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Map of Yuezhi lands & exodus c.203-165 BC |
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The Greater Yuezhi were defeated and forced out of the Gansu region by the Xiongnu following a long struggle for dominance of the pasturelands to the north-west of the Han Chinese kingdom, and their migratory route into Central Asia is pretty easy to deduct from the fact that they chose to try and settle in the Ili river valley below Lake Balkhash. To select a kingdom, state, or tribe for further information, click on its name.
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