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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... native steppes was made possible by a climatic rebound toward humidity . Toynbee's findings also suggested that nomadic eruptions were some- times synchronistic , occurring simultaneously in different regions . For ex- ample , during ...
... native steppes was made possible by a climatic rebound toward humidity . Toynbee's findings also suggested that nomadic eruptions were some- times synchronistic , occurring simultaneously in different regions . For ex- ample , during ...
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... native but also sedentary power . The interaction of three non - Chinese dynasties of conquest with their northern nomadic neighbors and with China are seldom mentioned in this discussion for several reasons . The Jurchen Chin period ...
... native but also sedentary power . The interaction of three non - Chinese dynasties of conquest with their northern nomadic neighbors and with China are seldom mentioned in this discussion for several reasons . The Jurchen Chin period ...
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... native people as well as the new arrivals.47 Because of the need of nomadic peoples to obtain Chinese grain and cloth , the maintenance of peace along the Great Wall depended on trade , tribute , and intermarriage arrangements between ...
... native people as well as the new arrivals.47 Because of the need of nomadic peoples to obtain Chinese grain and cloth , the maintenance of peace along the Great Wall depended on trade , tribute , and intermarriage arrangements between ...
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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