Tibet

7 06, 2017

Who was Xuanzang? A Buddhist scholar of medieval China

By |2018-04-18T09:54:15-07:00June 7th, 2017|Central Asia, China, India, Religion|Comments Off on Who was Xuanzang? A Buddhist scholar of medieval China

Travels of the Buddhist traveller Xuanzang (T'ang Dynasty, 630 AD) Xuanzang was a great Chinese scholar who lived in the 600s AD, under the T'ang dynasty. He was a Buddhist, [...]

6 06, 2017

End of T’ang Dynasty China – Uighurs and Buddhists

By |2018-04-18T09:53:37-07:00June 6th, 2017|China, History|Comments Off on End of T’ang Dynasty China – Uighurs and Buddhists

Emperor Wuzong Hsuan Tsung's son, the T'ang Emperor Suzong, asked a neighboring power, the Uighur Empire, to help him crush An Lu-shan's rebellion, and by 757 AD, thanks to the [...]

4 06, 2017

Qing Dynasty China – History of China – 1600s-1700s

By |2018-04-18T09:54:09-07:00June 4th, 2017|China, History|Comments Off on Qing Dynasty China – History of China – 1600s-1700s

Empress Xiaozhuang In 1644 AD, the Jurchen or Manchu people of Central Asia invaded China and got rid of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchu leaders took over ruling China. They called [...]

31 05, 2017

Medieval Tibet – History of Central Asia

By |2018-04-24T09:30:55-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Medieval Tibet – History of Central Asia

Medieval Tibet: Changzhug Monastery, Tibet (600s AD) Where is Tibet? Tibet lies between India and China, just north of the Himalaya Mountains. People have been living in Tibet since about [...]

31 05, 2017

Sogdians in China – History of Central Asia

By |2019-04-07T07:42:10-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Sogdians in China – History of Central Asia

Sogdian traders in China about 550 AD (Musee Guimet) Sogdians and the Silk Road Even after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Sogdians still controlled Silk Road trade between West [...]

31 05, 2017

Who were the Gokturks? Central Asian History

By |2019-07-08T11:16:17-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Who were the Gokturks? Central Asian History

The Gokturks: A Gokturk coin, about 576-600 AD (Kyrgyzstan museum) (compare to Sassanian and Byzantine coins of the same time) Bumin Qaghan beats the Rouran About 550 AD, Bumin Qaghan [...]

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