The History of East Turkistan
Although there is no academic consensus on the exact date the Uyghurs entered the Tarim Basin, by the third millennium BCE, Turkic groups lived in the region. The Tarim Basin Turkified over the next several centuries. During the 8th century, the Uyghurs rebelled against the Second Turkic Khaganate, successfully establishing the Uyghur Khaganate in 744, […]