Wastren Xia
The Wastren Xia (tradeetional Cheenese: 西夏; ; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles : Hsi Hsia), an aa kent as the Tangut Empire an tae the Tangut fowk an the Tibetans as Minyak,[1] wis an empire which existit frae 1038 tae 1227 AD in whit are nou the northwastren Cheenese provinces o Ningxia, Gansu, eastren Qinghai, northren Shaanxi, northeastren Xinjiang, soothwast Inner Mongolie, an soothernmaist Ooter Mongolie, measurin aboot aicht hunder thoosand squerr kilometers.[2][3][4]
Western Xia  白高大夏國 | |||||||||||
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| 1038–1227 | |||||||||||
 Location o Wastren Xia in 1111 (green in north wast) | |||||||||||
| Caipital | Xingqing | ||||||||||
| Common leids | Tangut, Cheenese | ||||||||||
| Releegion | Primary: BuddhismSeicontar:  Taoism Confucianism Cheenese folk releegion Islam | ||||||||||
| Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||
• 1038–1048 | Emperor Jingzong | ||||||||||
• 1206–1211 | Emperor Xiangzong | ||||||||||
• 1226–1227 | Emperor Mozhu | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Post-clessical history | ||||||||||
• Li Jiqian rebels against Song dynasty | 984 | ||||||||||
• Dynasty established bi Emperor Jingzong | 1038 | ||||||||||
• Subjugatit bi Mongol Empire | 1210 | ||||||||||
• Destroyed bi Mongol Empire efter rebellion | 1227 | ||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||
| 1142 est. | 800,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• peak | 3000000 | ||||||||||
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| The day pairt o | Cheenae (PRC), Mongolie | ||||||||||
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Stein (1972), pp. 70–71.
- ↑ Wang, Tianshun [王天顺] (1993). Xixia zhan shi [The Battle History of Western Xia] 西夏战史. Yinchuan [银川], Ningxia ren min chu ban she [Ningxia People's Press] 宁夏人民出版社.
- ↑ Bian, Ren [边人] (2005). Xixia: xiao shi zai li shi ji yi zhong de guo du [Western Xia: the kingdom lost in historical memories] 西夏: 消逝在历史记忆中的国度. Beijing [北京], Wai wen chu ban she [Foreign Language Press] 外文出版社.
- ↑ Li, Fanwen [李范文] (2005). Xixia tong shi [Comprehensive History of Western Xia] 西夏通史. Beijing [北京] and Yinchuan [银川], Ren min chu ban she [People's Press] 人民出版社; Ningxia ren min chu ban she [Ningxia People's Press] 宁夏人民出版社.