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Years · 6th century

583

Year of the hare tavışgan yıl

4 entries in Eastern steppe, Western steppe and China.

Map of northern China and the eastern steppe, 582 to 583: the Göktürk Khaganate from the Tarim to the Khingan, three raids across the Long Wall in 582 towards Wuwei, Tianshui and Yan'an, the battle of Zhoupan, Ishbara's march from Ötüken to Baidao in 583, his defeat and withdrawal, and Apa's flight west — 582–583: In 582 the Göktürks under Ishbara cross the Long Wall and plunder the Sui frontier from Wuwei to Yan'an. In 583 Ishbara marches from Ötüken to Baidao, is defeated and withdraws, and Apa flees west to Tardush. Modern map; the roads of the raids are drawn.

Who ruled

First Göktürk Khaganate Ishbara Khan 582–587
Sasanian Persia Hormizd IV 579–590
Western Göktürk Khaganate Tardush 576–603

And beyond the steppe

China Sui Emperor Wen 581–604
Iran Sasanian Hormizd IV 579–590
Korea Goguryeo Pyeongwon 559–590
Byzantium Justinian Maurice 582–602

Eastern steppe

Environment · Extreme weather accompanies the first years of the civil war, by the tree rings (581–583)

The Göktürk Civil War · Göktürk–Persian war, 588–589
Environment · Late Antique Little Ice Age: the cold phase the Altai tree rings define from 536 to about 660 (536–660)

Climate and the steppe empires · First Göktürk Khaganate · Avars

The coldest decade in the Altai is the 540s

Western steppe

Culture · Sogdian colonists found the first towns of Semirech'e, Suyab and Navaket among them, as estates of nobles (450–600)

Suyab · Sogdians

China

Ishbara, Apa, Tardush and Bagha invade Sui China; a Tiele rising draws Tardush off; the Sui break the Göktürks near Baidao in June

First Göktürk Khaganate · Tiele · Tardush · Ishbara Khan · Bagha Khan · Sui · Hegemony Wars in Northern China · Edict of Emperor Wen against the Göktürks (583) · Battle of Baidao (583)