Amdo, an ill-defined region between Tibet, China, and Mongolia, had for centuries multiple governmental systems, according to lifestyle.
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Depending on whether you were a farmer, pastoralist, Buddhist monk, or urban merchant, you were governed by different rulers & rules.
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The various polities were non-geographic; people bound by different states and sets of laws might live next door to each other.
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Each polity claimed sway over the whole of Amdo, but only concerning its own people, and they didn’t get up each others’ noses much.
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These observations about Amdo may be relevant to
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@filminista Thanks! The facts are from memory and may not be precisely accurate; check them if it is important.
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