HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN KHWARAZM AND THE TÜRK KHAGANATE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47390/hum-i6v2y2026/n07Keywords:
Khwarazm, Türk Khaganate, early Middle Ages, historiography, source studies, Central Asia, Sogdiana, vassalage, suzerainty, Great Silk Road, numismatics, archaeogeneticsAbstract
This article provides a comprehensive historiographical analysis of the political, economic, and cultural relations between Khwarazm and the Türk Khaganate during the early medieval period (5th–8th centuries). The study classifies the degree of scholarly inquiry into the subject according to chronological stages and national academic traditions, examining through a comparative-analytical method the primary sources (Chinese dynastic annals, Arabic-Persian geographical literature, Runic and Sogdian epigraphy, and numismatics), nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian and European Oriental studies, the Soviet archaeological school, contemporary Western Turkology, and the Uzbek historiography of the independence period. The article generalizes the principal scholarly debates concerning Khwarazm's political and legal status within the Khaganate system, identifies the existing historiographical lacunae, and substantiates the priority directions for future research.
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