The jaws of the Kangxi Emperor close in around Galdan Khan, as his own dream of "The Great Mongol Enterprise" crash down around him at a fateful stand of 100 trees abutting a tiny stream somewhere in the vastness of the steppes. To the victor go the draft histories...

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Time Period Covered:
1696 CE

Major Historical Figures:
Qing Dynasty:
The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722]
Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary
Tómas Pereira, Puritan Missionary
Gen. Fiyanggu
Gen. Sunsike

Dzungar Mongols:
Galdan, the Boshugtu Khan [r. 1679-1697]

Lamist Tibetans:
The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso [1683- after 1706]
sDe-pa Desi Sangye Gyampo [1653-1705]

Major Sources Cited:
Perdue, Denis. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Spence, Jonathan D. Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi.

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