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Ancient Chinese Writing, Shang Dynasty, 1600 BC Ancient Chinese writing apparently began to develop during the Middle Shang Dynasty, located along the fertile Yellow River valley in northeast China. …

Tata-tonga, Scribe of Genghis Khan, 1204 In 1204, Genghis Khan (1162-1227) conquered the Naiman tribe to the west of the Mongols and made Tata-tonga (Tatar-tonga), an Uyghur, his scribe. Tata-tonga had …