Ep. 126 | Yelu Abaoji

Published: Nov. 4, 2013, 3:59 a.m.

b'This week we look at the Khitan people of the steppes. These people came from the lands between Manchuria and Mongolia. Their most famous son was Yel\\xfc Abaoji who took his people to great heights in the early 10th century.\\xa0His Liao Dynasty in the north of present-day China ran concurrently with the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (as well as the Song Dynasty) that resulted after the breakup of the Tang Dynasty.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'