Editing Tangut people (section)

==Origin==
{{see also|Timeline of the Tanguts}}

The early Tanguts inhabited the steppes and mountains of southeast [[Qinghai]] and northwest [[Sichuan]]. Their home originally was in the highlands of western Sichuan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/tanguts/essay.html |title=The Tanguts |last=Waugh |first=Daniel C. |author-link=Daniel Waugh (historian) |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=depts.[[University of Washington|washington.edu]] |access-date=March 24, 2023}}</ref> These regions correspond to the [[Amdo]] and [[Kham]] regions of the Tibetan plateau. At some point their leader [[Tuoba]] Chici, who was likely of mixed [[Xianbei]] and [[Qiang people|Qiang]] heritage, submitted to Tang China rule and was bestowed the title of Captain General of Western-Rong and the surname "Li". In the early 8th century, increasing pressure from the [[Tibetan Empire]] had forced the Tanguts to migrate north from their homelands in northeastern [[Tibet]] to the eastern [[Ordos region]]. By the time of the [[An Lushan Rebellion]] (755–763), the Tanguts were the predominant local power in what is now eastern [[Gansu]], [[Ningxia]], and northern [[Shaanxi]].{{sfn|Vovin|2020|p=7}}