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The Liao dynasty, also known as the Liao Empire, officially the Great Liao, or the Khitan State, was an empire and imperial dynasty in East Asia
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The Seljuk Empire was a Muslim state that dominated much of the Middle East and Central Asia
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The Jurchens' early rulers were the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, which had held sway over modern north and northeast China and Mongolia, for several centuries
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Remnants of the Song court were forced to flee south from Kaifeng and establish a new capital at Hangzhou
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Beijing was captured
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Ogedei was named successor
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Jin dynasty ends
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Southern Song dynasty ended
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Rise of Ottoman Turks in the Middle East
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The drive westward ends