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The Gokturk founders( Bumen and Istami) united the Steppe land above China, defeated the Chinese Sui Dynasty, and conquered the Western Steppe into Crimea/Hungary all within 30 years to create the largest land empire ever at that time. Why don't they get more attention in history?

by /u/istami in /r/AskHistorians

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