#khaganates

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Khazars: these semi-nomads created the most powerful polity of its time to emerge from the break-up of the Western Gokturk khaganate, one which can be referred to as Khazaria.

Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Khazars

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Rouran Khaganate: from the end of the fourth century AD to the middle of the sixth, the Rouran succeeded the Xiongnu and Xianbei as a powerful force on the Mongolian plateau, active across the north-west plain along with the Turkic Chi-Le.

Kingdoms of the Far East - Rouran Khaganate

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Central Asia AD 490-500 Map: a prelude to later Central Asian states which would be created by horse-borne warriors on the sweeping steppelands, the Rouran khaganate swiftly incorporated a great area of northern East Asia and Central Asia.

Map of Central Asia AD 490-500

A map of Central Asia around AD 490