The founder of the Tangut, the Tuoba Xianbei, was a famous prince of the Tuyuhun Empire (284–670), Tuoba Chici. In the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tuoba brought troops to suppress the Huangchao Rebe ...
Ningxia and its surrounding areas were incorporated into the Qin Dynasty as early as the 3rd century BC. Throughout the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty there were several large cities established in ...
Gansu has an area of 454,000 square kilometres (175,000 sq mi), and the vast majority of its land is more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level. It lies between the Tibetan Plateau and the Loes ...
Having usurped the throne, Wanyan Liang embarked on the program of legitimizing his rule as an emperor of China. In 1153, he moved the empire's main capital from Huining Fu in northern Manchuria (sout ...
The term "Manchu" could vary in meaning, various groups within the Eight Banners could be considered Manchu depending on how broad the definition was, one definition of Manchu was the "Old Manchu" inc ...
Over a period of thirty years from 1586, Nurhaci, a chieftain of the Jianzhou Jurchens, united the Jurchen tribes, which was later renamed Manchu by his son Hung Taiji. He created a formidable synthes ...
Among the ancestor tribes of the Jurchens were the Heishui Mohe tribes, which were among the various Mohe tribes living along the Amur River (Black Water). The Jurchens generally lived by traditions t ...
Northern China or North China (simplified Chinese: 华北; traditional Chinese: 華北; pinyin: Huáběi; literally "China's north") is a geographical region of China. The heartland of North China is the ...
Mongolia maintains positive relations and has diplomatic missions in many countries such as Russia, the People's Republic of China, India, North and South Korea, Japan, and the United States. The gove ...
The official language of Mongolia is Mongolian, and is spoken by 95% of the population. A variety of dialects of Oirat and Buryat are spoken across the country, and there are also some speakers of Mon ...
Main articles: Geography of Mongolia, Climate of Mongolia, Mongolian-Manchurian grassland and Mongolian PlateauThe southern portion of Mongolia is taken up by the Gobi Desert, while the northern and w ...
Main articles: History of Mongolia and List of Mongol statesPrehistory and antiquity Main articles: Prehistoric Mongolia and Proto-MongolsHomo erectus inhabited Mongolia from 850,000 years ago. Modern ...
Main article: History of ManchuriaEarly history Korean kingdom of Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) and modern political boundariesManchuria was the homeland of several ethnic groups, including the Manchu, Ulc ...
There is no consensus on the etymology of the name of Khitan. There are basically three speculations. Feng Jiasheng argues that it comes from the Yuwen chieftains' names. Zhao Zhenji thinks that the t ...
