- (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng; Old Uyghur: Qocho), also
called Khocho,
Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or
Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), was an ancient...
- The Tang
campaign against Karakhoja,
known as
Gaochang in
Chinese sources, was a
military campaign in 640 CE
conducted by
Emperor Taizong of the Tang...
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invasion of the
Tarim Basin.
Karakhoja had been
ruled by the Qu
family since 498. The most
Sinicized of the
oasis states,
Karakhoja had
adopted Chinese script...
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Kirghiz in 840,
branches of the
Uyghurs established themselves in
Qocha (
Karakhoja) and
Beshbalik (near present-day
Turfan and Ürümqi). The
Uyghur state...
- the
campaign against Karakhoja—turned
against Tang and
allied with the
Western Turkic Khaganate, the Tang
commandant at
Karakhoja, Guo Xiaoke [zh], attacked...
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Turkic general Ashina She'er parti****ted in the Tang
capture of the
Karakhoja, Karasahr, and
Kucha kingdoms in Xinjiang. The half-Turkic
general An...
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clergy in a 7th- or 8th-century wall
painting from the
Nestorian church at
Karakhoja,
Chinese Turkestan.
Mogao Christian painting, a late-9th-century silk...
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their main ally, the
Western Turks.
During his reign, Tang
armies annexed Karakhoja in 640,
Karasahr in 644, and
Kucha in 648. Eventually, the Tang defeated...
- Silla–Tang War Tang–Tibet
relations Tang–Western
Turks War
Oasis states Karakhoja Karasahr Kucha Conquest Battle of Aksu
Battle of
Talas An
Lushan rebellion...
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desert climate has
favored preservation of the
content of the Astana-
Karakhoja ancient tombs,
which are
located about 6 km from the
ancient city of Gaochang...
