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t. e. While the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet 's history went unrecorded until the creation of Tibetan script in the 7th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion.
t. e. The history of Tibet from 1950 to the present includes the Chinese annexation of Tibet, during which Tibetan representatives signed the controversial Seventeen Point Agreement establishing an autonomous administration led by the 14th Dalai Lama under Chinese sovereignty. Subsequent socialist reforms, repression of religious practices, and ...
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). [ 2][ 3] Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. [ 4] The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century.
Tibet under Qing rule. Tibet Area (administrative division) Central Tibetan Administration. Today part of. China ∟ Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibet ( Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation by the People's Republic of China in ...
Contents. Wikipedia:WikiProject Tibet. Welcome! The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also to establish missing articles related to Tibet including geography (Tibetan villages) as well as to improve and create missing articles relating to Tibetan culture and ...
Wind Between The Worlds The extraordinary first-person account of a Westerner's life in Tibet as an official of the Dalai Lama (1957) David Mckay Co., Inc. Goldstein, Melvyn C. (1989), A History of Modern Tibet, 1913–1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State, University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-91176-5, ISBN 978-0-520-06140-8
The Seventeen-Point Agreement, officially the Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, was an agreement between the Tibetan Government and the People's Republic of China. It was signed by plenipotentiaries of the Central People's Government and the Tibetan ...
This article lists the rulers of Tibet from the beginning of legendary history. Included are regimes with their base in Central Tibet , that held authority over at least a substantial portion of the country.