Khitan people

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The Khitan people were a nomadic para-Mongolic ethnic group from northeastern Asia who founded and ruled the Liao dynasty and exerted major influence on the politics and cultures of China and Central Asia in the 10th–12th centuries.

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Khitan people canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
ethnic group
historical name for China
language
logographic writing system
para-Mongolic people
syllabic writing system
alsoKnownAs Western Liao
capital Dongjing (Liao)
linked to: Shangjing

Nanjing (Liao)
Shangjing
Xijing (Liao)
linked to: Xijing

Zhongjing (Liao)
continent Asia
culturalInfluenceOn Central Asia
China
declineCause conquest by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty
endTime 1125
ethnicClassification para-Mongolic
ethnonymLegacy Cathay
founded Liao dynasty
historicalPeriod 10th century
11th century
12th century
interactedWithDynasty Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
linked to: Jin dynasty

Song dynasty
Tang dynasty
knownFor dual administration system for nomads and sedentary subjects
founding the Liao dynasty
languageFamily para-Mongolic languages
languageSpoken Khitan language
legacy endonym preserved in medieval European term Cathay
influence on later steppe empires
militaryOrganization cavalry-based army
nameDerivedFrom Khitan people
neighboringPeople Goryeo Koreans
linked to: Goryeo

Han Chinese
Jurchen people
linked to: Jurchen

Tangut people
partOf history of China
history of Inner Asia
politicalInfluenceOn Central Asia
China
primaryHabitat eastern Eurasian steppe
region Northeast Asia
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Tengrism
rulingEliteOrigin Khitan people
rulingPeople Khitan people
scriptUsed Khitan large script
Khitan small script
startTime 907
successorStateFoundedByElites Qara Khitai
territoryIncludes parts of modern Mongolia
parts of modern Northeast China
parts of modern Russian Far East
traditionalEconomy pastoral nomadism

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Liao dynasty ethnicGroupInPower Khitan people
Qara Khitai ethnicBasis Khitan people
Khitan invasions of Korea relatedTo Khitan people
Shangjing builtBy Khitan people
Zhongjing (Liao) usedBy Khitan people
Khitan language spokenBy Khitan people
Khitan language associatedPeople Khitan people
Western Liao hasEthnicBasis Khitan people
Khitan large script usedBy Khitan people
Khitan small script usedBy Khitan people
Khitan small script developedBy Khitan people
Liao dynasty rulingPeople Khitan people
subject linked to: Khitan people
Qara Khitai rulingEliteOrigin Khitan people
subject linked to: Khitan people
Cathay nameDerivedFrom Khitan people
subject linked to: Khitan people
Bohai ethnicComposition Khitan people
Parhae ethnicComposition Khitan people