A Thousand Years of the TartarsS. Low, Marston (limited), 1895 - 371 trang |
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ancient Apaoki Assena Basimir Botskai brother called capital Caracorum Cathay Cathayans century chief China Chinese armies Chinese envoys Chou clan name Corea defeated Desert died dominions dynasty east eastern Empire Empress frontier Genghis Khan Ghei Gheri Han dynasty High Carts Hiung Hiung-nu Ho-nan horde horses imperial Jwen-jwen Kan-chou Kankalis Karluks Kashgar khakhan Khan Khuganja king Kirghiz Kokand Kuche Kuldja Left Dugi Liao Manchus marriage Meghder Merchö miles modern monarch Mongol Mujung murdered nomads of Kuldja North Shan Northern Nüchêns once ordo Ordous Ouigours Peking Prince princess proconsul race raiding refuge reign ruler sent Seyenda Shado Shaporo shew Shih Sien-pi Southern Zenghi succeeded Tangut Tartar Têh-kwang Tenduc throne Tibetans Ting-ling Toba Toba Emperor took tribes troops Tsin Tsung Tukuhun Tunguses Turkish uncle vassal Wall Wang Mang Western Turks whilst word Wu-hwan Wu-sun Yellow River Yen-hi Yüan Zenghi Zieghu
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Trang 18 - Europe, to deliver sonorous sentences about being 'masters of the world,' bringing all nations of the earth under her sway, and so on, when in reality only some corner of the Mediterranean is involved, or some ephemeral sally into Persia and Gaul. Cyrus and Alexander, Darius and Xerxes, Caesar and Pompey, all made very interesting excursions, but they were certainly not on a larger scale or charged with greater human interest than the campaigns which were going on at the other end of Asia. Western...
Trang 168 - Attila, the son of Mundzuk, deduced his noble, perhaps his regal, descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern...
Trang 101 - Hiung-Nu, unable to maintain their ground against various enemies, " disappeared far away to the North, many of them no doubt finding their way by the upper waters of the Selinga and the Irtysh to Issekul, the Aral, and the Caspian, struggling with the Bashkirs, the Alans, and the unknown tribes then occupying Bussia into Europe ". In an article on " The Origin of the Turks
Trang 6 - A universal custom, which, as we shall see, extended for a thousand years over the whole of Tartary, was for the son to take over his deceased father's wives, (with the exception of his own natural mother), and for younger brothers to take over the widows of their elder brethren.
Trang 101 - North, many of them no doubt finding their way by the upper waters of the Selinga and the Irtysh to Issekul, the Aral, and the Caspian, struggling with the Bashkirs, the Alans, and the unknown tribes then occupying Russia into Europe ". And again in an article on " The Origin of the Turks " in the English Hist. Review, July, 1896, p.
Trang 222 - We are not a hundredth part of Cathay," a wise counselor said to the boy, "and the only reason why we have been able to cope with her is that we are all nomads, carrying our supplies with us, and experienced in our kind of warfare. When we can, we plunder } when we cannot, we hide away. If we begin to build towns and change our old habits, we shall not prosper. Besides, monasteries and temples breed mildness of character, and it is only the fierce and warlike who dominate mankind.
Trang 287 - ... already named, who ordered the birds' fastenings to be loosened and their liberty to be given them. Thenceforward the Uigliurs often sent horses. Mr. Parker has collected some interesting facts about the Uighurs from the notices of the various embassies, etc., at this time. Thus the Uighur country is described as producing yaks, precious stones, wild horses, single-humped camels, antelope horns, sal ammoniac, castoreum, diamonds (?), red salt, hair rugs, cotton, and horse-skins. The country grew...
Trang 6 - In times of peace, besides tending their herds, they kept their hands in training by hunting and shooting ; at other times every man was ready for a fight or a raid. It was not considered shameful to retreat before an enemy : in fact, their system of warfare seems to have been one of sudden ill-concerted rushes, feints, and ambushes. They were, the Chinese thought, destitute of any considerations of mercy or justice...
Trang 5 - Hiung-nu lived on horseback ; '' their country was the back of a horse." They moved from place to place with their flocks and herds, always in search of fresh pasture. Horses, cattle, and sheep were their usual possessions ; but they...