Beiting
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Beshbalik is an ancient Turkic archaeological site, now located in Jimsar County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The ancient city was initially called Beiting or Ting Prefecture, and was the headquarters of the Beiting Protectorate during the 8th century. It was later known as Beshbalik (Old Uyghur: beş balık 'five cities') and became one of the capitals of the Uyghur Khaganate and then the Kingdom of Qocho.
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Key facts
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- Beshbalik
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- Beshbalik
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- Mural from West Temple, Beshbalik, 10th c.
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- China Xinjiang
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- People's Republic of China
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- Autonomous region
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- Xinjiang
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- Autonomous prefecture
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- Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
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- Township-level divisions
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- 4 towns4 townships
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- County seat
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- Jimsar Town ()
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- China
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- Landscape in the inner city.jpg
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- History of Ming
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- Beshbalik
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Location and urban layout
- Fortifications and infrastructure
- Stratigraphy and cultural phases
- Recent excavations and discoveries
- Běitíng/Beshbalik in literary texts
- Temples
- West Temple (西寺)
- Museum
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Beshbalik is an ancient Turkic archaeological site, now located in Jimsar County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The ancient city was initially called Beiting or Ting Prefecture, and was the headquarters of the Beiting Protectorate during the 8th century. It was later known as Beshbalik (Old Uyghur: beş balık 'five cities') and became one of the capitals of the Uyghur Khaganate and then the Kingdom of Qocho.
== Etymology ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beiting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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