Processing Method & Distribution of Medicinal Plant Ginseng in Early Modern East Asia -Focusing on Ginseng as a Tribute Item of Joeseon to the Ming Dynasty- by Doyoung KOO

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Bronze Weight Inscribed with Kublai Khan’s Era Name from Primorye by Nadezhda G. Artemieva, Polina A. Artemieva

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«WHEN THE STATE POWER BECAME... LOW». CRISIS AND FALL OF THE DA LIAO “DUAL EMPIRE” by S. A. Vasyutin

“…Numerous but capable Liao army couldn't stand against the Jurchens army, less numerous but consolidated by Aguda, which predetermined the Empire fall.…”
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Blacksmith and Blacksmithing Attributes in Folklore of Tungus-Manchurian Peoples of Russian Far East by Л. Е. Fetisova

“…The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the perception of blacksmiths and blacksmithing by the folklore consciousness of the indigenous ethnic groups of the southern part of the Russian Far East — the Nanais, Orochs, Ulchis, Negidals, Udeges, Oroks (Uilta) of Sakhalin, who are considered to be distant descendants of the Mohe and Jurchens. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time from the general array of the narrative folklore of the Tungus-speaking peoples, texts were singled out, where the central character is an anthropomorphic character, in the guise of which the main tools of blacksmithing are presented: a head-hammer, a chest — blacksmith furs, legs-skewers, hands ticks. …”
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Ritual, Legend, and Metaphor: Narratives of the Willow in Yuan <i>Zaju</i> by Qian Wang, Qiong Yang

“…The willow shooting ritual depicted in Yuan <i>zaju</i> was highly reminiscent of the willow shooting ritual popular throughout the Song (960–1279), Liao (916–1125), Jin (1115–1234), and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties, with its conceptual origins traceable to the ancient shamanic belief in the willow as a sacred tree prevalent among the Khitans and Jurchens who lived in what is now northeastern China. …”
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Manju The Composition of the Empire and the cultural anthropological nature of the Ch’ing’s ruling class: A case study of the Manju women by A. Kai He

“…In terms of cultural attributes, JianZhou Jurchen belongs to the cultural category of Tunguska. …”
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The economy of empire building: wild ginseng, sable fur, and the multiple trade networks of the early Qing dynasty, 1583-1644 by Sun, L

“…</p> <p>The time frame covered spans from 1583, when Nurhaci started to embark on internal conflicts with other local Jurchen tribes, to 1644, when the Manchus seized control of Beijing, claiming rulership of China. …”

The First Telescope in the Korean History I. Translation of Jeong`s Report by Sang-Hyeon Ahn

“…Even though king Injo and his associates of the Joseon dynasty were well aware of the value as military armaments of new technologies such as telescopes, cannons, and flintlocks, they were not able to quickly adopt such technologies to defend against the military threat of Jurchen. We revisit the reason in view of the general history of science and technology of east-Asian countries in the 17th century.…”
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Millet-based crop planting strategies in the Songhua River Region during the liaojin (907-1234 AD) dynasties: A case of the Luotong Mountain City site by Chun Yang, Lin Ban, Lin Ban, Xiaohong Lv, Xiaohong Lv, Dong Li, Kun Xu, Xiuhua Gao, Chunxue Wang, Chunxue Wang

“…Through comparative studies of surrounding sites and reference to historical documents, it was found that this difference in crop structure is a phenomenon unique to the Songhua River Region and is related to the dietary habits of the local settled Jurchen nomads, who ate barnyard millet meal.…”
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The alteration from agricultural to nomadic regimes resulted in human livelihood transformation in North-Central China during the 12th century: The archaeobotanical evidence by Ruo Li, Bing Li, Wei Chen, Peilun Liu, Mingxia Xie, Yunqing Zhang, Sai Wang, Yuecong Li, Yuecong Li, Guanghui Dong

“…During the 12th century, the control of the Zhengding area in Hebei Province of north-central China changed from the Northern Song (960–1127 CE) to the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (Jin Dynasty; 1115–1234 CE). Recent excavation of the Zhengding Kaiyuan Temple South (ZKS) site in the area provides a rare opportunity to study human livelihood transformation in relation to geopolitical change. …”
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