History of China

A detailed survey of the history of Tibet from the 2nd century BCE to the mid-16th century CE.

The early period of the Abbasid Caliphate (750–840 CE) saw the translation of Buddhist texts into not only the languages of East Turkistan, but also into Turkic languages and even some into Arabic, as Islam slowly spread into West Turkistan.

A survey of the political interaction of Buddhist and Bon factions in Tibet from the earliest time to the 11th-century revival of Buddhism.

The destruction of the Buddhist monasteries in China began in 1945 in Manchuria, spread to Tibet from 1959 and then to Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang with the Cultural Revolution in 1966.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Russia tried to gain influence in Tibet by claiming Russia was Shambhala. Japan also tried to win over Tibetan and Mongolian support by claiming that Japan was Shambhala.

An overview of the history of the Hui, who are unique among the 56 officially recognized nationalities of China in that religion (Islam) is their only unifying category of identity. They have no common unique national tongue, have had much intermarriage with Han Chinese, and...

While Han Chinese are interested in Tibetan Buddhism, and some monasteries had been reconstructed in 1994, the monastic education level in Han China was low, mostly due to the lack of qualified teachers. Monasteries often functioned more like museums or tourist attractions...

The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE) was the first Arab empire in the Middle East. It was the first Muslim empire to interact with Buddhists in parts of Central Asia and the western regions of the Indian subcontinent.