ORKHON

ôrˈkŏn, ôr-khŏnˈ, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., N central Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, past the site of ancient Karakorum, and then northeast to join the Selenga River just S of the Russian border. It is navigable for shallow-draft vessels only during July and August. The Orkhon Inscriptions, discovered in 1889 by the Russian explorer N. M. Yadrinstev near the site of ancient Karakorum, date from the 8th cent. They comprise minor Chinese texts and the oldest known material in a Turkic language. They were studied in 1891 by the Russian turkologist V. V. Radlov and were deciphered by the Danish philologist Vilhelm Thomsen in 1896.

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books on: Orkhon  - 89 results

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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 1
Book by Keith Brown, Anne H. Anderson, Laurie Bauer, Margie Berns, Graeme Hirst, Jim Miller; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects: Language And Languages--Encyclopedias, Linguistics--Encyclopedias
...1892), shortly fol- lowed by Nikolai Yadrintsevs discovery of the first `Orkhon inscriptions in the Orkhon Valley of Mon- golia in 1889. Each of the first two Orkhon inscrip- tions, the K61 Tegin (732) and Eilga Kagan (73S) inscriptions...
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Studies in Frontier History: Collected Papers, 1928-1958
Book by Owen Lattimore; Oxford University Press, 1962
Subjects: Asia, Central--History, China--Boundaries
...when a settled culture like that of the Orkhon Turks became prosperous enough to tempt...into consideration. The Turks of the Orkhon were nomads by origin, but they developed...the other and that the chieftains of the Orkhon Turks were converted gradually into potentates...
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A History of Inner Asia
Book by Svat Soucek; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Asia, Central--History, Mongolia--History, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--History
...north toward Siberia. Two of these, the Orkhon and the Tula, are associated with several...and Mongol history. It was along the Orkhon that the first Turkic empires had their...prestigious monastery Erdeni Dzu. The Orkhon rises in the Hangai and eventually receives...
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Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis
Book by H. N. Michael; University of Toronto Press, 1962
Subjects: Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia
...eastern khanate, under the rule of the Orkhon Turkic tribes, whose Altayan origin...khanate was shifted from the Altay to the Orkhon, the Turkic-speaking population did not leave the Altay. To Orkhon moved mostly the Turkic nomadic aristocracy...
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The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khan
Book by Urgunge Onon; Curzon, 2001
Subjects: Genghis Khan--1162-1227, Mongolia--History, Mongols--History
...1207. 523 Yed-inal derives from the Orkhon Turkish yedi, lord, god (see Eldengtei...1980, p. 107); Al-dier, from the Orkhon Turkish aldier, prince, duke (see Eldengtei...91); and Orebek-digin, from the Orkhon Turkish orebek, clan, kinship, social...
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journal articles on: Orkhon  - 5 results

 
 
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Breaking the Orkhon Tradition: Kirghiz Adherence to the Yenisei Region after A.D. 840
Journal article by Michael R. Drompp; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Civilization--10th century, Conquerors--10th century, Culture--10th century, Mongolia--History
BREAKING THE ORKHON TRADITION: KIRGHIZ ADHERENCE TO THE YENISEI...the Mongolian plateau, particularly the Orkhon River valley--the traditional "heartland...brief and inconsequential control of the Orkhon valley. For a number of reasons, the...
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The Contingencies of State Formation in Eastern Inner Asia
Journal article by J. Daniel Rogers; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Archaeology--Political aspects, Archaeology--Social aspects, Book publishing--Political activity, Book publishing--Political aspects, Book publishing--Social aspects, Cambridge University Press--Management, Cambridge University Press--Political activity, Evolution (Biology)--Political aspects, Evolution (Biology)--Social aspects, Evolution--Political aspects, Evolution--Social aspects, Religions--Political aspects, Religions--Social aspects, Research institutes--Political aspects, Research institutes--Social aspects
...the several significant locales, the Orkhon River Valley in central Mongolia stands...gone back as far as the Xiongnu, the Orkhon Valley region was an area of imperial...portion of the Khangai Mountains near the Orkhon Valley (Allsen 1996:124; Ishjamts...
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The Question of 'China' in Burmese Chronicles
Journal article by Goh Geok Yian; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 41, 2010
Subjects: Burmese foreign relations, Burmese history, Chinese foreign relations, Chinese history, 960-1368, Historic documents--Criticism and interpretation
...the eighth-century inscriptions of the Orkhon valley in Mongolia, regarded as the heartlands of the Mongol civilisation. The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual, comprising...inscriptions written in a form of Turkic script (Orkhon). (28) Though these do not by any...
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Hinterlands, Urban Centers, and Mobile Settings: The "New" Old World Archaeology from the Eurasian Steppe
Journal article by William Honeychurch, Chunag Amartuvshin; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Archaeology--Political aspects, Archaeology--Protection and preservation, Archaeology--Social aspects, Book publishing--Political activity, Book publishing--Political aspects, Book publishing--Protection and preservation, Book publishing--Rankings, Book publishing--Social aspects, Cambridge University Press--Political activity, Cambridge University Press--Rankings, Evolution (Biology)--Political aspects, Evolution (Biology)--Protection and preservation, Evolution (Biology)--Social aspects, Evolution--Political aspects, Evolution--Protection and preservation, Evolution--Social aspects, Industrial productivity--Political aspects, Industrial productivity--Protection and preservation, Industrial productivity--Social aspects, Television programs--Political aspects, Television programs--Protection and preservation, Television programs--Rankings, Television programs--Social aspects
...Xiongnu (c. 209 B.C.-A.D. 93) and Orkhon Uighur (A.D. 744-840) polities...Like the Xiongnu confederation, the Orkhon Uighurs organized and maintained a complex...inherited from their predecessors, the Orkhon Turks (A.D. 553-745). The Uighurs...
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An Encyclopedia of Ancient Languages
Journal article by Jared S. Klein; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (Book)--Book reviews
...description of all known ancient language"; nevertheless, scholars of Inner Asia will be disappointed not to find a chapter on Orkhon Turkic or Old Uighur, and I myself would have liked to see a treatment of Tocharian and even Old Church Slavic (ninth century...


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magazine articles on: Orkhon  - 2 results

 
 
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Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Their Use in Mongolia
Magazine article by M. Ganzorig; Focus, Vol. 47, Fall 2002
Subjects: Biotic communities--Protection and preservation, Biotic communities--Study and teaching, Center for QeoInformatics and Remote Sensing--Reports, Mongolia--Environmental policy
...population and limited resources. The Tsagaantolgoi area: a forest-steppe ecosystem The Tsagaantolgoi area is located in the Orkhon-Selenge River basin of northern Mongolia and is representative of a forest-steppe ecosystem. Selected for study because...
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In the Shadow of Chinggis Khan: Some Geographical Lessons While Tenting in Mongolia
Magazine article by R.W. Mccoll; Focus, Vol. 44, Summer 1994
Subjects: Geology, Structural--Discovery and exploration, Mongolia--Natural history, Structural geology--Discovery and exploration
...guarantee water to this plain regardless of almost any natural disaster or condition. One has to suspect that the Elsen tal-Orkhon River region someday will again become a major economic and political center of Mongolia. Continuing south toward our ultimate...


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encyclopedia articles on: Orkhon  - 10 results

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Orkhon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ORKHON or kon, or-khon , river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Khangai...is navigable for shallow-draft vessels only during July and August. The Orkhon Inscriptions, discovered in 1889 by the Russian explorer N. M. Yadrinstev...
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Karakorum , Ruined City, Mongolia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ruined city, central Republic of Mongolia, near the Orkhon River, SW of Ulaanbaatar. The area around Karakorum...Yadrinstev, a Russian explorer, who also uncovered the Orkhon Inscriptions (see Orkhon ). Karakorum is also the name of a nearby site...
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Mongolia , Country, Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Selenga (Selenge Moron), with its long tributary the Orkhon (Orhon), which flows into Lake Baykal in Russia; and the...northern mountainous area; logs are shipped down the Selenga, Orkhon, and Kerulen rivers. Mineral resources are abundant. The...
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Mongolia , Region, Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Huang He (Yellow River) in the south and the Selenga, Orkhon, and Kerulen in the north. Rainfall averages less than 15...Turkic tribes who dwelt mainly along the upper course of the Orkhon River. It was also the home of the Hsiung-nu (the Huns...
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Khangai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...extending from east to west for c.500 mi (800 km); rises to c.13,000 ft (3,960 m). Many rivers, notably the Orkhon and the Selenga, rise on the ranges wooded slopes. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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