Hwang-ho

In spite of the protest of many of the ministers, who pointed to the result of the settlement policy of the Later Han dynasty, the eastern Turks were settled in the bend of the upper Hwang-ho and placed more or less under the protectorate of two governors-general.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

Terrien de Lacouperie has pushed to the limit the theory of so-called Bak tribes migrating from Elam to the banks of the Hwang-ho, 2500 B.C., and taking with them the civilization of what was later China.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Then follows a description of the provinces of China, first of China north of Hwang-ho or Cathay, where there were stones which burned like wood (coal), then Si-ngan-fu, the ancient capital of Thâng (Shen-si), Tibet, into which he penetrated a distance of five days 'walk, Sunnan, the Kingdom of Mien (Burma),

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Hwang-ho (Ordor Country), Kan-su, includes Alashan, following part of the Great Wall; on the southwest and west it bounded by the New

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The true Chinaman, that is to say, the native of the central provinces, from the banks of the Hwang-ho and lower Yang-tze, differs greatly from his countrymen of the maritime provinces of Kwang-tung and Fu-kien.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

At break of day on December 10 we came to the bank of a stream which falls into the Yellow River (Hwang-ho).

From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

While dust falls are common at the present time in this region, the loess is now being rapidly denuded by streams, and its yellow silt gives name to the muddy Hwang-ho (Yellow River), and to the Yellow Sea, whose waters it discolors for scores of miles from shore.

The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900

With a grunt of discomfiture and disgust, the Tartar riders turned their ponies 'heads and galloped off along the road that skirted the yellow waters of the swift-flowing Hwang-ho.

Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times, 1891

So, for instance, the emperor is ` ` Hwang-ti '' -- the ` ` Lord of the Yellow Land ''; the imperial throne is the ` ` Hwang-wei '' or ` ` yellow throne '' of China; the great river, formerly spelled in your school geographies Hoang-ho, is ` ` Hwang-ho, '' the ` ` yellow river, '' etc.

Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times, 1891

Kiptchak, where you were beleaguered, did not my father come to your rescue, drive out, and force the Gur Khan to take refuge in Ho Si (the country west of the Hwang-ho), whence he returned not?

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885