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    characters. The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Hsia4), officially the Great Xia (大夏; Dà Xià; Ta4 Hsia4), also...
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  • characters. Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia (1084–1139), born Li Qianshun (Chinese: 李乾順), was the fourth emperor of the Western Xia dynasty of China, ruling...
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    military campaigns that ultimately led to the destruction of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China. Hoping to both to plunder and acquire...
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    The Xia dynasty (Chinese: 夏朝; pinyin: Xiàcháo; Wade–Giles: Hsia4-ch‘ao2) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition...
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    The Western Xia mausoleums occupy an area of some 50 km2 (19 sq mi) at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern...
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    Song and the Liao. In the northwest, the Song were in conflict with the Western Xia, since they occupied what the Song considered as Chinese land lost during...
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    his power. In 1209, he led a large-scale raid into the neighbouring Western Xia, who agreed to Mongol terms the following year. He then launched a campaign...
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    Song dynasty, the Jin dynasty and the Western Xia dynasty. The era ended with the Mongol conquest, as Western Xia fell in 1227, the Jin dynasty in 1234...
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    Chinese. The full national title of Western Xia was "the Great Xia Kingdom of the White and Mighty," or "Bai Gao Da Xia Guo" (白高大夏国). The term "White" (or...
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    the defeat of the Jin dynasty, Western Liao, Western Xia, Tibet, the Dali Kingdom, the Southern Song, and the Eastern Xia. The Mongol Empire under Genghis...
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    Mongolian: Тангуд) were a Sino-Tibetan people who founded and inhabited the Western Xia dynasty. The group initially lived under Tuyuhun authority, but later...
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  • love for her. Later on, she became the fiancé of the Crown Prince of Western Xia. Lu Xingyu as Ye Zhong Wang Li as Qiu Laohu Wang Xuan as Qiu Hua Pan...
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  • Emperor Mo of Western Xia (d. 1227), personal name Li Xian (Chinese: 李晛), was the tenth and last emperor of the Western Xia dynasty of China, ruling from...
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  • or other symbols instead of Tangut characters. Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (1003–1048), born Li Yuanhao (Chinese: 李元昊) or Tuoba Yuanhao (Chinese:...
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  • history Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty Xia (617–621), a state founded by Dou Jiande near the end of the Sui dynasty Western Xia (1038–1227)...
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    outside the Jokhang in Lhasa. The Western Xia dynasty was established in the 11th century by the Tangut people. Western Xia controlled from 1038 CE up to...
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    Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of 8,874.61 km2 (3,426.51 sq mi) and a total...
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    requests were granted. Sitting figures, Western Xia painting, 13th century. Mural depicting men; Western Xia. During the Yuan dynasty, Mongol dress was...
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    The Western Xia was a Tangut-led Chinese dynasty which ruled over what are now the northwestern Chinese subdivisions of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai...
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  • Emperor Renzong of Western Xia (1124 – 16 October 1193), born Li Renxiao (Chinese: 李仁孝), was the fifth emperor of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty of China...
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    The founder of the Western Xia dynasty of China (1038–1227), Li Yuanhao (Emperor Jingzong), established an apparel system for all civil and military officials...
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    negotiations with the Tangut-led Western Xia state, and resumed armed conflict which eventually forced Western Xia to enter a more peaceful stance with...
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    monarchical power and who wanted to maintain the peaceful equilibrium with the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty. Shenzong respected the conservative faction: he...
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  • Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia (1170–1211), born Li Anquan (Chinese: 李安全), was the seventh emperor of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty of China, reigning...
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    lit. 'Western Xia language') is an extinct language in the Sino-Tibetan language family. Tangut was one of the official languages of the Western Xia dynasty...
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  • emperor of the Min dynasty Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (1060–1086, reigned 1067–1086), emperor of Western Xia Emperor Huizong of Song (1082–1135, reigned...
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  • emperor of the Song dynasty Emperor Shenzong of Western Xia (1163–1223, reigned 1211–1223), emperor of Western Xia Wanli Emperor (1563–1620, reigned 1572–1620)...
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  • of Western Xia (1124–1193, reigned 1139–1193), emperor of Western Xia Yelü Yilie (died 1163, reigned 1150–1163), emperor of Qara Khitai (Western Liao)...
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  • characters. Emperor Huanzong of Western Xia (1177–1206), born Li Chunyou (Chinese: 李純祐), was the sixth emperor of the Western Xia dynasty of China, reigning...
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    descendants launched progressive invasions of China, subjugating the Western Xia in 1209 before destroying them in 1227, defeating the Jin dynasty in...
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