Western Geographical Series

Produced and published by
The Department of Geography,
University of Victoria

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30 Land of Genghis Khan
The Rise and Fall of Nation States in China's Northern Frontiers

David Cheunyan Lai
The early history of China's northern frontiers is a litany of war and peace between the agriculturalists of the Chinese or Han people in the Huang He (Yellow River) basin, and the non-Han pastoral tribes who roamed across the Mongolian deserts and grassland. For thousands of years the Han farmers and the non-Han nomads fought over the more fertile and productive
land in China's northern frontiers. When the pastoralists were united and strong, they would invade the Han people. When they were disunited, the Han people would subjugate them. However, military alliances and cultural interaction are also a significant feature in the history of China's northern frontiers. These Han and non-Han alliances have broken down the dichotomy of the northern nomads and southern agriculturalists in Chinese history.

 

88 pages

6 tables

18 colour maps

15 colour photos

 

Chapter Titles

Introduction

Land and People

The Donghu and Xiongnu in the Warring States Period, 475-221 B.C.

The Xiongnu Empire in the Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-A.D. 220

The Five Nomadic Tribes in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, 217-420

The Tujue Empire in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 581-907

The Emergence of a Qidan State in the Five Dynasties Period, 907-960

The Triumvirate of the Qidan, Dangxiang and Han People in the Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1127

The Emergence of the Jin and Xiliao States in the Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279

The Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan, 1227

The Establishment of the Yuan Dynasty by Khubilai Khan, 1271-1368

The Khalkhas and Oirats in the Ming Dynasty, 1368 -1644

Inner and Outer Mongolia During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911

The Emergence of the Mongolian People's Republic, 1924-1946

The Establishment of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, 1947

Epilogue

 

printed: 1995

ISBN 0-919838-20-0

 

88 pages: $10.00