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Years · 8th century

745

Year of the hen takıgu yıl

3 entries in Eastern steppe and Western steppe.

Map of Asia in 745: the Uyghur Khaganate from the Altai to the Shiwei, the Karluks moving west to the Ten Arrows, and the Katun Pofu going to the Tang — 745: Baimei Khan is killed, and the Katun Pofu goes over to the Tang with her people. The Karluks move west into the lands of the Ten Arrows. The Uyghurs hold the steppe from the Altai to the Shiwei. Modern map; the roads are drawn, not recorded.

Who ruled

Uyghur Khaganate Kutlug Bilge Kül Khan 744–747

And beyond the steppe

China Tang Xuanzong 712–756
Iran Umayyad Marwan II 744–750
Korea Silla Gyeongdeok 742–765
Byzantium Isaurian Constantine V 741–775

Eastern steppe

Environment · Central Mongolia turns drier, by the lake record, and stays so to 1300; the droughts of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (700–1300)

Climate and the steppe empires · Orkhon valley
Baimei Khan is killed and his head sent to the Tang; Bilge Khan's widow, the Katun Pofu, comes in with her people, and the Göktürk state of the east is no more

Second Göktürk Khaganate · Ozmish Khan · Bilge Khan · Uyghur Khaganate

Western steppe

The Karluks, pushed out by the Uyghurs, migrate to the lands of the Ten Arrows

Karluk · Türgesh · On Oq · Uyghur Khaganate