Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; pinyin: Tiānshān; Wade–Giles: T'ien1 Shan1, Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, Tenğri tağ, Mongolian: Тэнгэр уул(Tenger uul)), is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu, 7,439 metres (24,406 ft).The Chinese name for Tian Shan may be derived from the Xiongnu language name Qilian (Tsilien; Chinese: 祁连), which was described by Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian as the homeland of the pre-Xiongnu peoples of the region, the Yuezhi, and has been said to refer to the Tian Shan rather than to the range 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) further east now known by this name. The Tannu-Ola mountains in Tuva (Tuvan: Таңды-Уула) bear the same name (\"heaven/celestial mountains\" or \"god/spirit mountains\"). This mountain is sacred in Tengrism."@en }
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- Tian_Shan abstract "The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; pinyin: Tiānshān; Wade–Giles: T'ien1 Shan1, Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, Tenğri tağ, Mongolian: Тэнгэр уул(Tenger uul)), is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu, 7,439 metres (24,406 ft).The Chinese name for Tian Shan may be derived from the Xiongnu language name Qilian (Tsilien; Chinese: 祁连), which was described by Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian as the homeland of the pre-Xiongnu peoples of the region, the Yuezhi, and has been said to refer to the Tian Shan rather than to the range 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) further east now known by this name. The Tannu-Ola mountains in Tuva (Tuvan: Таңды-Уула) bear the same name (\"heaven/celestial mountains\" or \"god/spirit mountains\"). This mountain is sacred in Tengrism.".