Peace, War, and Trade Along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction Through Two MilleniaIn 1577, during a great court debate over the formulation of china's policy toward its nomadic neighbors, the Ming scholar-official Feng Feng-shih observed: "When there are markets and tribute, there is no war." For two millennia, tension between nomad and chinese along China's northern frontier threatened to erupt into war, and for two millennia, the essential element determining whether peace or war existed was trade. This fascinating book tells the story of the centuries-long confrontation along the Great Wall of China. |
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... white rabbit skins . " 12 Trade in animals and furs did not diminish with the emergence of the Uighur people ... white minks , 16 antelope horns , sal ammoniac , 18 seal testicles , 19 diamonds , 20 red salt , " and the skins of wild ...
... white rabbit skins . " 12 Trade in animals and furs did not diminish with the emergence of the Uighur people ... white minks , 16 antelope horns , sal ammoniac , 18 seal testicles , 19 diamonds , 20 red salt , " and the skins of wild ...
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... white ermine skins but to accept all the sable skins , and he commanded the envoys to sell the rest by themselves . 31 31 Throughout the two - thousand - year period of this study , nomadic lead- ers bartering their furs and animals ...
... white ermine skins but to accept all the sable skins , and he commanded the envoys to sell the rest by themselves . 31 31 Throughout the two - thousand - year period of this study , nomadic lead- ers bartering their furs and animals ...
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... white wine from this , but they do not know how to make yeast . They depend on the Middle Kingdom for their supply of seed and grain . The ta - jen lead- ers are able to make bows , arrows , saddles and bridles , and to forge metals to ...
... white wine from this , but they do not know how to make yeast . They depend on the Middle Kingdom for their supply of seed and grain . The ta - jen lead- ers are able to make bows , arrows , saddles and bridles , and to forge metals to ...
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Account Altan Khan Annals attack barbarians bestowals Bilge Khan Biography border Ch'i Ch'ing chih Chin China Chinese court Chinggis Khan Chiu T'ang shu chüan Dayan Khan envoys Esen exchange frontier markets frontiers of China Fu Pi grain Han dynasty horse markets Hsien-pei Hsin T'ang shu Ibid Il Khan imperial intermarriage Ishbara Jinong jitsuroku sho Jou-jan Jurchen Kao-ti Kao-tsu Khitan Ko-le Khan Later T'ang madic Manchus Mao-tun Middle Kingdom military Ming court Ming emperor Ming shih Ming shih-lu Mokohen Mongolian Mongols nese nomadic nomadic leaders nomadic rulers Northern Chou Northern Wei officials Oirad peace present tribute Prince princess relations Reprinted in Taipei sedentarist sent Shan-yü Shih-tsung shu reprinted Taipei Southern Hsiung-nu suggested Sui dynasty Sung shih T'ai-tsung T'ang court T'ang emperor Ta-t'ung Ta-tan Tibetan trade tribes tributary Tümen Turkic Turks Uighur Uriyangkha vassal Wang Ch'ung-ku Wang Mang Wen-ti Wu-huan Wu-ti yearly payments Yüan