According to this, their national history can mostly be traced back to 5AD.
In comparison, this is the maps of Chinese sphere of control in Northwest during that time before the formation of Uighur(206BC - 8AD).
Now this is a major mistake you are making, because you start off your history with the arrival of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan. As I already told you (read below).
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We are not simply talking about the arrival of the Uyghurs we are talking about the Turks whom the Uyghurs stem from, the early Turkic empires are the origins of the Uyghurs. The first Turkic empire "The Great Hun Empire The Great Hun Empire ( 204 BC - 216 AD)" actually first ruled the region now known as E. Turkistan/Xinjiang in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC, again this predates the arrival of the West Han Dynasty by 200 years at least."
"In comparison, this is the maps of Chinese sphere of control in Northwest during that time before the formation of Uighur(206BC - 8AD)."-gpit
"Chinese sphere of control", this
means little because this
does not mean Chinese settlement of East Turkistan or Chinese cultivation of East Turkistan or Chinese nation-building of East Turkistan. This is a crushing blow to your argument, "Chinese sphere of control" means little at this time of history, anyone can claim "sphere of control" but it was the "Great Hun Empire" the first Turkic Empire that actually settled down, cultivated the land, grew the gardens, and established a flourishing civilization and nation in East Turkistan as early as 204 BC.
By the way I am not denying China expanded Westward, Yes I understand under Emeper Wu Di, the West Han Dynasty did expand westward. However, imperialistic expansion does not necessarily give you legitimate claim to land already cultivated and settled by a Turkic people who had arrived in the 3rd-2nd century BC. Read information below.
"Under Emperor Wu Di, the boundaries of China expanded north into Mongolia,
west into Turkestan, east into Korea and south into Indochina. In many cases the Han expanded to head off threats and create a buffer zone around the Han heartland. After lands were conquered settlers were encouraged to move there to firm up China’s claim on the land."
Source:
HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) - China | Facts and Details
"China expanded...west in Turkestan" this also supports my claim, the land was already settled and cultivated by the Turkic people, before the Chinese Han under Emperor Wu Di arrived. The land that China expanded westward today was already considered Turkestan. No it was not settled by Uyghurs as they are the decedents of the early Turkic Hun people, by ethnic heritage alone East Turkistan is their homeland.
As I showed you before here is a map of the first "Great Hun Empire" (204 BC - 216 AD) (around 400 years of existence)
C) Now about this 'recent discovery' ( as recent as 1994 really), I think it will surprise you more than it will surprise me.
"BTW, recent discovery of an ancient mummies in Xinjiang (
The Mummies of Xinjiang | Archaeology | DISCOVER Magazine ) inadvertently antagonizes some people, because it proves
further that Uighurs are not the only native to this land."-gpit"
First let me make this clear, as I said we are not exclusively talking about Uyghurs, they are the decedents of the Great Hun Empire, the first Turkic empire, they stem from the early Turkic people who cultivated East Turkistan.
About this recent discovery.
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The Mummies of Xinjiang
In the dry hills of the central Asian province, archeologists have unearthed more than 100 corpses that are as much as 4,000 years old, astonishingly well preserved--and
Caucasian.
In contrast to most central Asian peoples,
these corpses had obvious Caucasian, or European, features--blond hair, long noses, deep-set eyes, and long skulls.
As far back as the second century B.C., Chinese texts refer to alien peoples called the
Yuezhi and the Wusun, who lived on China's far western borders; the texts make it clear that these people were regarded as troublesome "barbarians."
Source:
The Mummies of Xinjiang | Archaeology | DISCOVER Magazine
In fact the 'recent discovery' of a dead mummy in Xinjiang with European features actually supports my claim even more.
Let me explain (read below)
The nomadic tribes of the
Yuezhi are also documented in detail in Chinese historical accounts, in particular the 2nd-1st century BC "
Records of the Great Historian", or Shiji, by Sima Qian. According to these accounts:
"The Yuezhi originally lived in the area between the Qilian or Heavenly Mountains (Tian Shan) and Dunhuang, but after they were defeated by the
Xiongnu they moved far away to the west, beyond Dayuan, where they attacked and conquered the people of Daxia and set up the court of their king on the northern bank of the Gui [= Oxus] River. A small number of their people who were unable to make the journey west sought refuge among the Qiang barbarians in the Southern Mountains, where they are known as the Lesser Yuezhi.",[9]
According to Han accounts, the Yuezhi "were flourishing" during the time of the first great Chinese Qin emperor, but were regularly in conflict with the neighbouring tribe of the Xiongnu to the northeast.
Some Uyghur scholars claim modern Uyghurs descent from both the Turkic Uyghurs and the pre-Turkic Tocharians (Yuezhi), and relatively fair skin, hair and eyes, as well as other so-called 'Caucasoid' physical traits, are not uncommon among Uyghurs. Modern genetic analysis suggests that aboriginal inhabitants had a high proportion of DNA of European origin[10].
Source:
History of Xinjiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These early people in East Turkistan with European people were the Pre-Turkic Tocharians. Many Uyghurs are also the decedent of the Prototypical Turkic people as well. Many Uyghurs also have these European features such as blonde hair, fair skin, and colorful eyes.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Uyghur_girl.jpg/250px-Uyghur_girl.jpg
Uyghur girl in Turpan, East Turkistan. She has the same "Caucasoid" features the Prototypical or Pre-Turkic Tocharian people had.
One final note I would like to repeat,
Let's not forget that historically Turks have lived in East Turkistan longer than any other Mongoloid or Chinese Han people. The Gokturk empire The Khazar empire the Uyghur state and other Turkic empires all lived in the region much much longer than any Chinese people.
Check Mate, Vini Vidi Vici!!!