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	balasagun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Balasagun, also spelled as Balassagun was an ancient city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan and capital of the Kara-Khitan Khanate.
		Founded in the 9th century and renamed in honor of the poet Yusuf Balasagun, it is located in the Chui river valley close to Lake Issyk-Kul.
		For many years Balasagun was one of the largest cultural and economic centers of Central Asia, but its prosperity declined after the Mongol conquest.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Balasagun.html (186 words)

	Yusuf Balasagun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yusuf Balasagun or Jusup Balasagun was a 11th century Central Asian poet.
		The ancient city Balasagun was renamed in his honor.
		He completed in 1070 the Kutadgu Bilig, one of the first written literary monuments of the aesthetical thought of the Turkic people.
	www.factsite.co.uk /en/wikipedia/y/yu/yusuf_balasagun.html (76 words)

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		It must be noted here, that Yusuf Balasagun's views in relation to the beautiful coincide in many aspects with those of Aristotle and Confucius.
		As for those who are of use and benefit, give them appropriate jobs and provide them with honor and reward." Thus, according to Yusuf, the beautiful in man, the beautiful in his deeds exists not only in manifesting the individual but at the same time is in the social significance of the manifested.
		This opinion of Balasagun testifies to the unity of his point of view with that of Confucius's.
	www.angelfire.com /on/paksoy/v2n1.html (9073 words)

	Travel & Tours in Kyygyzstan - Tourist Sites in Kyrgyzstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The name Burana is believed to be a corruption in a local dialect of the Turkic word munara "minaret": for centuries, all that remained of Balasagun were the topless, 25-meter minaret and the overgrown mound of the old citadel.
		Balasagun was so important that Genghis Khan's Mongol Horde spared the city from destruction when they began to conquer the world in the early 13
		Balasagun was the birthplace (in 1015) of the poet Jusup Balasagun whose works was the brilliant example of the high Islamic culture in Medieval Central Asia.
	www.sitara.com /kyrgyz/tour.html (2893 words)

	Excursions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Balasagun city is a place of unique mixture of Buddhism culture together with Christian and Muslim inheritance.
		Burana Tower was built in the 11th century and was originally 45 m.
		Balasagun was so important that Genghis Khan’s Mongol horde spared the city from destruction and renamed it as “Gobalyk”.
	www.mountainmarketplace.org /excur.html (884 words)

	Travel, climbing, adventure tourism, rafting, wildlife in Central Asia and Kyrgyzstan with Dostuck Trekking, Ltd. - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		En rout excursion to the historical complex Balasagun, lunch in the "chaikhana" (local cafe), visiting the museum in the open air of petrogliphs.
		Burana Tower - ancient settlement Balasagun, the capital of Kharakhanid Kaganat (940 - 1210) is situated 72 km from Bishkek.
		The main exhibits are the ancient settlement, mausoleum and the minaret of the XI century - Burana Tower, museum, graven stone images (balbals).
	www.dostuck.com.kg /page.php?cat=dttr1 (567 words)

	Khitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kara-Khitai categorized the remnants of Khitans who escaped the conquest of the Jurchens and migrated to the Kara-Su.
		Their new regime was named Kara-Khitan Khanate with capital at Balasagun.
		A pronunciation based on "Zhendan" was also used in some parts of ancient India as a name for China.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/kh/khitan.html (259 words)

	History
		The Karahanids, whose first city of governance was Kash- gar and second was Balasagun to the north, was divided between two brothers in 1042: the Eastern Karahanids and the Western Karahanids.
		Islamic-Turkish literature was developed during the rule of the Karahanid State which was custom- arily governed by just, religious, and culture loving Khans and Kashgar and Balasagun became important cultural centers.
		At the time of the rule of the Karahanids, there was another Turkish state of which the capital city was Ghazna in Afghanistan.
	www.byegm.gov.tr /YAYINLARIMIZ/kitaplar/isteturkiye/english/history110.htm (716 words)

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		The Tower of Burana, an open-air museum built in the 11th century, is located 12 km away from Tokmok.
		The Tower is a part of the ancient city “Balasagun”, the capital of the ancient state of the Karahanides.
		The ruins of “Balasagun”, as well as of Ak-Beshim site of ancient settlement (3 km away from Tokmok) are other interesting tourist sites.
	www.ifescentralasia.kg /Kyrgyzstan/ENG/Tokmok (263 words)

	Yusuf Balasagun - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yusuf Balasagun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yusuf Balasagun - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yusuf Balasagun.
		Here you will find more informations about Yusuf Balasagun.
		The orginal Yusuf Balasagun article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Yusuf-Balasagun.html (139 words)

	Burana
		The founders, "karakhans", chigil tribes by birth, lived in the Tian Shans and for a short time of the second half of the 10th century they conquered a large territory from the river Ili in the east till the river Amu-Daria in the west.
		One of the capitals of this state was Balasagun east of the Chu valley and which was founded by Karakhanids in the middle of the 10th century.
		A number of such erections were built in the town of Balasagun.
	burana.freenet.kg /index-eng.html (903 words)

	Religious Life
		Therefore, Kara Hanli State and people had established institutions that disseminated the religion of Islam not only in Bokhara and Samarkand that were the ancient cultural centres of Transoxania, but also in Balasagun and Kashgar that were located in the more east.
		In the middle of the 11th century, a Turkish group composed of 10 thousands of families adopted the religion of Islam within the environs of Balasagun.
		Towards the year of 1075, they had fought against Basmil and Yabaku tribes that lived between the rivers of Ili and Yamar.
	www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0002/0002_18_08.htm (518 words)

	SITEISTOK. Конференции (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This period, golden age of Central Asia, was the time of great scholars and poets.
		Yusuf Balasaguni, born in Balasagun, situated on the territory of today's Kyrgyzstan, wrote his famous book "Kutadgu Bilig" (Beneficient Knowledge) in Kashgar, today in Uygur region of northwest China, both cities as important cultural centers of that age on the great Silk Road.
		An international conference and discussion on 'Yusuf Balasaguni and his Ideas in the Contemporary World', aimed at bringing together academicians and experts from different universities at different countries on an academic platform, will be specifically meaningful when held in such an era in which inter-civilizational dialogue has gained special importance.
	siteistok.host.net.kg /conf/2005_bishkek_balasaguni.htm (273 words)

	Kyrgyzstan - Burana Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The founders, "karakhans", chigil tribes by birth, lived in the Tien-Shan and for a short time of the second half of the 10th century they conquered a large territory.
		One of the capitals of this state was Balasagun.
		In Karakhanids time new towns and settlements were developing the centers of big cities were improved and Moslem religious buildings were built in the town of Balasagun.
	www.odyssei.com /travel-tips/2762.html (224 words)

	Along The Great Silk Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The longest part of the Silk Route lay across the territory of Central Asia and Kazakstan.
		On the way of the caravans there were rich settlements and towns-Merv and Bukhara, Samarkand and Urgench, Otrar and Chimkent, Taraz and Balasagun, Sauran and Talgar.
		The question when this highway began to function still has different answers.
	members.tripod.com /~kz2000/history/silkroute.html (571 words)

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		Research by ethnographers and linguists has shown that the name Issyk-Ata actually means Holy-Sacred, the denotation of the entire area as originally a place of religious pilgrimage.
		A trip to ruins of ancient towns on the Great Silk Road You will visit ruins of 3 ancient towns on the Great Silk Road: Navekat, Suyab and Balasagun.
		A trip to Konorchek Canyons On the way to Lake Issyk Kul you can stop at Boom gorge, which is located 120 km east of Bishkek.
	mountains.unep.ch /mtn/papers/excurs.doc (1295 words)

	AACAR Bulletin
		Kutadgu Bilig by Yusuf Balasagun (completed 1070 A.D) is one of the first written literary monuments of the aesthetical thought of the Turkic people.
		Yusuf Balasagun expresses his views in the following: [Pp.219-220]
		Do not give a job to someone simply because he happens to be in your service; rather take into your service men who will be of genuine use to you....
	www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-4/2-1.html (10015 words)

	Silk road
		Along the trip you see the Burana Tower a remarkable monument of architecture (X-th century).
		Balasagun city - capital of the Karakhanids, which situated in Chu valley.
		Visit Tash Rabat Caravan Sarai - architectural site (XV-th century).
	www.imcpamir.netfirms.com /silk.htm (830 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - balasagun's Homepage
		Over 647,818 Members share their travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures.
		by balasagun - last update: Jan 31, 2005
		At present I live in China, but I do not have much time for holiday travels.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/8bc7d (141 words)

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