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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2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y215.00100%50%0%
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y415.0075%50%25%
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y816.25100%50%13%
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y210.0050%50%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y410.00100%0%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y313.33100%33%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y215.00100%50%0%
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y520.00100%60%40%
2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y310.0067%33%0%

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ColumbiaJHU A1001020
MarylandJHU B001010
PrincetonNYU A001010