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Genghis Khan
Which ruler took Western Xia under their control?
Ögedei Khan
Who was Genghis Khan's successor?
1229–1241
What years did Ögedei Khan rule?
Ögedei Khan
Who invaded Tibet?
Godan
Who was the Mongol prince?
Sakya Pandita
Who was the leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism?
Töregene Khatun
Who was the regent of the Mongol Empire?
1241–1246
In what years was Töregene Khatun the regent of the Mongol Empire?
thirteen
How many states were ruled by myriarchies?
Khagan
What title did prince Kublai rule as from 1260 to 1294?
Ögedei Khan
Who was the superior of prince Kublai?
Karma Pakshi
Who became the second Karmapa Lama?
the Phagpa lama
With whom did Kublai Khan have a unique relationship with?
1279
When did Kublai Khan conquer the song dynasty?
1271–1368
When did the Yuan dynasty rule?
the Yuan dynasty
Which dynasty ruled all of china?
universal rule
What did Khubilai claim for a while?
China
Where did Khubilai seek support as Emperor?
1358
What year was the Sakya viceregal regime eradicated?
the Mongols in Tibet
Who placed the Sakya viceregal regime position of authority?
the Phagmodru myriarch Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen
Who eradicated the Sakya viceregal regime?
the Phagmodrupa Dynasty
Which dynasty became ruler of Tibet?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Who created the Ming Dynasty?
the Red Turban Rebellion
Who caused the Yuan dynasty to fall?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Who ruled as the the Hongwu Emperor?
1368–1398
What years did Zhu Yuanzhang rule as the Hongwu Emperor?
Yuan officeholders
Who did the Hongwu Emperor send convoys to?
Rolpe Dorje
Who was the fourth Karmapa Lama?
Rolpe Dorje
Who rejected an invitation by the Hongwu Emperor?
the Buddhist link between Tibet and China
What did the the Hongwu Emperor want to continue to promote?
disciples
Who did Rolpe Dorje send as envoys to court in Nanjing?
Ming government
Who created a law that did not allow Han Chinese to learn the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhism?
1402–1424
What years did the Yongle Emperor reign?
the Yongle Emperor
Who worked towards obtaining a extension of relations with Tibet?
1644–1912
What years did the Qing dynasty rule?
1739
what year was the history of Ming produced?
É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office
What did the Ming dynasty create?
seventeen Qianhu offices
How many Qianhu offices were there?
western Tibet
where was the É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office established?
three
How many princes of Dharma were assigned by the Ming court?
Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen
Who established the Tibetan law code?
Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen
Who was the Phagmodru ruler?
Turrell V. Wylie
who was a professor of the University of Washington?
Tibet
Who had a large amount of contacts with china during Yuan?
Morris Rossabi
Who believed that Tibet barely had any diplomatic relations with the Ming?
historian Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa
Who supported van Praag's beliefs?
Wang Jiawei and Nyima Gyaincain
Who did not agree with van Praag and Shakabpa?
Wang and Nyima
Who believed that the Ming court had full sovereignty over Tibet?
1371
What year did Wang and Nyima believe that the Mongol Prince Punala went to Nanjing?
princes
What did the lamas called themselves?
imperial edicts
What edicts did the Ming issue?
Journalist and author Thomas Laird
Who wrote the book The Story of Tibet?
the British
who colonized India and New Zealand?
the government viewpoint of the People's Republic of China
Who's viewpoint does Thomas Laird believe Wang and Nyima present?
A Mongol dynasty of China
How did the The Columbia Encyclopedia describe the Yuan dynasty?
the line of Mongol rulers in China
How did the Encyclopedia Americana describe the Yuan Dynasty?
a non-Chinese polity
What did Thomas Laird dismiss the Yuan dynasty as?
Rossabi
Who wrote the book Khubilai Khan?
1271 to 1368
When did the yuan dynasty start and end?
1311–1320
When did Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan reign?
a licensed border market
During the Yuan what existed between China and Tibet?
the Mongols and other ethnicities
Who was granted higher status than the Han Chinese majority?
the Ming
Who abolished the policy council?
the General of the Ngari Military and Civil Wanhu Office
What was the Tibetan leader Choskunskyabs appointed as?
Ming dynasty's Ü-Tsang Commanding Office
Who governed most areas of Tibet?
Beijing
Where is the China Tibetology Research Center located?
Chen Qingying
Who was the Director of the History Studies Institute?
1,000 households
How many households were the offices of Qianhu in charge of?
10,000 households
How many households were the offices of Wanhu in charge of?
John Powers
What was the name of the Tibetologist?
ruling lamas
Who did the Ming emperors send invitations to?
subordinates
When the lamas received an invite from the emperors, who did they send instead?
the Tarim Basin and oasis of Turpan
What was the western regions composed of?
foreign officials
Who believed that they were the true Han Western representatives?
Education Minister
What title was given by the Yuan court to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen ?
Degsi
What Tibetan title was hardly ever mentioned when referring to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen?
Phagmodrupa Dynasty
What dynasty kept a Central-local government relation with the Yuan imperial court?
Wang and Nyima
What two people claim the title of Education Minister was often seen next to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen's name in Tibetan texts?
The Tai Situpa
Who wrote in their will that they received loving care from the emperor in the east?
Changchub Gyaltsen
Who divided Central Tibet into districts?
Van Praag
Who strongly believed Changchub Gyaltsen wanted to restore the glories of its Imperial age to Tibet?
the University of Washington
What university was Lok-Ham Chan a professor at?
all traces of Mongol suzerainty
What did Lok-Ham Chan claim Changchub Gyaltsen wanted to remove?
Sagya Gyaincain
Who did the Hongwu Emperor grant the title Initiation State Master to?
the Ming officer of Hezhou
Who suggested to the emperor that an official title be granted to second Phagmodru ruler?
Jamyang Shakya Gyaltsen
Who was the second Phagmodru ruler?
the Ming officer of Hezhou
Who told the emperor that the situation in Dbus and Gtsang were under control?
to the Ming court
Where were the envoys sent?
the Phagmodrupa
Who lost their power over Tibet?
1434
What year did the Phagmodrupa lose their power over Tibet?
1642
What year did the 5th Dalai lama start to dominate over Tibet?
hegemonies
What did the other families fail to establish?
the Karmapa Kargyu
The Ming Dynasty granted what titles to lamas of schools?
Mongol
Who did the Ming Dynasty decline titles from after receiving invitations?
Je Tsongkhapa
Who was the founder of the Gelug school?
the Ming Yongle Emperor
Who invited Je Tsongkhapa to come pay tribute?
Tsongkhapa
Who wrote the letter declining the Emperor's invitation?
1407
When did the Ming first request Tsongkhapa to come to court?
1413
When did the Ming court send a second request to Tsongkhapa?
his disciple Chosrje Shākya Yeshes
Who did Tsongkhapa send in his place to Nanjing?