Yuezhi

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Yuezhi

Classified As	Ancient Nomadic People^[1]
Classified As	Indo European Peoples^[1]
Mentioned As Suppliers of	Horses^[1]
Mentioned As Suppliers of	Jade^[1]
Fragmented Into	Greater Yuezhi^[1]
Fragmented Into	Lesser Yuezhi^[1]
Supplied	Horses^[1]
Supplied	Jade^[1]
Associated	Greater Yuezhi^[1]
Associated	Kushan Empire^[1]
Active During Period	1st Millennium Bc^[1]
Controlled	Jade Trade Routes From Tarim Basin^[1]
Distinct From	Xiongnu^[1]

ex:yuezhi

Yuezhi has 31 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 5 live disagreements.

31 facts·23 predicates·1 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:associated(5), classified as(2), mentioned as suppliers of(2)

Classified Asin dispute`classifiedAs`

Ancient Nomadic People^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Indo European Peoples^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Mentioned As Suppliers ofin dispute`mentionedAsSuppliersOf`

Horses^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Jade^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Fragmented Intoin dispute`fragmentedInto`

Greater Yuezhi^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Lesser Yuezhi^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Suppliedin dispute`supplied`

Horses^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Jade^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Associatedin dispute`ex:rel/associated`

Greater Yuezhi^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Kushan Empire^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Lesser Yuezhi^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Shajing Culture^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Xiongnu^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Active During Period`activeDuringPeriod`

1st Millennium Bc^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Controlled`controlled`

Jade Trade Routes From Tarim Basin^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Distinct From`distinctFrom`

Xiongnu^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Nomadic Lifestyle`nomadicLifestyle`

Nomadic^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Originated in Location`originatedInLocation`

Western Gansu Province^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Culturally Scythian Linked`culturallyScythianLinked`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Were Peoples`werePeoples`

true^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Inbound mentions (18)

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`experiencedFragmentation`Experienced Fragmentation(2)

Greater Yuezhiex:greater-yuezhi
Lesser Yuezhiex:lesser-yuezhi

`subgroupOf`Subgroup of(2)

Greater Yuezhiex:greater-yuezhi
Lesser Yuezhiex:lesser-yuezhi

`authoritativelyReferences`Authoritatively References(1)

Guanziex:guanzi

`believe`Believe(1)

Many Scholarsex:many-scholars

`connects`Connects(1)

Possible Links Yuezhi Tochariansex:possible-links-yuezhi-tocharians

`controlledBy`Controlled by(1)

Jade Trade Routes From Tarim Basinex:jade-trade-routes-from-tarim-basin

`defeatedDecisively`Defeated Decisively(1)

Xiongnuex:xiongnu

`ex:rel/associated`Associated(1)

Kushan Empireex:kushan-empire

`isTermFor`Is Term for(1)

Garaex:gara

`mentions`Mentions(1)

Guanziex:guanzi

`originalTerritoryOf`Original Territory of(1)

Western Gansu Provinceex:western-gansu-province

`positsPossibleLinks`Posits Possible Links(1)

Yuezhi Tocharian Hypothesisex:yuezhi-tocharian-hypothesis

`potentialOriginFor`Potential Origin for(1)

Shirenzigou Cultureex:shirenzigou-culture

`referredTo`Referred to(1)

Khotan Saka Textsex:khotan-saka-texts

`succeeds`Succeeds(1)

Kushan Powerex:kushan-power

`victoriousOver`Victorious Over(1)

Xiongnuex:xiongnu

Other facts (11)

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11 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Presupposed to Exist	Ancient Nomads	[1]
Has Material Culture	null	[1]
Implied Multi Ethnic Fusion	null	[1]
Nomadic Ontologically	null	[1]
Potentially Linked to	Tocharian Speaking Peoples	[1]
Ex:note	Yuezhi-Tocharian hypothesis suggests links to Tocharian-speaking peoples of Tarim Basin but most historians reject this. H.W. Bailey proposed Khotan Saka texts called Yuezhi the Gara (Great Gara = Greater Yuezhi). Kushanas spoke Bactrian (Eastern Iranian).	[1]
Ex:classification	Ancient nomadic people, possibly Indo-European	[1]
Ex:description	Ancient nomadic people controlling jade trade routes from Tarim Basin. Mentioned in Guanzi as suppliers of jade and horses. Defeated by Xiongnu c.176 BC, splitting into Greater and Lesser Yuezhi.	[1]
Ex:origin	Western Gansu province, China, 1st millennium BC	[1]
Rdf:type	People	[1]
Rdfs:label	Yuezhi	[1]

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31 undated

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activeDuringPeriodancient-civilizations

ex:1st-millennium-bc

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classifiedAsancient-civilizations

ex:ancient-nomadic-people

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classifiedAsancient-civilizations

ex:indo-european-peoples

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controlledancient-civilizations

ex:jade-trade-routes-from-tarim-basin

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culturallyScythianLinkedancient-civilizations

null

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distinctFromancient-civilizations

ex:xiongnu

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classificationancient-civilizations

Ancient nomadic people, possibly Indo-European

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descriptionancient-civilizations

Ancient nomadic people controlling jade trade routes from Tarim Basin. Mentioned in Guanzi as suppliers of jade and horses. Defeated by Xiongnu c.176 BC, splitting into Greater and Lesser Yuezhi.

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noteancient-civilizations

Yuezhi-Tocharian hypothesis suggests links to Tocharian-speaking peoples of Tarim Basin but most historians reject this. H.W. Bailey proposed Khotan Saka texts called Yuezhi the Gara (Great Gara = Greater Yuezhi). Kushanas spoke Bactrian (Eastern Iranian).

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originancient-civilizations

Western Gansu province, China, 1st millennium BC

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