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a canon at one beat's distance
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What does Chopin's Op. 63 No. 3 have that is rare?
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triple time
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What time are Chopin's polonaises written in?
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Elsner
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Chopin's ability to create an advanced polonasises surpassed even two of his teachers, Zywny and who?
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martial
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Chopin's polonaise often have what kind of rhythm in their melodies?
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formidable
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Chopin's polonaises needed what kind of playing technique?
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21
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How many nocturnes did Chopin compose?
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agitated expression
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What is it about the middle of Chopin's nocturnes that increases their drama?
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Field
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Chopin's nocturnes were more structured than who?
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1833
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What year did Chopin meet Field?
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nocturnes
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Which type of Chopin's compositons were difficult for perfomers due to their middle sections?
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études
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What pieces of his did Chopin use to teach his technique?
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straightforward ternary
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What form are most of Chopin's études in?
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études
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Chopin often taught his piano technique using what form of music he wrote?
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The Well-Tempered Clavier
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What piece of Bach's did Chopin take inspiration for his preludes?
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Kenneth Hamilton
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Who suggested that Chopin's preludes were not intended to be played as a group?
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The preludes
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What was described as "the beginning of studies" by Schumann?
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J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier
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What inspired Chopin for his preludes?
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generic preludes to others of his pieces
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Kenneth Hamilton suggests that the preludes may not have been meant as a group but rather as what?
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Ferruccio Busoni
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Who did a recording where Étude Op. 10 No. 5. follows relude Op. 28 No. 7?
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four
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How many movements are No. 2, Op. 35 and No. 3, Op 58 in?
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Kornel Michałowski and Jim Samson
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What two people claimed that Op 58 was "worthy of Brahms"?
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four
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How many movements are in No. 2, Op. 35 and No. 3, Op 58?
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The last movement
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Which movement was found lacking in musicality by Schumann?
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Op. 58
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According to music historians, which sonata is similar to German tradition and worthy of Brahms?
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Claude Debussy
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Chopin's chord progressions are similar in style to what other composer?
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harmonic innovations
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What likely arose due to Chopin's technique with keyboards?
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Temperley
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Who wrote about Chopin's "novel harmonic effects"?
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independent finger technique
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What was Chopin's style based upon?
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Léon Escudier
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Who wrote about a Chopin 1841 recital?
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his Projet de méthode
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What writing of Chopin talks about everything about piano playing has to do with proper fingering?
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Karol Szymanowski
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According to J. Barrie Jones who was the only true successor to Chopin?
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national modes and idioms
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Many people were considered influenced by Chopin's what?
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Nikolai Zverev
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Who was Alexander Scriabin's teacher?
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Karol Szymanowski
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Who was Chopin's worthy successor according to Jones?
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Alexander Scriabin
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Who was devoted to the music of Chopin?
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Nikolai Zverev
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Who was Alexander Scriabin's teacher?
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Jonathan Bellman
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Who wrote that the current large concert style conflicts with Chopin's preference of intimate performances?
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rigid procedures
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What did Chopin tend to avoid?
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"always crescendo to a high note"
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What has been falsely credited to Chopin?
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hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art
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What did Chopin tell a student is given up in concerts?
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Berlioz
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Who wrote about Chopin's "chromatic embroidery"?
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Hiller
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Who wrote that Chopin's music, when played by him, became a "colorful wreath of flowers"?
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rubato
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Chopin's compositions are often played with what?
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the practice in performance of disregarding strict time
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What does rubato mean?
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rubato
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In Chopin's music where strict timing is disregarded, what is it called?
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mazurkas
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What type of Chopin's music had the most disregard for strict timing according to Charles Rosen?
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Friederike Müller
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According to who did Chopin demand strictly sticking with rhythm?
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Friederike Müller
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Which student said Chopin made sure his students knew his legato, cantabile style of playing?
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rhythm.
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According to Friederike Müller, Chopin insisted his students have the strictest adherence to what?
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sense of nationalism
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Chopin was noted as introducing music to what?
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1836
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What year did Schumann review Chopin's piano concertos?
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Poland
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In his review Schumann made note of Chopin's emotions for what?
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the failure of the November 1830
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Why did Schumann say the Poles were in mourning?
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Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
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A biography on Chopin released under Franz Liszt's name was likely written by who?
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polonaises
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Chopin was able to bring about a new sense of nationalism with his music because of his mazurkas and what?
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Schumann
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Who wrote a glowing review of Chopin's love for his country through his music in 1836?
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flowers
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Schumann described Chopin's music as cannons buried in what?
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Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
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Though Franz Liszt is credited with Chopin's 1863 biography, who probably actually wrote it?
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Barbara Milewski
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Who said that Chopin's familiarity with Polish music was more "urbanised" than true folk music?
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Michał Kleofas Ogiński and Franciszek Lessel
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George Golos references what two musicians when claiming Chopin's nationalism was overrated?
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Richard Taruskin
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Who said Chopin's works were modeled after Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Field?
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intuitive
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William Atwood suggested that Chopin's music wasn't purposely patriotic but what?
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freedom
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A modern commentator, William Atwood, feels Poles not only sought solace in Chopin's music but also found them a source of strength as they continued to fight for what?
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Europe and the New World
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Where were Poles scattered to?
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Byronic flamboyance
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Arthur Hutchings stated that Chopin's lack of what made him special?
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Liszt and Henri Herz
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Who were two of Chopin's contemporaries?
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Paris
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What place was considered lucky for Chopin to have arrived at considering how much he charged for piano lessons?
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Arthur Hutchings
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Who said Chopin was unlike his romantic contemporaries Liszt and Henri Herz?
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Carnaval
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In what suite did Schumann name a work for Chopin?
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Ballade No. 2 in F major
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What piece of Chopin's work was dedicated to Schumann?
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six
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How many of Chopin's Polish songs did Liszt transliterate for piano?
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Alkan
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With who did Chopin feel comfortable speaking of folk music with?
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qualities as a pianist and composer
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What was recognized about Chopin from his musical peers?
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Carnaval
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What Schumann suite contained the name of a piece Schumann named for Chopin?
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Ballade No. 2 in F major
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What piece did Chopin dedicate to Schumann?
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Liszt
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What other musician shows to have elements of Chopin in his work?
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Debussy
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Who dedicated his 1915 piano Études to Chopin?
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Jacques Durand
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For what publisher to Debussy edit Chopin's music for?
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Raoul Koczalski
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Who was a student of Chopin's former students and actually recorded some Chopin music?
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Chopin's
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What music did Debussy play a lot at the Paris Conservatoire?
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Mainland Chinese scholars
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Who were Wang Jiawei and Nyima Gyaincain?
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horse trade
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What important trade did the Ming Dynasty have with Tibet?
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1402–1424
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During what years did the Mongol leader Kublai Khan rule?
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Deshin Shekpa
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Who did the Yongle Emperor try to build a religious alliance with?
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the Karma Kagyu school
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Deshin Shekpa was the head of what school?
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Nepal
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The Tibetan leaders had a diplomacy with what neighboring state?
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armed resistance
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What did the Tibetans use against Ming forays?
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the Mongols
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Who were the armed protectors for the Gelug Dalai Lama?
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the Ganden Phodrang
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Which regime did Güshi Khan help establish?
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1578
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When was the Mongol-Tibetan alliance started?
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the 9th century
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In what century did the Tibetan Empire fall?
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The Yarlung rulers of Tibet
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Who signed multiple peace treaties with the Tang?
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the borders between Tibet and China
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What did one of the treaties between the Tang and Tibet help fix?
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Tibet
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Who was the Tangs biggest rival?
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821
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What year did Tang and Tibet sign a treaty to fix the borders?
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907–960
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When did the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China take place?
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960–1279
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When did the Song dynasty take place?
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Song dynasty
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What dynasty was concerned with countering northern enemy states?
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the Khitan
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Who ruled the Liao dynasty?
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Jurchen
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Who ruled the Jin dynasty?
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