The Hexi Corridor (Chinese: 河西走廊; pinyin: Héxī Zǒuláng; Wade–Giles: Ho2-hsi1 Tsou3-lang2, Xiao'erjing: حْسِ ظِوْلاْ, Mandarin pronunciation: [xɤ˧˥ɕi˥ tsoʊ˨˩˦lɑŋ˧˥])...
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Han–Xiongnu War (section Hexi Corridor)
commanders and launched several expeditions to control the Ordos Loop, Hexi Corridor and Western Regions, eventually pushing the Xiongnu north beyond the...
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Xiutu (section Han occupation of the Hexi corridor)
Hsiu-tu, lit. "The king who puts an end to massacres") was a king in the Hexi corridor of the Gansu region, west of Wuwei, during the 2nd century BCE. "Xiutu"...
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(Chinese: 南山, literally "Southern Mountains"), as it is to the south of Hexi Corridor, is a northern outlier of the Kunlun Mountains, forming the border between...
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Valley, the next step was to open a route across the Tarim Basin and the Hexi Corridor to China Proper. This extension came around 130 BCE, with the embassies...
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vassals, and the Xiongnu confederation fragmented. The Han conquered the Hexi Corridor and Inner Asian territory of the Tarim Basin from the Xiongnu, helping...
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dynasty in Chinese history. The Northern Silk Road ran through the Hexi Corridor, which passes through Gansu, resulting in it being an important strategic...
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Hexi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hexi (Chinese: 河西; pinyin: héxī; lit. 'west of river') may refer to: Hexi Corridor, corridor in Gansu Hexi District...
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is the Gansu or Hexi Corridor, a belt of moderately dense population that connects China proper with the Tarim Basin. The Hexi Corridor was the main route...
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continental. Xining was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and was a stronghold of the Han, Sui, Tang, and...
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855–797 cal BCE), making it the oldest known walled settlement in the Hexi Corridor. It may have been one of the bases from which nomadic culture diffused...
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redefined the borders of China. The Han realm was expanded into the Hexi Corridor of modern Gansu province, the Tarim Basin of modern Xinjiang, modern...
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pass is located at the narrowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the city of Jiayuguan in Gansu....
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during that time, many of Ganzhou's residents converted to Buddhism. The Hexi Corridor, located within modern Gansu, was traditionally a Chinese inroad into...
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Great Wall. From Jiayu Pass the wall travels discontinuously down the Hexi Corridor and into the deserts of Ningxia, where it enters the western edge of...
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transportation hub for the area. Because of its position along the Hexi Corridor, historically the only route from central China to western China and...
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proper as well as Inner Mongolia, northern Vietnam, northern Korea, the Hexi Corridor of Gansu, and the Tarim Basin region of Xinjiang on the easternmost...
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Wu deployed Huo Qubing twice in that year against the Xiongnu in the Hexi Corridor. During spring, Huo Qubing led 10,000 cavalry, fought through five Western...
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Shaanxi Maijishan Cave Temple Complex, Tianshui, Gansu Province 2. Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, connecting China Proper and Xinjiang. Bingling Temple...
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the edges of the Han Empire called the Hexi Corridor. Shortly before 176 BC, the Xiongnu invaded the Hexi Corridor, forcing the Yuezhi to flee the region...
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expand against the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu thus gained control of the Hexi Corridor. Laoshang in Chinese means "old and elevated', and is probably a translation...
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Tianshanbeilu culture played an important role in connecting the Hexi Corridor with the Tianshan Corridor. The cemetery remained in use until 1093–707 cal BCE. Tianshanbeilu...
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Chinese capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an), westwards through the Hexi Corridor (in what is the modern Gansu province) into the Tarim Basin, going around...
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threatened China at times. China proper is connected to this area by the Hexi Corridor, a narrow string of oases bounded by the Gobi Desert to the north and...
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vassals of the Xiongnu, and kills their king. He then invades the Hexi Corridor, where he fights a six-day running battle against a son of Yizhixie...
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The Shanma culture (Ch: 骟马文化) was an ancient culture in the Hexi corridor from 1000 to 200 BCE. It succeeded the Siba culture (1,600–1,300 BCE) in the...
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runs 1904 kilometres (1,183 miles) from Lanzhou, Gansu, through the Hexi Corridor, to Ürümqi, in Xinjiang. It was Xinjiang's only rail link with the rest...
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an important role in ancient times and was historically part of the Hexi Corridor between the 2nd century BC to the 8th century AD. "This territory, called...
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lies adjacent to Tajikistan, separated only by the narrow Afghan Wakhan Corridor. Being located on the northwest of South Asia, the area forming modern-day...
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Tangut literature remain. The Western Xia occupied the area around the Hexi Corridor, a stretch of the Silk Road, the most important trade route between...
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