The Liao was the Khitan empire that dominated northern Manchuria and Inner Mongolia while extracting annual tribute from the Song dynasty, maintaining a dual administrative system for nomadic and sedentary subjects.
The Liao dynasty was destroyed in 1125 CE when the Jurchen Jin dynasty captured the last Liao emperor Tianzuo, ending Khitan rule; a remnant state, Western Liao (Qara Khitai), survived in Central Asia until 1218.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Liao Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 907 · 938.
Covers the Khitan Liao dynasty and its role in the steppe-sedentary frontier politics of tenth-to-twelfth-century East Asia.
Covers the Five Dynasties and Song precursors including the Khitan Liao empire that dominated the northern frontier and extracted Song tribute.
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