Das Göktürk-Khaganat oder türkische Khaganat (552–603) war ein transkontinentales Reich von der Mandschurei bis zum Schwarzen Meer

I was annoyed that this is the first time I’ve heard of this. And then I looked up what other empires there were in the region and was even more annoyed. The whole area from Mongolia to the Balkans gets left out of the histories I’ve learned. I’ve only just begun learning about it from random posts online and it’s fascinating.

More like 10 people in it

>Looks up great Turkish Empires on Wikipedia

>99% of them are in Asia rather than modern Turkey

Edit: I just found it funny. I am not a serbian nationalist

They played a major role in the Roman-Persian War. They weakened both empires, especially the Persians, which led to their later downfall against the Arabs.