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