Packet 8: Tossup 15

Ceramics from the Yanbulaq and Xintala sites in this region may have represented a western terminus of a “painted pottery road.” Horsehair surgical sutures were found at another site in this region, where long conical hats were buried with the “Witches of Subeshi.” The tomb of the “Little River Princess” is a cemetery in this region’s Qäwrighul culture. (10[1])A kingdom in this region had its name forcibly changed from Lóulán (“loh-LAHN”) to Shànshàn after Fù Jièzǐ’s (“foo J’YEH-dzuh’s”) envoy (10[1])murdered its king. The translator Kumārajīva went to Cháng’ān from this region’s city of Kucha (“KOO-chuh”). The red-haired (10[1])Chärchän Man (10[1])is one of this region’s (10[1])“mummies” (10[1])sometimes thought to have (10[1])belonged to proto-Tocharians. (10[2]-5[1])The Ānxī (10[1])(“ahn-shee”) Protectorates (-5[1])in this region included oasis towns (10[1])like Karashahr and Khotan. For 10 points, name this arid (-5[1])depression (10[1])that covers most of southern Xīnjiāng ■END■ (10[7]0[3])

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