Simply put, their khaganates shape the geolocation, culture, and dominant beliefs of Turkic peoples. As a huge nomadic power in the early Central Asia, they established the common core cultural characteristics of Asian nomads, just as Chinese characters and Chinese ancient philosophy directly influenced the traditional thinking of whole the Orient. Although not as “solid” as your Uyghur example, the medieval Uyghurs and Khazars also received much of their legacy as the successor to Gokturk khanates. Even people say that the Khazars and early Uyghurs can be represented by the Gokturks in the game. In warfare, they made the Sogdians submit, which meant they mastered the Silk Road, and had many interactions with the Tang Dynasty and the Sassanid Empire, especially the former, their people launched a rebellion that could rewrite Chinese history.
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