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The steppe people Jiang identifies as giving rise to the Tang's Li family.
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The steppe people Jiang identifies as giving rise to the Tang's Li family.
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Jiang calls the Han the last ethnically Chinese dynasty committed to protecting and propagating Chinese culture, and presents the Tang as a Xianbei-founded universal multicultural empire.
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"a lot of trade, there will be a lot of intermarriage, and the steppe people will be hired as mercenaries for internal conflicts within..."
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"Okay, but Shanbei will give rise to which major Chinese dynasty? You guys should know this. What comes after the Han? The Tang Dynasty,..."
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