Question
Tribes of these people included the Teke (“teck-ay”), whose Oghuz (“oh-gooz”) ancestors settled over a millennium earlier in Transoxiana. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these people whose territory was largely conquered following their defeat at Geok Tepe (“gay-OCK tep-ay”). These people comprise a country whose first president documented their history in the propagandist book Ruhnama.
ANSWER: Turkmens [or Turkomens; or Turkmenians; or Turkmenistanis; prompt on Turks or Turkic people]
[10h] This Turkmen confederation reached its height under Uzun Hasan (ooze-un huss-un”), after defeating a similarly named confederation at the Battle of Chapakchur (“chuh-POCK-chur”). This confederation later lost the Battle of Otlukbeli (“ought-look-belly”) to the Ottomans.
ANSWER: Aq Qoyunlu (“OCK koh-yun-loo”) [or White Sheep Turkomans; reject “Qara Qoyunlu” or “White Sheep Turkomans”]
[10e] Turkmen nomads frequently rebelled against the Khanate of Khiva, based in this country. Turkmen tribes often sold Persian slaves in this country’s cities of Bukhara and Samarkand.
ANSWER: Republic of Uzbekistan
<Noah Sheidlower, World History>
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