Balasagun, also spelled as Balassagun was an ancient city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan and capital of the Kara-Khitan Khanate. This article needs cleanup. ...

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. Today it is a village with plenty of ruins for tours, 12km southeast of Tokmok. ( 8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The... Yusuf Balasagun or Jusup Balasagun was a 11th century Central Asian poet. ... The Chui river drains the northern Kyrgyz ranges of the western Tien Chan, crossing the Chui valley before leaving Kazakhstan. ... Issyk Kul (also Ysyk Köl) is an endorheic lake in the northern Tien Shan mountains in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. ... Map of Central Asia outlined in orange showing one set of possible borders Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...

The Burana zone, located at the edge of Tokmok and 6 km from the village, was the west end of the ancient city. 80 km east of Bishkek is the Burana Tower in a field of stone petroglyphs, the bal-bals. Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (population 700,000), founded in 1878 and from 1926-1991 known as Frunze, after the Bolshevik commander Mikhail Frunze, is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. ... Burana Tower is a tower in the Chui valley, Kyrgyzstan and is all that remains of the city of Balasagyn. ... Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ...