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Göktürk embassy to Constantinople
The Göktürk embassy to Constantinople was a diplomatic mission sent in 568 CE by the Western Turks to the Byzantine emperor Justin II, proposing an alliance against the Sasanian Empire. It established direct diplomatic relations between the Gokturk Empire and Byzantium, linked also to the silk trade.
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