qocho), also called Khocho, Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), was...
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    Gaochang or Karahoja (Uyghur: قاراھوجا, romanized: Qarahoja, Қарахоҗа; Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng), is the only district and the seat of the oasis city...
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  • Gaochang was an ancient kingdom in modern Turpan, China. Gaochang may also refer to: Gaochang District, the main urban district of Turpan, formerly the...
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    oasis city of Gaochang in 442. In historiography, their state is known as the "Northern Liang of Gaochang" (Chinese: 高昌北涼; pinyin: Gāochāng Běi Liáng; 442–460)...
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    Qocho (redirect from Prince of Gaochang)
    Qocho or Kara-Khoja (Chinese: 高昌回鶻; pinyin: Gāochāng Huíhú; lit. 'Gaochang Uyghurs'), also known as Idiqut, ("holy wealth"; "glory"; "lord of fortune")...
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    Turpan/Turfan/Tulufan is one such example. Others include Jushi/Gushi, Gaochang/Qocho/Karakhoja and Jiaohe/Yarkhoto. The center of the region has shifted...
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    Emperor Taizong sent the military commander Hou Junji to defeat and annex Gaochang (Karakhoja)—the first attempt by any Chinese dynasty to set up a permanent...
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  • 460 AD, the Rouran killed King Gaochang, the Gaochang people established Kan Bozhou as the king of Gaochang with Gaochang City as the capital, and established...
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    of the kingdom of Gaochang, the Chinese army stationed nearby was seen as a direct threat. This is a little ironic, because Gaochang's military aggression...
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    The Tang campaign against Karakhoja, known as Gaochang in Chinese sources, was a military campaign in 640 CE conducted by Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty...
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  • Anzhou of the Northern Liang fled to Gaochang after their defeat against the Northern Wei. They ousted the local Gaochang governor Kan Shuang (闞爽) who escaped...
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    Southeast Asia avoided the mountains by stopping at oasis towns, such as Gaochang, built on the desert's rim at the foot of the Flaming Mountains and near...
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  • romanized: Astane Yëzisi) is a township in Gaochang District, Turpan, Xinjiang, China. The ancient Gaochang city ruins is located here. Sanbu made international...
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  • neighboring kingdom of Gaochang (Karakhajo). Xuanzang complies despite reservations. Andrew Lin as Qu Wentai, king of Gaochang, who tried to force Xuanzang...
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  • 7 mi) from the ancient city of Gaochang. It served mainly as the cemetery for the descendants of Chinese settlers in Gaochang from the 4th century to the...
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    married to the ethnic Han regent Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei. The Kingdom of Gaochang was made out of ethnic Han colonists and ruled by the Han people Qu family...
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    Junji, assisted by Xue Wanjun, to launch a major attack on Gaochang. As they approached Gaochang, Qu Wentai died in fear and was succeeded by his son Qu...
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    He is best known for leading the Tang military campaigns against the Gaochang and Tuyuhun kingdoms. In 643, he was implicated in a plot by the crown...
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    Emperor Taizong, campaigns were dispatched in the Western Regions against Gaochang in 640, Karasahr in 644 and 648, and Kucha in 648. The wars against the...
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    (Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, in the Xinjiang...
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    some 35 km (22 mi) south-southwest from Turpan City. The ancient city of Gaochang was a key point on the ancient Silk Road and dates back to the 1st century...
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  • Northern Liang's old territory, and later, after that attempt failed, at Gaochang. Juqu Anzhou succeeded Juqu Wuhui after Juqu Wuhui's death in 444, and...
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    western region, while the central region around Turpan was controlled by Gaochang, remnants of a state (Northern Liang) that once ruled part of what is now...
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  • Xinluo, Abbot of Pulin Monastery Law Kwok-hung as King of Gaochang So Yan-tze as Queen of Gaochang Chan On-ying as Witty Bug Felix Lok as Elder Jinchi Yim...
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    Chief Official of the Western Regions Kingdom of Khotan Sixteen Kingdoms Gaochang Göktürks: First, Western, Eastern and Second Tang dynasty Protectorate...
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    controlled trade routes, and raided and subjugated oases and outposts such as Gaochang. They are said to have shown the signs of "both an early state and a chiefdom"...
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  • Uyghurs, led by Baoyi Qaghan, defeated the Tibetans and Karluks, taking Gaochang. Not long after the Tibetans attacked Yushu, a fortified town 560 li east...
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    established by the Tang dynasty in 702 to control the Beiting region north of Gaochang in contemporary Xinjiang. Wu Zetian set up the Beiting Protectorate in...
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    (Tashkurgan 塔什干 in present-day Xinjiang), Wuxing fan 武興藩 (in Shanxi), Gaochang 高昌 (Turpan), Tianmen Man 天門蠻 (somewhere between Henan, Hubei, and Guizhou)...
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    Officials) Kingdom of Khotan Former Liang Former Qin Later Liang Western Liang Gaochang Rouran First Turkic Khaganate Western Turkic Khaganate Eastern Turkic Khaganate...
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