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Chinese term required. Táng forerunners of these people, who ran “loose-rein” prefectures, included a family that ruled Bōzhōu (“bo-jo”) from Hǎilóngtún (“hye-lohng-twun”) Fortress for over 300 years. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these hereditary indirect rulers appointed to govern minorities like Möng Mao’s Shan. Their rule was gradually replaced by autonomous prefectures for the Dǎi (“dye”), Yí, Miáo (“mee-ow”), and an ethnic group of the same name.
ANSWER: sī (“too-sih”) [or sī zhìdù, t’u-szu, thổ ty, or thovu su; accept jīmí system, chi-mi, jīmí zhì, or jīmí fǔzhōu; accept jia people or Tu-chia people; accept sī sites or sī Yízhǐ; accept “gǎi guī liú”]
[10e] Yúnnán’s (“yoon-nahn’s”) Dàlǐ (“dah-lee”) Kingdom was converted into a tǔsī (“too-sih”) chiefdom by this first Yúan (“yoo-en”) emperor, whose four-class caste system placed Hàn Chinese people below Mongols.
ANSWER: Kublai Khan [or Kübilai Khan or Qubilai Khan or Hūbìliè Hàn; or Shìzǔ of Yûan]
[10m] Kublai’s Sèmù (“suh-moo”) caste included Buddhist Uyghurs from Qocho, who were Islamized by this state’s khan Khizr Khoja. Turpan’s Uyghurs built chunche raisin sheds after this Mongol khanate split into Moghulistan and Transoxiana.
ANSWER: Chagatai Khanate [or Chagatai Ulus or Caġadai (“TSAH-gah-dye”) Ulus; or Chagatayids; accept Eastern Chagatai Khanate or Dōng Chágětái Hánguó]
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2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y1814.44100%39%6%