List of Tengrist states and dynasties explained

This is a list of khanates, empires and kingdoms who predominantly followed Tengrism, a Central Asian shamanistic religion.

• Xiongnu (209 BCE–93 CE)
• Xianbei state (93BCE–234)
• Rouran Khaganate (330–555)
• Huns (370s–469) ^[1]
• First Turkic Khaganate (552–659)
• Old Great Bulgaria (632–668)
• Volga Bulgaria (7th century–922)
• Khazar Khaganate (650–740)
• First Bulgarian Empire (681–864)
• Second Turkic Khaganate (682–744)
• Tatar confederation (8th century-1202)
• Uyghur Khaganate (744–840)
• Oghuz Yabgu State (766–1055)
• Kara-Khanid Khanate (840–934)
• Pecheneg Khanates (860-1091)
• Principality of Hungary (895–1000)
• Cumans
• Cumania (10th century-1241)
• Taichiud
• Khamag Mongol (10th century-1206)
• Merkits (11th century-1200)
• Mongol Empire (1206–1368)
• Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
• Northern Yuan (1368-1635)

Notes and References

1. "There is no doubt that between the 6th and 9th centuries Tengrism was the religion among the nomads of the steppes" Yazar András Róna-Tas, Hungarians and Europe in the early Middle Ages: an introduction to early Hungarian history, Yayıncı Central European University Press, 1999,, [{{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=I-RTt0Q6AcYC |page=151}} p. 151].