Khitan people

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The Khitan people were a nomadic para-Mongolic ethnic group from northeastern Asia who founded and ruled the Liao dynasty and exerted major influence on the politics and cultures of China and Central Asia in the 10th–12th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Khitan people canonical 18

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
historical name for China ⓘ
language ⓘ
logographic writing system ⓘ
para-Mongolic people ⓘ
syllabic writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western Liao ⓘ
capital Dongjing (Liao) ⓘ
linked to: Shangjing

Nanjing (Liao) ⓘ
Shangjing ⓘ
Xijing (Liao) ⓘ
linked to: Xijing

Zhongjing (Liao) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
declineCause conquest by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty ⓘ
endTime 1125 ⓘ
ethnicClassification para-Mongolic ⓘ
ethnonymLegacy Cathay ⓘ
founded Liao dynasty ⓘ
historicalPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
interactedWithDynasty Jin dynasty (1115–1234) ⓘ
linked to: Jin dynasty

Song dynasty ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
knownFor dual administration system for nomads and sedentary subjects ⓘ
founding the Liao dynasty ⓘ
languageFamily para-Mongolic languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Khitan language ⓘ
legacy endonym preserved in medieval European term Cathay ⓘ
influence on later steppe empires ⓘ
militaryOrganization cavalry-based army ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Khitan people ⓘ
neighboringPeople Goryeo Koreans ⓘ
linked to: Goryeo

Han Chinese ⓘ
Jurchen people ⓘ
linked to: Jurchen

Tangut people ⓘ
partOf history of China ⓘ
history of Inner Asia ⓘ
politicalInfluenceOn Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
primaryHabitat eastern Eurasian steppe ⓘ
region Northeast Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Tengrism ⓘ
rulingEliteOrigin Khitan people ⓘ
rulingPeople Khitan people ⓘ
scriptUsed Khitan large script ⓘ
Khitan small script ⓘ
startTime 907 ⓘ
successorStateFoundedByElites Qara Khitai ⓘ
territoryIncludes parts of modern Mongolia ⓘ
parts of modern Northeast China ⓘ
parts of modern Russian Far East ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoral nomadism ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Liao dynasty → ethnicGroupInPower → Khitan people ⓘ
Qara Khitai → ethnicBasis → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan invasions of Korea → relatedTo → Khitan people ⓘ
Shangjing → builtBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Zhongjing (Liao) → usedBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan language → spokenBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan language → associatedPeople → Khitan people ⓘ
Western Liao → hasEthnicBasis → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan large script → usedBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan small script → usedBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Khitan small script → developedBy → Khitan people ⓘ
Liao dynasty → rulingPeople → Khitan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Khitan people
Qara Khitai → rulingEliteOrigin → Khitan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Khitan people
Cathay → nameDerivedFrom → Khitan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Khitan people
Bohai → ethnicComposition → Khitan people ⓘ
Parhae → ethnicComposition → Khitan people ⓘ