Qara Khitai

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Qara Khitai was a Central Asian empire founded by the Khitan people that ruled parts of modern-day China and surrounding regions in the 12th–13th centuries before being absorbed by the Mongol Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
medieval polity ⓘ
state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kara Khitai ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai

Qara Khitay ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai

Western Liao ⓘ
capital Balasagun ⓘ
conqueredBy Genghis Khan ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency Chinese-style coinage ⓘ
economicBase control of Silk Road routes ⓘ
endDate 1218 ⓘ
ethnicBasis Khitan people ⓘ
followedBy Khwārazmian Empire (in some territories) ⓘ
linked to: Khwarazmian Empire

Mongol Empire ⓘ
founder Yelü Dashi ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
languageUsed Chinese ⓘ
Khitan language ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
legalSystem Chinese law traditions ⓘ
majorCity Balasagun ⓘ
Kuz Ordu ⓘ
notableRuler Yelü Dashi ⓘ
Yelü Pusuwan ⓘ
Yelü Zhilugu ⓘ
overthrownBy Kuchlug ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
partOf history of Central Asia ⓘ
history of the Silk Road ⓘ
politicalModel continuation of Liao imperial institutions ⓘ
politicalStructure overlordship over Muslim principalities ⓘ
precededBy Liao dynasty ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Islam (tolerated) ⓘ
Nestorian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism
religiousPolicy religious tolerance ⓘ
rulingDynasty Yelü clan ⓘ
startDate 1124 ⓘ
1125 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Semirechye region ⓘ
linked to: Semirechye Oblast

Transoxiana (indirectly) ⓘ
linked to: Transoxiana

parts of modern-day Kazakhstan ⓘ
parts of modern-day Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
parts of modern-day Tajikistan ⓘ
parts of modern-day Uzbekistan ⓘ
parts of modern-day Xinjiang ⓘ
vassalState Ghurid dynasty (at times) ⓘ
linked to: Ghurid Empire

Kara-Khanid Khanate ⓘ
Khwarazm (at times) ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezm
writingSystem Chinese script ⓘ
Khitan script ⓘ
yearOfMongolConquest 1218 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mongol conquests → territoryIncludes → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Mongol conquests → opponent → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Kara-Khanid Khanate → successor → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Kara-Khanid Khanate → conflict → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Kara-Khanid Khanate → overlordAfter → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Liao dynasty → alternativeName → Khitan Empire ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Qara Khitai → alsoKnownAs → Kara Khitai ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Qara Khitai → alsoKnownAs → Qara Khitay ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Battle of Qatwan → hasParticipant → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Battle of Qatwan → hasParticipant → Kara-Khitan Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Battle of Qatwan → combatant → Kara-Khitan Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Battle of Qatwan → opponent → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Turkic dynasties → includesDynasty → Karakhitai (Western Liao) ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Sultan Ahmad Sanjar → opponent → Kara-Khitan Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Western Liao → alsoKnownAs → Qara Khitai ⓘ
Western Liao → alsoKnownAs → Kara Khitai ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Western Liao → alsoKnownAs → Great Liao ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Yelü clan → successorStateInfluence → Western Liao (Qara Khitai) ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Karakhanid era → hasNeighbor → Kara-Khitai ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Khitan → alsoKnownAs → Khitai ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai
Ala ad-Din Muhammad II → conflict → Kara-Khitan Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Qara Khitai