Liao dynasty

Liao dynasty 遼朝
907–1125
Liao dynasty at its greatest extent, c. 1000
Status	Sinicised nomadic empire Conquest Dynasty in northren Cheenae
Caipital	Shangjing1
Common leids	Khitan, Middle Cheenese
Releegion	Buddhism Khitan tradeetional animism Influences frae: Taoism Zodiac Zoroastrianism
Govrenment	Monarchy
Emperor
• 907–926	Taizu (Abaoji)
• 926–947	Taizong
• 947–951	Shizong
• 951–969	Muzong
• 969–982	Jingzong
• 982–1031	Shengzong
• 1031–1055	Xingzong
• 1055–1101	Daozong
• 1101–1125	Tianzuo
History
• Abaoji begins militar campaigns	901
• Abaoji becomes the Great Khan o Khitan	907
• Abaoji assumes the teetle o Celestial Emperor	916
• "Greater Liao" adoptit as a dynastic name	947
• Liao an Song Dynasties sign the Chanyuan Treaty	1005
• Emergence o Jin dynasty	1114–1115
• Emperor Tianzuo capturt bi Jin	1125
• Qara Khitai established	1124
Aurie
947 est.	2,600,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi)
1111 est.	4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Khitan fowk Tang dynasty Uyghur Khaganate Later Jìn Kumo Xi Shiwei Balhae Zubu Karluks Jīn dynasty Northren Liao Wastren Xia Qara Khitai Khamag Mongol Kinrick o Qocho
The day pairt o	Cheenae (PRC), Mongolie, Kazakhstan, Roushie, North Korea
1. Shangjing wis the first o five caipitals that war established, aw o which served concurrently as regional caipitals.

The Liao dynasty (Khitan: Mos Jælud; simplifeed Cheenese: 辽朝; traditeeonal Cheenese: 遼朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), offeecially the Great Liao (Cheenese: 大遼; pinyin: Dà Liáo), kent as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur; Cheenese: 契丹国; pinyin: Qìdān guó) an the Liao Empire an aw, wis an empire in East Asie that ruled frae 907 tae 1125 ower present-day Mongolie an portions o the Roushie Far East, northren Korea, an northren Cheenae. The Liao dynasty wis foonded bi Abaoji, Khagan o the Khitan fowk aroond the time o the collapse o Tang Cheenae. It wis the first state to control aw o Manchurie.