Martial Northern Peoples were nomadic and semi-nomadic groups from the steppes, forests, and grasslands north and northwest of China proper. Group Origins & Characteristics Manchus (Jurchen) From Manchuria (modern northeast China); developed a sophisticated military-administrative system under Nurhaci and Hong Taiji; successfully conquered all of China by 1683 Mongols From the Central Asian and MongolianContinue reading “China Martial Northern Peoples’ Identity Shift”