Qara Khitai
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The Qara Khitai, or Kara Khitai, also known as the Western Liao, officially Great Liao, was a dynastic regime based in Central Asia ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people. Being a rump state of t
The Khitans in the 10th century, forebears of the Kara-Khitans.
Chinese portrayal of a "Black Khitan" (黑契丹), i.e. Kara-Khitan man, from Sancai Tuhui.
Khitan tomb mural, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia.
Khitan gold headdress
History of the Khitans
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The history of the Khitans dates back to the 4th century. The Khitan people dominated much of northern China, Manchuria and the Mongolian Plateau. They subsequently established the Liao dynasty and th
Qidan gold work, 1st–3rd century. Found in Batou city, Inner Mongolia, 1981.
Liao dynasty in 1025
Liao funerary mask, 10th–12th centuries
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