The Jurchen Jin conquered the Liao and then the Northern Song, pushing Han China south of the Huai River and ruling northern China until destroyed by the Mongols.
The Jurchen Jin dynasty was conquered by the Mongols in 1234 CE when Mongol and Song forces captured the Jin's last stronghold at Caizhou and the final Jin emperor Aizong died.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Jin Dynasty (Jurchen, 1115–1234) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1115 · 1126 · 1211.
The standard English study of the Jin state itself — how a Jurchen tribal confederation ruled north China.
Grousset covers the Jurchen Jin dynasty's rise, its wars with Song China, and its eventual destruction by the Mongols.
Popular history of the Mongol rise that recounts the conquest of the Jurchen Jin, the empire that ruled northern China until the Mongols destroyed it in 1234.