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Years · 6th century

587

Year of the sheep koñ yıl

3 entries in Eastern steppe and Western steppe.

Map of the Göktürk civil war, 587 to 588: Tardush in the west, Niri in Apa's following between the Tian Shan and the Khangai, the eastern khaganate under Bagha and from 588 under Tulan, Bagha's march west in 587 in which Apa was taken alive, and the war with Persia in 588, with the Sui and the Chen to the south — 587–588: Ishbara dies, and Bagha succeeds him in the east. Bagha marches west and takes Apa alive; Niri leads Apa's following. In 588 Bagha falls and Tulan succeeds, while the west is at war with Persia. Modern map; the roads are drawn, and the divisions within the khaganate are approximate.

Who ruled

First Göktürk Khaganate Ishbara Khan 582–587 · Bagha Khan 587–588
Sasanian Persia Hormizd IV 579–590
Western Göktürk Khaganate Tardush 576–603 · Niri Khan 587–603

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 · 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
Ishbara dies; by his will his brother Bagha becomes khan and takes Apa alive; the khaganate is two

Ishbara Khan · Bagha Khan · Töremen Apa · First Göktürk Khaganate · Göktürk Succession Crisis (581) · The Göktürk Civil War · The Succession of 587 · Capture of Apa (587) · Ishbara's Hunt (587)

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