---Tibet---

#LEADER LIST (TETurkhan)

(Dalai Lama) Ngawang Gyatso

Songtsen Gampo
Trisong Detsen
Ralpachen
Sakya Pandita

#CITY LIST (TETurkhan)

Lhasa
Sikkim
Gartokh
Leh
Wuhan
Iyekundo
Cozhe
Barkhal
Lhari
Gerze
Oma
Nyima
Bamda
Toba
Gomo
Rutog
Barga
Zanda
Zayu
Banbar
Jomda
Namco
Baqen
Barong
Baiyu
Dawu
Darlag
Zaqen


#CIVIOPEDIA (TETurkhan)

#RACE_TIBETANS
^ The Tibetans are $LINK<scientific and religious=GCON_Strengths>. They start the game with the discoveries
$LINK<Ceremonial Burial=TECH_Ceremonial_Burial> and $LINK<Mysticism=TECH_Mysticism>. Their unique unit is the $LINK<Warrior Monk=PRTO_Warrior_Monk>.
^
^    Over the centuries the Yarlung Zangbo valley was the focus of ancient trade routes from India, China, and central Asia. Tibet emerged from an 
obscure history to flourish in the 7th cent. A.D. as an independent kingdom with its capital at Lhasa. Toward the end of the 12th century many Indian 
Buddhists, fleeing before the Muslim invasion, went to Tibet. In the 13th century Tibet fell under Mongol influence, which was to last until the 
18th century. In 1270, Kublai Khan, emperor of China, was converted to Buddhism by the abbot of the Sakya lamasery. The abbot returned to Tibet to found 
the Sakya dynasty (12701340) and to become the first priest-king of Tibet. In 1720, the Ch'ing dynasty replaced Mongol rule in Tibet. China thereafter 
claimed suzerainty, often merely nominal.
^
^    During the 18th century, British authorities in India attempted to establish relations with Lhasa, but Tibet maintained its traditional seclusion. 
Meanwhile, Ladakh, long part of Tibet, was lost to the rulers of Kashmir, and Sikkim was seized by Britain.
In 1906, Britain recognized China's suzerainty over Tibet. However, the Tibetans were able to expel the Chinese from Tibet and reassert their 
independence (1912). After the death (1933) of the 13th Dalai Lama, Tibet gradually drifted back into the Chinese orbit. 
By a Tibetan-Chinese agreement (May, 1951), Tibet became a national autonomous region of China under the traditional rule of the Dalai Lama, 
but under the actual control of a Chinese Communist Commission. 
^
^    The Communist government introduced far-reaching land reforms and sharply curtailed 
the power of the monastic orders.  Full-scale revolt broke out in March, 1959. The Chinese suppressed the rebellion, but the Dalai Lama managed to 
escape to India. (cont)

#DESC_RACE_TIBETANS
^    The Chinese adopted brutal repressive measures, provoking charges from the Dalai Lama of genocide. Landholdings were seized, the lamaseries were 
virtually emptied, and thousands of monks were forced to find other work. 
In 1965 the Tibetan Autonomous Region was formally established. The Cultural Revolution, with its antireligious orientation, was disastrous for 
highly religious Tibet. Religious practices were banned and over 4,000 monasteries were destroyed. Though the ban was lifted in 1976 and some 
Buddhist temples have again been in operation since the early 1980s, Tibetans continue to complain of widespread discrimination by the Chinese. 
Several protests in Tibet in the late 1980s and early 1990s were violently suppressed by the Communist government and martial law was imposed in 1989. 
Demonstrations against Chinese rule have nevertheless continued. Moreover, in recent years other countries have increasingly raised the issue of 
human-rights violations in Tibet, and have pressured the Chinese government to moderate their stance in that region.
