What does tibet mean?

Question

im really interested in learning about what tibet is. can anyone explain to me what it is clearly.

whats with the FREE TIBET! explain please

Answer 1

The scope of Tibet cannot be explained in a single Yahoo answer. Tibet was once a nation in Eastern Asia, bordered by China, India, Burma, and some others I can't remember.

In the 1950s, China invaded Tibet, causing the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetans to seek refuge in India (Dharamsala is where the Tibetan government-in-exile resides). Since then, the Chinese government has broken every agreement in the 17 Point Agreement that was signed roughly 50 years ago.

I don't know the details, and I may have some of my information wrong, but do some research, it's very fascinating :)

Free Tibet!

Answer 2

It is a most unusual land that was a country of it's own until China forcefully took it over in the 50's killing many monks and nuns.
They say they had ancient knowledge of Earth history way older than anywhere else had. Chinese government most likely has that now, probably raided all their caves and monasteries. They came supposedly before even the Egyptian race, they had a great influence on India and China as well as Japan and a sect of priest called the Essenes the group the Jesus supposedly studied through, it does make a lot of sense being many things Jesus said the Buddha said 500 years before him. Some say the race that built the Sphinx of Egypt and the Pyramids of Peru and the temple of Stone Henge also the temples of Tibet are the people that survived the fall of Atlantis. If you sit all of this aside Tibet is still an amazingly strange and wonderful place to see at least what is left of it. I watched a video of Tibetans making a journey to Mustang it was amazing to see! Also while traveling in these high mountains one of the travelers found a sea shell, the Tibetan monks that were with him said yes at one time this was all under water. To them it was nothing unusual.

Answer 3

The former Tibet is bordered by China to the north. On the southern border is the country of Nepal, with the Himalayan Mountains in between the two. Bhutan (not Burma) is also nearby.

The capital of Tibet is Lhasa. It is located at a very high elevation and is where the Lhasa Apso dog comes from. The Tibetan people have their own language and script. Here is more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_language

Many Tibetans are persecuted for their religion by China, and have fled and continue to flee to Nepal by crossing over the mountains, often enduring frostbite on the way. They either settle in Nepal, or continue south to Daramsala in India.

Here are some good websites that you can check out with more info:

The Dalai Lama's official website
http://www.dalailama.com/

The official website of the government of Tibet in exile
http://www.tibet.com/

Free Tibet website - the International Campaign for Tibet
http://www.savetibet.org/

Answer 4

The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European languages, is derived from the Arabic word Tubbat. This word is derived via Persian from the Turkic word Töbäd (plural of Töbän), meaning "the heights". (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet)

Also, don't forget that the name "Tibet" for the Tibetans themselves denote a much larger are than the "Tibetan Autonomous Region", as the Chinese Province is called, which is what the Chinese call "Tibet" (or "Xizang" in Chinese, meaning "the Western Treasury"). For the Tibetans, Tibet is more than double the size of that Province, and includes great, ethnically Tibetan, parts of neighboring Provinces Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan, together making up the Tibetan regions of Amdo (North-Eastern Tibet) and Kham (Eastern Tibet).

Ethnically Tibetan, but not considered parts of Tibet proper, are also parts of North-Western India (Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti), Northern Nepal, and the Himalayan kingdoms of Bhutan (the name of which is ethymologically related to the Tibetan name for Tibet, "Bod") and Sikkim (now a part of India).

Answer 5

It is a country, near India.