The Gokturk Empire (Second Edition)

They ruled a realm wider than Rome at its zenith: 7 million km² from Korea to the Crimea, Siberia to the gates of Iran. Their horse-archers terrorised armies; their caravans stitched the Silk Road together. Yet the Göktürks-founders of the first empire to span the whole Eurasian steppe-remain a footnote outside specialist circles. This book uncovers their story in a fast-paced narrative that fuses primary sources with the newest finds in archaeology, genetics and climatology. From the great...