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| | GPS Division Field Trip 2006: People, History & Culture (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The ethnic origins of the residents of Xinjiang began to be clearly recorded in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), the main ones being the Sai (Sak), Rouzhi (or Yueh-chih), Wusun (Usun), Qiang, Xiongnu (Hun) and Han. |
 | | The Sai were a nomadic tribe that used to roam about the area from the Ili and Chuhe river basins in the east to the Sir (Syrdarya) River valley in the west. |
 | | The period of the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties (220 A.D.-589 A.D.) was a period of the large-scale merging of ethnic groups in China, witnessing frequent ethnic migration, and the entry into Xinjiang by many ancient ethnic groups, such as the Rouran (Jorjan), Gaoche, Yeda and Tuyuhun. |
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