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... Chinese hand scroll of the Southern Sung period ( 1127-1279 ) , which illustrates the story of Wen Chi , a Chinese lady captured by the steppe nomads . In a private collection . Ruler of All the Mongols Sack of Peking Tradition of. The ...
... Chinese hand scroll of the Southern Sung period ( 1127-1279 ) , which illustrates the story of Wen Chi , a Chinese lady captured by the steppe nomads . In a private collection . Ruler of All the Mongols Sack of Peking Tradition of. The ...
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... China under the Ming dynasty ( 1368- 1644 ) were weakest , the Oyrat drew on new resources . Both the Tibetans and the Turkic - speaking oasis people were active merchants , had a literate class whose thinking was independent of the Chinese ...
... China under the Ming dynasty ( 1368- 1644 ) were weakest , the Oyrat drew on new resources . Both the Tibetans and the Turkic - speaking oasis people were active merchants , had a literate class whose thinking was independent of the Chinese ...
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... Chinese camp followers had accompanied the Manchu conquest , and from this grew Chinese control of the caravan trade and of a barter trade exploiting usurious terms of credit . Because Mongol troops were of decreasing use for the ...
... Chinese camp followers had accompanied the Manchu conquest , and from this grew Chinese control of the caravan trade and of a barter trade exploiting usurious terms of credit . Because Mongol troops were of decreasing use for the ...
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