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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... obtain abundant supplies from the Chinese and conduct trade . They lost the rich grazing land on the south bend of the Yellow River and also their dominant control of the silk routes through Central Eurasia . There was a drastic decline ...
... obtain abundant supplies from the Chinese and conduct trade . They lost the rich grazing land on the south bend of the Yellow River and also their dominant control of the silk routes through Central Eurasia . There was a drastic decline ...
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... obtain the agricultural commodities they needed through the traditional channels of intermarriage and frontier markets . The court hoped to utilize the less threatening Hsien - pei as a counter to Hsiung - nu and Wu - huan strength ...
... obtain the agricultural commodities they needed through the traditional channels of intermarriage and frontier markets . The court hoped to utilize the less threatening Hsien - pei as a counter to Hsiung - nu and Wu - huan strength ...
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... obtain still more food for his people . Khitan relations with the Northern Wei were more peaceful . The Kh- itan emerged from areas southeast of the great Gobi and grazed their herds just north of the Great Wall . Before they emerged as ...
... obtain still more food for his people . Khitan relations with the Northern Wei were more peaceful . The Kh- itan emerged from areas southeast of the great Gobi and grazed their herds just north of the Great Wall . Before they emerged as ...
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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