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By the eighth century, Tibet had become one of China's most powerful neighbors; from the 760s-780s, Tibetan forces raided the [[Tang Dynasty]] capital of [[Chang'an]] every autumn. Raids grew less frequent after that, but continued into the 9th century, when the kingdom of Tibet began to decline.

By the eighth century, Tibet had become one of China's most powerful neighbors; from the 760s-780s, Tibetan forces raided the [[Tang Dynasty]] capital of [[Chang'an]] every autumn. Raids grew less frequent after that, but continued into the 9th century, when the kingdom of Tibet began to decline.

In the 1710s, a [[Dalai Lama]] was murdered. The [[Kangxi Emperor]], claiming the successor to have been chosen improperly, used this as justification to invade Tibet. Two Qing armies, under the banner of righteous retribution for the Lama's murder, entered Tibet from [[Qinghai province|Qinghai]] and [[Sichuan province]]s, meeting up together in [[Lhasa]] in [[1720]], and installing a new Dalai Lama, loyal to the Qing.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 68.</ref>

In the 1710s, a [[Dalai Lama]] was murdered. The [[Kangxi Emperor]], claiming the successor to have been chosen improperly, used this as justification to invade Tibet. Two Qing armies, under the banner of righteous retribution for the Lama's murder, entered Tibet from [[Qinghai province|Qinghai]] and [[Sichuan province]]s, meeting up together in [[Lhasa]] in [[1720]], and installing a new Dalai Lama, loyal to the Qing.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 68.</ref> Tibet was named a Qing protectorate in [[1751]].<ref>Robert Tignor, Benjamin Elman, et al, ''Worlds Together, Worlds Apart'', vol B, Fourth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co (2014), 502.</ref>

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