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The Jin fell to [[Mongol]] forces in 1234.

The Jin fell to [[Mongol]] forces in 1234.

In the late 16th century, on the verge of the emergence of the Manchus, some Jurchen groups were based around the Sungari River in Jilin province, while others were based in the Long White Mountains (''Changbaishan'') on the Korean border. A third group, somewhat more Sinicized, lived in the cities of [[Shenyang]] (Mukden) and Fushun in [[Liaoning province]], around the Liao River. While the former groups were largely agriculturalists and hunters, and maintained traditional nomadic lifestyles to a considerable extent, this latter group was somewhat more urban, intermingling with [[Han Chinese]] merchants and settlers, and engaging in the trading of furs, horses, and other local goods. It was this latter group which would develop into the Manchus.<ref name=spence26/>

In the late 16th century, on the verge of the emergence of the Manchus, some Jurchen groups were based around the Sungari River in Jilin province, while others were based in the Long White Mountains (''Changbaishan'') on the Korean border. A third group, somewhat more Sinicized, lived in the cities of [[Shenyang]] (Mukden) and Fushun in [[Liaoning province]], around the Liao River. While the former groups were largely agriculturalists and hunters, and maintained traditional nomadic lifestyles to a considerable extent, this latter group was somewhat more urban, intermingling with [[Han Chinese]] merchants and settlers, and engaging in the trading of furs, horses, and other local goods. [[Nurhachi]], founder of the Manchus, would come from the Long White Mountains Jurchens.<ref name=spence26/>

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