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Encyclopedia > Tanguts

The Tangut were a Tibetan people, who moved to the highlands of western Sichuan sometime before the 10th century AD.


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Their script was derived from, though not identical, to Chinese characters. They established the Western Xia Empire.


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By 1209, the Tangut emperor acknowledged Genghis as overlord.
In November, Genghis laid siege to the Tangut city Lingzhou, and crossed the Yellow River and defeated the Tangut relief army.
In 1227, Genghis attacked the Tangut capital, and continued to advance, seizing Lintiao-fu in February, Xining province and Xindu-fu in March, and Deshun province in April.
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