The alien rulers were first the Mongols, and later the Tungus. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Before that, it was under (Tungus) Khitan Khanate (aka Western Liao). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
In southern and central Manchuria were remnants of the Tungus Juchên. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
This brought many Tungus tribes, including the Jurchen (Juchên), under Kitan dominance. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
The process of interaction with the local tribes created a new Tungus-language society (Mukri). From Wordnik.com. [Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation] Reference
Chinese intervened as mediators in these struggles, and drew a demarcation line between the territories of the various Tungus tribes. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
The Juchên in the past had been only a small league of Tungus tribes, whose name is preserved in that of the present Tungus tribe of the. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
The fighting in Korea had its influence on the Tungus tribes: as they were not directly involved, it contributed to their further strengthening. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
I've also wondered whether the Mongol-Turk-Tungus triptych is the same kind of thing, especially because the Tungus languages are spoken by so few. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LOWLANDS LANGUAGES.] Reference
Further influence from ancient Turk and Mongol peoples resulted in the formation of the modern ethnic groups of the southern Tungus language group, namely Manchurians, Udege, Orochi, Nanai and Ulchi. From Wordnik.com. [Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation] Reference
Yesterday, not knowing, because my colleague Yuri Leving had asked me for information on Western reactions and possible SF references to the Tungus meteor/comet strike in Siberia, I sought out and viewed Sir Arthur's TV broadcast from 1980 on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [: The Official Movie Blog: Le Morte d'Arthur] Reference
Stanovoi-Chebret, where a single Tungus family constitutes the sole population along a river of 300 versts; in the west on the desolate heights of the Viluj, near the great Zeresej Lake; in the north at the mysterious outlets of the Quabrera, the desert places of the Olensk. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Saman a Tungus word; others say a later dialectic form of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
Tagalog: boondocks; Tahitian: tattoo; Tamil: pariah; Taino: hammock; Tibetan: yak; Tongan: taboo; Tungus: shaman. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1] Reference
I remember how vainly I tried to make some of my Tungus friends understand our civilization of individualism: they could not, and they resorted to the most fantastical suggestions. From Wordnik.com. [Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution] Reference
Then, early in the fourth century, China split up again: crafty ladylike Chinese houses ruling in the South; and in the north a wild medley of dynasties, Turkish, Tungus, Tatar, and Tibetan, -- even some relics of the Huns: sometimes one at a time, sometimes half a dozen all together. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
A Tungus tribe, as well as perhaps others whom we cannot yet analyse. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
“Now he understood how the great, unlettered military genius Genghis Khan, as well as the illiterate or semiliterate military leaders of peoples such as the Quanrong, the Huns, the Tungus, the Turks, the Mongols, and the Jurchens, were able to bring the Chinese whose great military sage Sun-tzu had produced his universally acclaimed treatise The Art of War to their knees, to run roughshod over their territory, and to interrupt their dynastic cycles.”. From Wordnik.com. [2008 July « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
“Now he understood how the great, unlettered military genius Genghis Khan, as well as the illiterate or semiliterate military leaders of peoples such as the Quanrong, the Huns, the Tungus, the Turks, the Mongols, and the Jurchens, were able to bring the Chinese (whose great military sage Sun-tzu had produced his universally acclaimed treatise The Art of War) to their knees, to run roughshod over their territory, and to interrupt their dynastic cycles.”. From Wordnik.com. [Battle of the Jawbreakers — 2009 Delete Key Awards Finalist ‘Wolf Totem’ Versus 2007 Second Runner-Up ‘The Emperor’s Children’ « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
An example: “Now he understood how the great, unlettered military genius Genghis Khan, as well as the illiterate or semiliterate military leaders of peoples such as the Quanrong, the Huns, the Tungus, the Turks, the Mongols, and the Jurchens, were able to bring the Chinese whose great military sage Sun-tzu had produced his universally acclaimed treatise The Art of War to their knees, to run roughshod over their territory, and to interrupt their dynastic cycles.”. From Wordnik.com. [2008 May « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
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