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With heights going beyond 4,000 meters, Tibet is commonly known as the "Roof of the World". In the 7th century, under King Songtsän Gampo, the Tubo Dynasty united and unified many parts of the Tibet region. Constantly fighting over the control of the Silk Road with then Tang China, the country was rarely peaceful despite its unification, being engulfed in turmoil between the 9th century and the mid 17th century. Partial peace was only regained when the Dalai Lama invited a tribe of Mongols to intervene. The Mongols later stayed on with their military control of the region, with the leader declaring himself king. The Dalai Lama, though, retained his religious authority in administering the country. The Mongols were later expelled in the early 18th century when then Qing China ordered an invasion on Tibet, beginning a special relation between the two which lasted through the end of the Qing Dynasty, where Tibet barely regained control of its own territory before the Dalai Lama's forced exile in 1959 and China took over control of Tibet.

Since the early 1600s, the Dalai Lamas, spiritual leaders of the region, are believed to be the emanations of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama and his regents were the ruling political party exerting religious authority over Tibet from Tibet's holiest city, Lhasa.

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Start of tour, setting foot in Lhasa
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Sep 21, 2007 - Oct 12, 2007
It was a beautiful morning, being in the same timezone as Beijing meant the sun didn't get up til almost 8am, and that's really a plus for sunrise photo shots! The sun was not yet up, and not too many clouds were in the sky, so I went to the Potala square again with camera and tripod hoping for a nice shot of the Potala at sunrise. There were pilgrims prostrating in front of the Potala already, and many camera toting photographers with tripods on the square! It was nice to look at the mountai...
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the introduction of lhasa
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May 03, 2001 - May 07, 2001
Lhasa, China -› -› ...
the children there especailly in small country side are very nice, they wanted to communicat with you, but they cant, they try to use their body language to show something to you.  we brought some pen for them, many children around you, watching you by their puerility eyes. you will feel that the most beautiful thing in the world.
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Qinghai - Tibet Railway
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Oct 20, 2006 - Oct 24, 2006
Tibet, China -› Lhasa, China -› ...
My love affair with the mountains continues with a recent trip to The Roof Of The World - Tibet. Our journey to Lhasa was a 29 1/2 hours train ride from Lanzhou on the Qinghai-Tibet (Qingzang) Railway. This is the first railway connecting the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of China. Since the launching of this altiplano railway on 1st July 2006, it has aroused much of the world's attention and it had certainly caught ours to try  this novelty ride out. This railway is certainly so...
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Tsetang and the Yarlung Valley -Tibet while it is still Tibetan
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Apr 03, 2007 - Jul 16, 2007
6/16/07New Video - scroll down to the photo section to see a video of the monks feverishly debating at the Sera Monastery while the foreigners gawk and take their pictures...This morning after breakfast we hopped in the Toyota and started the three hour drive to Lhasa. The road is better than anything else we have been on in Asia and the scenery is desolate, arid and spectacular. Often, if you close your eyes for a second and forget where you are, you can open them and imagine that you are dr...
749 photos 116,809 words 249 comments

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