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Summary Of: Yuezhi
numerous theories about the derivation of the name Yuezhi and none has yet found general acceptance... da the name Yuezhi is a transliteration of their own name for themselves... The first known reference to the Yuezhi was made in... first millennium BCE the Yuezhi engaged in the jade trade... there was a Queen among the large Yuezhi confederation who added to her possessions the lands of the... The Yuezhi are also documented in detail in Chinese historical accounts... The Yuezhi originally lived in the area between the... original homeland of the Yuezhi have recently been argued not to refer to the current locations in... The Yuezhi may have been a... no direct records for the name of Yuezhi rulers are known to exist... Tocharian language existed in the same area of Yuezhi settlement during the second half of the... the Yuezhi were probably part of the large migration of Indo... The Yuezhi were settled at the doorstep of Qin China in the 3rd century BCE... The Yuezhi were settled at the doorstep of... The Yuezhi sometimes practiced the exchange of hostages with the... Modu stole a horse and escaped when the Yuezhi tried to kill him in retaliation for an attack by his father... the Xiongnu invaded Yuezhi territory in the... a large part of the Yuezhi people therefore fell under the domination of the Xiongnu... A very small group of Yuezhi fled south to the territory of the Proto... a large group of the Yuezhi fled from the... The Yuezhi attacked the king of the Sai who moved a considerable distance to the south and... the Yuezhi then occupied his lands... The Yuezhi crossed the neighbouring urban civilization of the... The Chinese mission of Zhang Qian to the Yuezhi in 126 BCE... The Yuezhi were visited by a Chinese mission... that was seeking an offensive alliance with the Yuezhi to counter the Xiongnu threat to the north... The Yuezhi were organized into five major tribes... After the Great Yuezhi moved west and attacked the lands... Presumed bust of a Yuezhi chief with Greek royal headband... Presumed bust of a Yuezhi chief with Greek royal headband... the Yuezhi were apparently involved in a war against the Parthians... the Yuezhi moved south to... the Yuezhi became Hellenized to some degree... also records the visit of Yuezhi envoys to the Chinese capital in... suggesting that some Yuezhi already followed the... as Wan Zhen probably never visited the Yuezhi kingdom through the... the Yuezhi copied the coinage of... the Yuezhi extended their control over the northwestern area of the Indian subcontinent... The Yuezhi came to be known as... however the Chinese kept calling them Yuezhi throughout their historical records over a period of several centuries... Possible Yuezhi king and attendants... Possible Yuezhi king and attendants... The unification of the Yuezhi tribes and the rise of the Kushan is documented in the Chinese Historical chronicle... The Yuezhi then became extremely rich... The Yuezhi continued to collaborate militarily with the Chinese against nomadic incursion... Major Yuezhi missionary and translators included... Chinese kept referring to the Kushans as Da Yuezhi throughout the centuries... King of the Da Yuezhi Intimate with the... on Yuezhi migrations in Central Asia... Encyclodia Page On: Yuezhi
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