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The Mongolic people can be traced back to the Donghu, a nomadic confederation occupying eastern Mongolia and Manchuria, in northeastern China.

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Fang, L. (2023). Ceramics of the Yuan Dynasty. In: The History of Chinese Ceramics. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9094-6_9

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