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UYGHUR KHAGANATE AS CIVILIZATION ALTERNATIVE TO THE PASTORAL EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA OF I MILLENNIUM AD // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2011. Issue 11 (113). P. 28-34

The paper deals with the problems of the history of Uyghur khaganate (745–840). The author’s task is to reveal the peculiarities of historical evolution of Uyghur Empire and its differences from previous political nomads’ formations in Central Asia. According to the author’s hypothesis these differences are manifested in the formation of civilizations in Uyghur region. Due to the research of urbanization, the expansion of written language and literacy, elements of State formation, adoption of Manichaeism by the Uyghur elite, development of crafts, agriculture, trade and inclusion of Uyghur khaganate into Eurasian world-system relations, the author concludes that the khaganate was on the threshold of the civilization stage.

Keywords: Uigur khaganate, urbanization, written language, Manichaeism, early State, nomadic empire, civilization