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*[[Tang Dynasty]] troops take the Central Asian oasis town of [[Turfan]].

...sparsely settled), began to seize control of the cities of [[Kashgar]], [[Turfan]], and Hami, and thus over the vital caravan routes which at their height c

...tablished along caravan routes to the west. Central Asian states such as [[Turfan]] were subordinated as [[tribute|tributary]] states, and nomadic peoples we

...g into modern-day Vietnam in the south, and as far as the oasis towns of [[Turfan]] and [[Dunhuang]] in the northwest. Some of these areas would not again be