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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.
Never controlled by a Chinese dynasty until the mid-[[Qing Dynasty]], Tibet remained under Qing control only until the end of that dynasty in [[1911]]. The following year, imperial officials and garrisons vacated the region.<ref>Ping-Ti Ho, "The Significance of the Ch'ing Period in Chinese History," ''Journal of Asian Studies'' 26:2 (1967), 190.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 227.
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 227.
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