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... .Until the tenth century, the Jurchens were independent and maintained ties with China and Korea. In the tenth and 11th centuries they were dependent on the Khitans. In the early 12th century the various Jurchen tribes were united by Akuta, who in 1114 led an uprising against the Khitans that resulted in the formation of the independent Chin state (1115–1234 ...

the language of the Jurchens. Jurchen, which belongs to the Manchurian branch of the Manchu-Tungus languages, is attested in texts written in the Jurchen “large script” and “small script.” The large script was created in 1119, evidently by ...

... to buy off the advancing Jurchens failed. In 1126 the Northern Sung capital at Kaifeng was overrun by the Jurchens, and he was captured together with the new emperor and taken to Manchuria, where he died in captivity. A scroll painting in silk at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, known as Ladies Preparing Silk, is believed to be the copy made by the emperor after ...

... 1125 it was destroyed by the Jurchens. Some of the Khitans (the Kara-Khitans or Karakitai) moved westward to Middle Asia.Two types of Khitan written language are known. The Russian name for China (Kitai), which came from the Mongols and the Turks, is derived from the name “Khitan.”REFERENCESRudov, L. N. “Kidani.” In the collection Dal’nii Vostok: Sb...

... and 995, So Hui subdued the Jurchens, who had occupied the region between the Chongchon and Amnok rivers, and built a defense line of six fortresses, which ensured Koryo’s control over the territory north of the Chongchon.