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    Nanjing was the name for modern Beijing during the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China, during which it served as the empire's southern capital. To distinguish...
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  • founded the short-lived Northern Liao dynasty in Nanjing, but died soon afterwards, and Nanjing was conquered by the Jin dynasty at the end of 1122 or in early...
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    The Liao dynasty (/ljaʊ/; Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), also known as the Khitan State (Mos diau-d...
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  • name for Dadu during Yuan dynasty. The city is called Nanjing (南京, not to be confused with city in Jiangsu) in Liao dynasty due to the southerly location...
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  • Nanjing, and romanizations Nanking, Nan-ching, and Nankin may also refer to: Nanjing (Liao Dynasty), the historical name for Beijing during the Liao dynasty...
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    The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led dynasty of China that ruled over parts of Northern China, Manchuria, the Mongolian Plateau, northern Korean Peninsula...
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    states in South China, but the Liao dynasty still remained in China's north (eventually succeeded by the Jin dynasty), and the Western Xia was eventually...
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    Zhongdu (category Jin dynasty (1115–1234))
    its northeast around the Daning Palace park. History of Beijing Nanjing (Liao dynasty) Khanbaliq Kuo, Kaiser (2008-09-01). The Insider's Guide to Beijing...
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    Fan-yang Nanjing: In the 10th and 12th centuries, the northerly Liao dynasty restored the name Yanjing. They also knew the city as Nanjing as it was...
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  • 大辽; traditional Chinese: 大遼; pinyin: Dà Liáo), was a dynastic regime of China, distinct from the Liao dynasty, established by the Khitan Yelü clan in...
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  • Yanjing may also refer to: An alternative name for Nanjing, the name for Beijing during the Liao dynasty (907–1125) Beijing Yanjing Brewery, or Yanjing Beer...
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  • frequently fought battles with the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty, as well as the Khitan-led Liao dynasty to the north. The Song Empire suffered a disastrous...
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  • dynasties. The six dynasties based in Jiankang (modern-day Nanjing) were: Eastern Wu dynasty (222–280) Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420) Liu Song dynasty...
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    class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the navy's dockyards in Nanjing were the largest in the world...
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    in Syriac. The blocks are presently on display at the Nanjing Museum. According to a Liao dynasty (916–1125) stele at the temple site, a Buddhist monk...
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  • his temple name as the Emperor Dezong of Western Liao (西遼德宗), was the founder of the Western Liao dynasty (Qara Khitai). He initially ruled as king from...
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    "The Queen of Liao Jingzong Xiao Chuo: the most familiar Queen Mother of the Central Plains Dynasty, the figure of Wu Zetian in the Liao Kingdom". DayDayNews...
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    The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty of China. This article discusses the provincial system that existed within the Liao dynasty from the...
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    dynasty, a title that he formally received on July 29, a few days after reaching Fuzhou. He was enthroned as emperor on August 18, 1645. Most Nanjing...
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  • annihilated the Liao dynasty, while remnants of Liao court members fled to Central Asia to found the Qara Khitai Empire (Western Liao dynasty). Jin's invasion...
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  • who respectively founded the Liao dynasty, Jin dynasty and Yuan dynasty. In 938, the Liao dynasty renamed Youzhou, Nanjing (南京) or the "Southern Capital"...
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  • Han Derang (category Liao dynasty people)
    southwest Nanjing after he went there to meet an envoy. Han Derang served as a military officer in 979 (10th year of the reign of Emperor Jingzong of Liao). He...
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    He era inscription in the Jinghai Temple in Nanjing gave the size of Zheng He ships in 1405 as 2,000 liao (500 tons), but did not give the number of ships...
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    joined with the Southern Ming in Nanjing, while continuing to refer to Li as their "deceased emperor". The Shun dynasty weakened dramatically after the...
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    Carvings of Southern Dynasties in Nanjing". chinaculture.org. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Albert E. Dien, «Six Dynasties Civilization». Yale...
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    referring to prior agreements, as with the Liao. However, soon after the Jin dynasty overthrew the Liao dynasty, the Jurchens sacked the Song capital in...
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  • "conquest dynasty" was coined by the German-American sinologist Karl August Wittfogel in his 1949 revisionist history of the Liao dynasty (916–1125)...
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    reunified the country and ruled it as a one-party state ("Dang Guo") and made Nanjing the national capital. In 1949, the KMT-led government was defeated in the...
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  • Empress Dowager in Liao Dynasty Yingtian (Song Dynasty) (應天府), ancient name of Shangqiu, Henan during the Song Dynasty Yingtian (Ming Dynasty) (應天府), ancient...
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    Qin Dynasty Bamboo Slips Museum of Liye, Longshan County Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot Hohhot City Museum, Hohhot China Modern History Museum, Nanjing Nanjing...
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