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Göktürk–Sasanian destruction of the Hephthalites
The Göktürk–Sasanian destruction of the Hephthalites was a joint campaign around 557 CE that ended the Hephthalite empire in Central Asia. The Sasanian Empire under Khosrow I expanded its control towards the Amu Darya, while the Göktürks took lands to the north.
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