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The five capital cities were Shangjing (上京), meaning Supreme Capital, located in modern-day Inner Mongolia; Nanjing (南京), meaning Southern Capital, located near modern-day Beijing; Dongjing (東京), meaning Eastern Capital, located near modern-day Liaoning; Zhongjing (中京), meaning Central Capital, located in modern-day Hebei ...
Liao dynasty, (907–1125), in Chinese history, dynasty formed by the nomadic Khitan (Chinese: Qidan) tribes in much of what now constitutes the provinces of the Northeast region (Manchuria) and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
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The Liao dynasty (907–1125) of China and its successor, the Western Liao (1124–1211), were founded by the Khitan, a proto-Mongol people who were originally nomadic pastoralists residing in modern Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Manchuria, and perhaps as far north as Lake Baikal, in modern-day Russia.
Shangjing (upper capital), in Northeast China, was one of the places that the nomadic Khitan people inhabited. It served as the capital of the Khitan Liao Dynasty from 918 to 1120, and was the first capital built by the Khitans on the grasslands in North China.
- Five Capital Cities. The Liao dynasty divided its realm into five circuits, each with a capital city: the Shangjing (Supreme Capital) of Linhuang, the Zhongjing (Central Capital) of Dading, the Dongjing (Eastern Capital) of Liaoyang, the Nanjing (Southern Capital) of Xijin and the Xijing (Western Capital) of Datong.
- Nabo through the Four Seasons. The dynasty ruled by the Khitan people, a nomadic culture focused on hunting culture, had the custom of Nabo throughout the four seasons.
- Parallel Northern and Southern Administrations. Since the reign of Emperor Taizu of Liao, Yelü Abaoji, the Khitan people had encroached upon the Central Plain.
- Shared Political Systems. Although Liao employed innovative systems and governance, its fundamental political system was similar with that of the Northern Song dynasty at that time.
Oct 5, 2017 · Aguda, now calling himself Emperor Taizu, attacked Jehol (Rehe), the Liao supreme capital, in 1120-21 CE and the Liao dynasty, weakened already by an internal schism between the sinicized elite and more traditional clans, finally collapsed four years later.
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Jun 20, 2019 · Till 947, the title of the kingdom was officially changed into Liao, with Balin Left Banner (in current Inner Mongolia) as its capital city. Its territory mainly covered the northern part of China, with the estuary of the Amur River in the northeast, the middle part of Mongolia in the northwest, Tianjin and Hebei Province in the south.
