两汉时期的张掖属国，经历了一个从最初“不置”到设置，经过西汉时期的稳定和发展后，实力不断提升，到西汉末年拥有“精兵万骑”，东汉初期部分属国职能调整后继续健康发展，成为“比郡属国”，安帝时被允许领有“五城”的漫长发展过程。张掖属国的设置，开启了河西地区汉族与众多少数民族共同发展的历史新篇章，促进了不同民族之间的经济、文化交流和民族融合。同时，属国在加强河西防务和西北边疆经略中也发挥了不可低估的作用。%The vassalage of the Zhangye region during the Han dynasty underwent a long history of develop-ment. With social stability and development this vassal became more and more powerful, ultimately possessing a nearly invincible army of more than 10,000 cavalrymen at the end of the Western Han dynasty. In the Eastern Han dynasty, some vassals continued a track of rapid development to eventually become as powerful as prefec-tures, and during the reign of Emperor An, some vassals were even allowed to control the “five cities” . The establishment of the Zhangye vassal started a new chapter for mutual development of the Han and non-Han minorities in the Hexi regions and promoted economic and cultural exchange between different ethnic groups. Meanwhile, the vassals also played an important role in strengthening the defenses of Hexi and in governing the frontiers.
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