Atlas · Plate XXXII

The Göktürk embassy to Constantinople

c. 571

Map of the return of Zemarchos with the Göktürk embassy under Tagma Tarkhan, 569 to 571: from Talas north of the Aral Sea across the Emba, the Ural and the Volga, through the lands of the Alans and over the Caucasus to the Black Sea and Constantinople

569–571: Zemarchos returns from Istemi with a Göktürk embassy under Tagma Tarkhan, from Talas across the steppe north of the Caspian, through the lands of the Ugurs and the Alans and over the Dareine road to the Black Sea, and reaches Constantinople late in 571. Modern map; the stations are Menander's, the road between them is drawn.

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