The Khitan were an ancient ethnic group who lived on the upper course of the Liao River located in Manchuria, exactly in the basin of the modern Shira Muren and Laoha Rivers. The earliest records on the Khitan in the Chinese historical sources can be traced back to the beginning of the Northern Wei in the second half of the 4th Century. Through more than half a millennium development the Khitan people ultimately founded a very strong empire, which lasted over two hundred years (907-1125). They alternatively used "Khitan" or "Liao" as their state name.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Historical Development Of The Pre-Dynastic Khitan
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The Khitan were an ancient ethnic group who lived on the upper course of the Liao River located in Manchuria, exactly in the basin of the modern Shira Muren and Laoha Rivers. The earliest records on the Khitan in the Chinese historical sources can be traced back to the beginning of the Northern Wei in the second half of the 4th Century. Through more than half a millennium development the Khitan people ultimately founded a very strong empire, which lasted over two hundred years (907-1125). They alternatively used "Khitan" or "Liao" as their state name.
The Khitan were an ancient ethnic group who lived on the upper course of the Liao River located in Manchuria, exactly in the basin of the modern Shira Muren and Laoha Rivers. The earliest records on the Khitan in the Chinese historical sources can be traced back to the beginning of the Northern Wei in the second half of the 4th Century. Through more than half a millennium development the Khitan people ultimately founded a very strong empire, which lasted over two hundred years (907-1125). They alternatively used "Khitan" or "Liao" as their state name.
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