It is time to ask some uncomfortable questions about Turkic history. Journey through the heart of Eurasia to discover the dramatic ideological clash between two mighty Turkic empires. This episode contrasts the Göktürk's traditional Tengrist militarism, fueled by a heaven-mandated drive for conquest, with the Uyghurs' revolutionary strategic adoption of Manichaeism.

Explore how this religious and economic transformation, spurred partly by the An Lushan rebellion and its complex implications for Turkic solidarity, reshaped the Uyghurs' political structures, economic priorities, and international relations, ultimately contributing to the complex factors leading to the downfall of the Uyghur Khaganate.

Further topics of this episode include:

- Tengrism and its main concepts

- Manicheism and why the Uyghurs converted

- The Role of the Uyghurs during the An Lushan rebellion

- Uyghur-Chinese diplomacy

- Invasion of the Kyrgyz

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