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Years · 7th century

682

Year of the horse yund yıl

3 entries in Eastern steppe.

Map of northern China and the steppe in 682: the land of Ilterish north of the Yellow River with Heisha and Zongcai Mountain, his raid on the Nine Oguz and the raids on Bingzhou, Lanzhou and Dingzhou, numbered in the order of events — 682: After Funian's defeat Gudulu gathers the fugitives at Zongcai Mountain and Heisha, raids the Nine Oguz and makes himself Ilterish Khan. Ashide Yuanzhen goes over to him. In the tenth month the Göktürks raid Bingzhou, Lanzhou and Dingzhou. The numbers follow the order of events. Modern map; the roads are drawn, not recorded.

Who ruled

Second Göktürk Khaganate Ilterish Khan 682–691

And beyond the steppe

China Tang Gaozong 649–683
Iran Umayyad Yazid I 680–683
Korea Silla Sinmun 681–692
Byzantium Heraclian Constantine IV 668–685

Eastern steppe

Environment · Lake Telmen stands 4.8 metres above its present level, a humid phase before the drying that follows (600–700)

Climate and the steppe empires · Orkhon valley
Environment · A large sulphate signal in the ice of 682

Climate and the steppe empires
Kutluk of the Ashina gathers the fugitives of Funian's rising in the Zongcai mountains, makes himself khan as Ilterish and restores the Göktürk state

Ilterish Khan · Second Göktürk Khaganate · Tonyukuk · Ashina · Ashide Yuanzhen

Also dated 683 (Jiu Tang Shu 194): The Jiu Tang Shu dates the rising to the second year of Yongchun; the Xin Tang Shu and the literature give the first, 682.