Nomadic people originally from Mongolia and Manchuria.
1His rise started from a victory over the Kitan in 744.
2The Kitan were crippled, and it became an easy matter to attack them.
3This state must not be regarded as a purely Kitan state.
4In 947 the Kitan ruler proclaimed himself emperor of the Kitan and the Chinese.
5This brought many Tungus tribes, including the Jurchen (Juchên), under Kitan dominance.
6Both processes increased the interest of the Kitan ruling class in the maintenance of peace.
7Kitan Petkovski is one of those with plans for next year who'll be in Edinburgh.
8The second emperor of the Sung was actually heavily defeated several times by the Kitan.
9Now the Juchên wanted to enjoy this wealth as the Kitan had done before them.
10In 927 the Kitan finally destroyed Po-hai.
11In 1125 the Kitan empire was destroyed.
12Then, in Ching-t'ang, and he was set on the Chinese throne as a feudatory of the Kitan.
13This was not exactly an heroic policy: the north of China remained in the hands of the Kitan.
14Then the Kitan took a hand.
15He spent some time establishing relations with the court and then went back to resume operations against the Kitan.
16They hoped to stave off the Mongols in the same way as they had met the Kitan and the Juchên.