His son, Maḥmūd of Ghazna, invaded northern India several times between 1001 and 1027 and brought a large area of the present-day province into the boundaries of the Ghaznavid dynasty.
The present-day province straddles the boundary between the Prairie and Central Canada, and it has both a large agricultural sector and a topography similar to those of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
oberösterreichisch/upper Austria (not identical with the present-day province of Upper Austria).
This culture area comprises a vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada through the present-day state of Texas in the United States.
Kublai took on the Nan Song in the flank, subjugating the Dai kingdom of Nanzhao (in present-day Yunnan province) before handing over command to his general, Uriyangqadai.
Thereafter, he was mainly an administrator, serving twice as governor-general of Jiangnan and Jiangxi provinces and once as governor of Zhili (present-day Hebei) province.
Zhang was born to a family of scholar-officials in Xingyi, Guizhou province, but, in accordance with Chinese custom, he was considered native to Nanpi (in present-day Hebei) province, where his ancestors had settled in the 15th century.
Thus, the foreign operations were restricted to Zhili (present-day Hebei) province, along the northern coast.
Together they managed to extend the rebellion until it covered most of present-day Sichuan province.
Much of this porcelain was produced in the huge factory at Jingdezhen in present-day Jiangsu province.
Their capital was at Huining (in present-day Heilongjiang province) until 1152, then at Yanjing (now Beijing), and finally at Bianjing (Kaifeng).
