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    Ordu-Baliq (meaning "city of the court", "city of the army"; Mongolian: Хар Балгас, Chinese: 窩魯朵八里), also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital...
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    century there was a dispute whether or not the ruins of Karabalgasun, or Ordu-Baliq, were in fact those of Karakorum. In 1889, the site was conclusively identified...
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  • used the profits to construct the capital, Ordu-Baliq, and another city further up the Selenga River, Bai Baliq. The new khagan then embarked on a series...
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  • Look up ordu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ordu may refer to: Ordu, a city at Black Sea coast in northern Turkey Ordu-Baliq, an ancient city and...
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  • Tengrism. Otuken (Ötüken) is also one of the names given to Mother Earth. Ordu-Baliq was built on the ruins of the Göktürk imperial capital. Otuken is located...
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    Through trade relations established with China, its capital city of Ordu Baliq in central Mongolia's Orkhon Valley became a wealthy center of commerce...
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    (744- 840) in the southern Siberian steppe, with the fortified city of Ordu-Baliq on the Upper Orkhon River as its capital. Before the end of the year (763)...
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    Gobalik "Pretty City". It should not be confused with Karabalghasun, now Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia, which was the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate. Founded by...
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  • Castle in Tripoli Soroca Castle Artificial Lake Castle Mongol Castle Ordu-Baliq Sangiin Kerem Tsagaan Baishin of Choghtu Khong Tayiji Cargill's Castle...
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    discoveries include the Orkhon script, Genghis Khan's capital, Karakorum and Ordu-Baliq, the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate. He was also one of the founding...
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    state of rebellion. In 840 they succeeded in sacking the Uyghur capital, Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia's Orkhon Valley and driving the Uyghurs out of Mongolia entirely...
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    archaeologists in 1889 and deciphered by Vilhelm Thomsen in 1893. Ruins of Ordu-Baliq at the site known as Kharbalgas in Mongolian, an 8th-century capital of...
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    territory in the 9th century Status Khaganate (Nomadic empire) Capital Ordu-Baliq Tuva (since 970) Common languages Orkhon Turkic language (official) Old...
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  • lasted from AD 744 to 840. It was administered from the imperial capital Ordu-Baliq, one of the biggest ancient cities in modern-day Mongolia. When founded...
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    lasted from 744 to 840. It was administered from the imperial capital Ordu-Baliq, one of the biggest ancient cities built in Mongolia. In 840, following...
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    Erdene Zuu Monastery, and approximately twenty-five miles northwest of the Ordu-Baliq. Before the Orkhon Inscriptions were deciphered by Vilhelm Thomsen, very...
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  • Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom Ganzhou Kingdom 894–1038 AD Göktürk Khaganate Ordu Baliq Nomadic confederation 552–747 AD Golden Horde Sarai Batu Khanate 1240–1502...
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    with a force of around 80,000 horsemen, destroying the Uyghur capital at Ordu Baliq and other cities, and killing the Uyghur Khagan, Kürebir (Hesa). The last...
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    of Olon Dov (OLN; Figure 2) in the vicinity of the Uyghur capital of Ordu-Baliq. Six of these individuals came from a single tomb (grave 19), of whom...
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    of Olon Dov (OLN; Figure 2) in the vicinity of the Uyghur capital of Ordu-Baliq. Six of these individuals came from a single tomb (grave 19), of whom...
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    Uyghur Khaganate however was destroyed by the Kirghiz and its capital Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia sacked in 840. The defeat resulted in the mass movement of...
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  • supported by the Karluks, Basmyls, and Khitans in 750. He was enthroned in Ordu-Baliq, a new capital that was built by Chinese and Sogdian architects. His royal...
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  • the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. The Uyghur kagan Bayanchur established Ordu-Baliq City on the Orkhon river in 751. The Tang Empire invited the Uyghurs to...
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  • capitals there: e.g. the Uyghur Khaganate (745–840) built their capital Ordu-Baliq in the region. The tallest mountain is Otgontenger (lit. "Youngest sky")...
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    and sack with a force of around 80,000 horsemen the Uyghur capital, Ordu-Baliq (driving the Uyghurs out of Mongolia). This ends the Uyghur Khaganate...
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  • state. Using opportunity, Külüg Bagha and 100000 Kyrgyz forces invaded Ordu-Baliq and burned the city. Qasar and Jueluowu were killed by a Kyrgyz leader...
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  •  Mongolia  Kazakhstan  Russia Uyghur Khaganate 744 CE 847 CE Otuken, Ordu-Baliq Old Uyghur, Middle Chinese Liao dynasty 916 CE 1125 CE Shangjing Khitan...
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  • led a raid led to within two days journey from the Uyghur capital at Ordu-Baliq. In 819 he attacked the Chinese town of Yanzhou, in the southern Ordos...
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    khan Bayanchur Khan who begins the construction of a big capital city Ordu Baliq 750 Arab empire Umayyad dynasty ends. Abbasid policy more tolerant to...
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  • trilingual (Chinese, Old Turkic, Sogdian) Karabalgasun inscription in Ordu-Baliq. Mackerras, Colin. (1972). The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang Dynastic...
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