Expansion of the Göktürk Empire | The Celestial Turks Episode 2

In the second episode of the eponymous documentary series, we are going to explore the immediate aftermath of the foundation of the Göktürk Khaganate and take a look at the succession of rule after Bumin's death. Then, we will analyze how Bumin's brother Istemi and Bumin's sons Kara and Mukhan managed to expand the Turkic realm, doubling the Ashina Dynasty's territory within just a decade. As the Turks destroyed the Hephthalite Empire in the process, they also established cordial relations with the merchant-people of Sogdia who - in the name of the Turks - established diplomatic relations with the Byzantine Roman Empire in Europe. But this also brought the Turkic Khaganate into conflict with the mighty Sassanian dynasty in Persia.
As Istemi tried navigating through this complex tapestry of diplomacy and economic espionage and sabotage, his nephew Mukhan invaded Chinese lands for the first time. The 550s and 560s spawned the golden era of Turkic history, but has for far too long been ignored or pushed aside in mainstream media and even academia.
The time has come to put an end to this and explain to you, finally, how and why the Göktürk Empire expanded into virtually all directions and how the Turks massively influenced the fate of the Eurasian Silk Road in the long run.
You can check out all the sources used for the making of this video, the entire series and the corresponding book via the following Google Document, handcrafted by me: docs.google.com/document/d/1w...
WEBSITE: KhansDen.net
PATREON: bit.ly/3BR6M3T
PODCAST: bit.ly/KhansDenPodcast
BOOK: amzn.to/3fwqmKR
BOOK 2nd Edition (shown in video): [Coming Soon]
Chapters:
00:00-01:47 What happened so far
01:48-04:45 Bumin’s Death and Succession of the Khaganate
04:46-08:30 Annihilation of the Rouran
08:31-10:22 First Contact with Korea - but when?
10:23-14:27 Istemi’s Journey: Defeating the Last Hun Empire
14:28-17:40 Empress Ashina and Göktürk DNA
17:41-20:23 Mukhan’s Quest: Kyrgyz, Khitan and Attack on China
20:23-24:08 The Sogdian-Turkic Synthesis and Persian Barriers
24:09-28:25 Istemi and Justin: Establishing the Turko-Roman Alliance

[@KhansDen]

This video includes more realistic images, and more animated scenes then ever. The style of music, transitions and even the general map have also changed. For the better? Tell me what you think below.

[@tanyas8596]

I love what you have done, thank you for checking the number of fingers on every hand lol. You are getting so professional, seriously good!

[@Simitenbiri]

Amazing series. Appreciate the efforts you’ve made and the details you included in these works. Well done.

[@BoysanAlpGokkepez]

Kanım göktürk alfabe ve runik yazı hakkında bi video yapar mısın

[@TheNormanbro]

This is definitly far more better part 1. Actually i like it very much and time time recommend on internet. Great job. And thank you for your effort. I learn a lot about our history thanks to you. Please keep continue.

[@counterprogressive5800]

the turks were not east asians

[@airforcedentist]

In Uyghur, we say Kurultay for the mass meeting. And when you look at the inner cities of Kog (blue) turks empire, those cities still exist in Eastern Turkistan... modern day Uyghurs. My parents and relatives from Kashgar, Turfan and Atush

[@nurid5413]

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[@nostaljiturkce]

We also still use the word kurultay in Turkiye.

[@kila200]

All turkic languages use the word kurultai(except maybe khalaj)

[@Ydogru88]

Kardeşim benim

[@Sheendyan]

Khalaj are Afghan ​@@kila200

[@user-rz8qz7hx4z]

Regards from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, excellent job

[@murators4501]

The judgment of the jackals is until the wolf stands up! 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Bjorn_Algiz]

Very interesting and informative to say the least! Love your consistent research and dedication to unraveling the true nature of these incredible people and their culture/society. 😊 thank you for your work! Hail!

[@ILYAS-7]

O'zbek Turklaridan raxmat 🇺🇿 От 800-900 годы до 1700-1800 годы можно назвать Тюркские эпоха.

[@a.thales7641]

Nice, first one! Love and blessings! Esenlikler!

[@99NeroTR]

I am sure this channel will grow constantly. Keep the quality work up. Best from Germany!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about Turkik empires ,Turkik tribes consisting, and their's campaigns of l Northern Central of Asia. Thank you for an excellent ( Khan Den) channel for sharing this wonderful episode

[@Simitenbiri]

In Azerbaijani Turkish, we use the word “toy” for the wedding party and historically we used Qurultay” for conferences or decision-making gatherings, like the one arranged for Nadir Shah in Mughan.

[@mojojim6458]

This is a great presentation that helped clarify the events and timeline.

[@mehmetcaglarozgur7679]

Excellent work. Remarkable progress. Best in the field. ( Except those minarets🤫)

[@Sagutay55]

Nice, Thanks mate👍

[@harundalkilinc1636]

Adamsin! devam yavuz abi ! 🤘🤘🐺🐺🇹🇷🇹🇷 ogrensinler soyle yavas yavas kim oldugumuzu !

[@pl33]

this channel is just awesome

[@Kuzguni]

Impressive work.

[@Travelnatic]

Very good description and very interesting history 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@M.T...Mt..Mt...12]

Göktürk devrini anlatan ve gerçekçi tasvir eden etkileyici bir video.Tebrik ederim!

[@sersipahi]

Yine çok iyi , İstanbul'un Doğurama periodun da Ayasofyanın minarelerini görmek hoşuma gitti. Hep benzer "hataları" onlar mı yapacaklar ? :)))

[@Alman_Tatari]

Sehr gut!!!

[@bilgilizeynepyaren2956]

Çok güzel anlatıyorsunuz

[@michaelrredford]

Thanks!

[@Albinoalbedo]

Bu güzel video ve açıklayıcı anlatımı için teşekkür ederim Khan's Den. Etrüsk'lerin Türkler ile bir alakadarlığı var mı bunu merak ediyorum. Çünkü birkaç yerde İtalya da bulunan Etrüsk eserlerinde yazan yazıların eski Gök Türkçe ile tercüme edilebildiğini okudum. Bu konuda bir bilginiz varsa videosunun gelmesi hoş olurdu. ❤

[@essasuu5941]

Genetik olarak Orta Asya ile bağlantılı oldukları biliniyor.

[@tanyas8596]

I've been excited for this to come out, thank you! Just curious if you have ever tried to debunk the "tartaria" scam? Every time I hear it, I just cringe thinking of the actual history they delete by choice. Great work!

[@umutckmaz8294]

Can you also add russian subtitles please?

[@turktarihi266]

Wow, excellent work. So is the Gokturk civil war next?

[@nurid5413]

If we were Tartarian decedents , we'd be battling each other for Satan's war right now. Whoever is to blame for Tartarian's demise is to blame for all of history's disasters. Our current history goes back just around 5000 years. What happened to Tartaria's society? Who is responsible for Tartaria's unexpected disappearance? That should be your mission. If you open your mind, you will view the world in a whole new light. We've all been duped; this secret history of mankind is more fiction than fact. ch/out kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXXNZpuiZ9WIj9Usi=cePuFEMZoDf2bIIg

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@nurid5413Brother, the Mongols killed those Tatars in Manchuria 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nurid5413]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Tartarian is different that Tatar ethnic group .

[@turktarihi266]

So what is tartarian then?

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@turktarihi266 At the beginning of the emergence of the Mongols, the Arabs and Persians used to call them Tatars, and you can read this in Ibn al-Atheer’s contemporary history of the beginning of the Mongols and their expansion.

[@strongk1n1]

Merhaba illüstrasyonları nasıl yapıyosunuz acaba

[@Sheendyan]

It was the Tila khani (Golden Khanate) of the Afereydun The Ashkan Dara Aka Darius Ashkani . Shna Khani ( Green Khanate) , Tura Khani ( Black Khanate) , Spin Khani ( The Central White Khanate

[@kursad4965]

significance of this history represents it self even in literature of modern republic of Türkiye today ; - for fresh fruits and veggies we tend to relate it to Turfan

[@precursors]

26:03 "Akdag" means white mountain, not gold. "Ak" is white

[@EdarMustafayev]

Can I ask one question?Why Gokturks invasions was so unsuccessful than mongol empire's invasions?In spite of the army of both empires contained from turkic people?

[@KhansDen]

Very good question that we will answer in the next two episodes. To make it short and spoil a bit: the Göktürks prohibited themselves from invading other sedentary peoples and annexing their territory out of fear of losing what made them special in the first place.

[@Kul-tegin]

The Turks didn't seem much interested in beyond the steppe, only neighbouring lands to the steppe.

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

@lhansden Sweet story.but a lie.

[@cudanmang_theog]

Did the Gokturk conquer the Magyars (Ongunurs)?

[@KhansDen]

Unknown but likely. The Magyars were certainly subject to the Göktürks, but whether by force or not is not clear. I would assume they joined the Göktürks very early.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Man, these Turks took control of southern Russia, the Caucasus, and northern Russia ​@@KhansDen

[@nostaljiturkce]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Russia was a very small country in the far northern west of Europe. Russians occupied Turkish lands after the world wars which is very recent. Turks will claim their land back sooner or later.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@nostaljiturkceThe Viking Russians took control of this land after the weakness of the Khazar Empire

[@Bergmeer]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7jthat was closer to 19th century. Prior to that there was almost no interest towards the deep syberia

[@chadaurmekhtiyev2283]

👍

[@mustafakemalzorludag5210]

Devam

[@mustafaerikli7971]

Oguzlarin buyuk kaganlarindan BAYINDIR Han isareti kullaniyorsun

[@mustafaerikli7971]

Donec totum impleat orbem

[@ObjectiveMedia]

Why were they called “celestial”?

[@KhansDen]

The idea was that they were seen as warriors sent by Tengri, the God in the sky, to unite the Turkic tribes and rule them with success. It's a narrative that the Göktürks' descendants later cultivated themselves. As explained in the first episode, "Gök" originally was pronounced "Kök", and this meant as much as "sky", but also "east" and "original". I do find it unlikely, however, that the Ashina would use a designation such as "eastern" Türks when their ambition was to rule all Turkic peoples; they would degrade their own position and claim. As for the "original", the term Gök Türk was used in the Orkhon inscriptions in a way that makes a clear connection to the Ashina leaders Bumin and Istemi being lucky and blessed, and thus "kök türk". That's why I decided to go with the "Celestial Türk" idea a while ago.

[@Kul-tegin]

Kok means blue in Old Turkic, not sky, it was a word used to describe the sky and thus linked to the sky.@@KhansDen

[@Baris_of_sicily]

Videolarınızı çok sevdim, türk olduğunuzu varsayarak Türkçe yazıyorum. Hunlar ve Xiongnuların türk olduğunu söylüyorsunuz diğer videolarınız da fakat bunu kanıtlayabilecek bir kaynağınız var mı? Gördüğüm kadarıyla sadece türk tarihçiler bu iddia da bulunuyor, hiçbir yabancı tarihçiden aynı savı duyamadım. Öğrenmek için soruyorum yoksa beni de gururlandırır bu halkların türk olması.

[@karacaddy]

Türk değilse aryan mılar ki :) BAtılı atrihçiler hunları moğol Türk finnik karışık grup olarak tasvir ediyor ama baskın kuvveleri Türktürler...

[@cagataytezcan1998]

İskit motifleri Hun motifleri ve Göktürk motiflerine baktım hemen hemen aynılar. Bana kalırsa aynı dili konuşuyorlardı aynı Türk çadırında yaşıyorlardı. Görünen köy kılavuz istemez. Kısa cevabı bu.

[@ezraoz3904]

🤍

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. The genes of the Turkic nomads beyond the Great Wall like the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Shatou turks, Eastern Gokturks are not lost. They are fused into today Han population.

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

Test

[@JohnnyNakatomi]

The Magyar are turks now too ! : )

[@Nastya_07]

Magyars are Uralic, in fact, the first half of the word 'Magyar' cognates with 'Mansi', the name of a Uralic people from western Siberia.

[@AltaicGigachad]

Magyars were a Uralic people who intermarried with Turks which essentially had also kabar Turkic tribes whom Arpads were part of them

[@counterprogressive5800]

the ai art is not good

[@KhansDen]

Why? I have read and heard the opposite for the past few months. It's gotten much more realistic.

[@counterprogressive5800]

@@KhansDen it is the historical inaccuracies I have issue with. it is basically showing a fantasy world version of the history.

[@MegaDombra]

Wusunların iraniliği kesin değildir.

[@user-mm7zi4ue7d]

The descendants of Shem established Islam, and the descendants of Japheth established Christianity. The Mongols were direct descendants of Nimrod, the descendant of Ham. He was a tyrant and hunter who did not establish any religion. Instead, he tended to become a rebel. India and East Asia were Nimrod. Founded by the descendants of Nimrod, the mainstream of the world can also be divided into three parts. Christianity and Islam joined forces to destroy Nimrod, and the descendants of Esau near Central Asia who acted as warriors attacked China and India respectively. Both China and India were defeated by them. Occupation, leaving a large number of Muslims in these countries, Christian countries also attacked them, and also left many Christians. Erdogan’s accent is very similar to Koreans. There are many Christians in South Korea today, and Christianity has little effect on South Korea. , because Koreans are more suitable to be Muslims. Koreans are descendants of Shem after all.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

My brother, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism appeared in the Middle East

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

Völliger unsinn. Die Indoeuropäische abstammung ist nicht wiederlegt! Sie scheinen zu großteilen ostasiaten gewesen zu sein aber auch Indoeuropäische einflüsse sind deutlich zu erkennen und nicht durch zufälle erklärbar. Außerdem hast du vorher, vor dieser studie schon verwucht die Diskussion als falsch ab zutun. Das hat nichts mit Fakten sondern mit wunschdenken zu tun. Nicht gut.

[@KhansDen]

Wie man nordostasiatischer und gleichzeitig indoeuropäischer Abstammung sein kann, musst du uns jetzt mal erklären. Kulurelle Einflüsse /=/ genetische Abstammung. Wenden wir deine Logik mal auf andere Beispiele an. Waren die Deutschen Aramäer, weil sie ihren Kindern biblische Namen gaben? Handelt es sich bei den Persern um Araber, weil sie die arabisch-islamische Religion annahmen? Wenn du wissenschaftliche Studien als "Unsinn" abtust und selber keine Gegenbelege bringst, bist du derjenige, der Wunschdenken betreibt.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

I think they were very, very influenced by the Indo-European peoples. They literally lived in Central Asia and western Mongolia. ​@@KhansDen

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

Hallo test

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

Du argumentierst schlecht. Würde antworten aber veröffentlichst meine komentare oft nicht.

[@ChristopherTanne-se3pz]

Dein anderer komentar hier ist auch schlecht. Aber du sperrst zu oft.muss immer wieder neu anmelden und gucken ob du meine beiträge veröffentlichst. Katastrophe. Aber du bist wer du bist. Solche menschen gibt es.