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The template {done} notice a section wich have been read, rethink, resturctured, summarized, and include in the article History of the Khitans.
Note: Lots of events are explain several time accross this thesis (which make it so long). We, we will explain each event only one time.
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 The Khitan as a Historical Entity || 1
- 1.2 The Dawn of Khitan History || 4
- 1.3 The name of the Khitan || 7
- 1.4 The Territory of the Pre-dynastic Khitan || 9
- 1.5. Modern scholarship on the Pre-dynastic Khitan ||12
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CHAPTER 2. THE HISTORICAL DATABASE
- 2.1 Introduction to the Sources on the Pre-dynastic Khitan || 19
- 2.2. The Textual Material || 23
- 2.3 Notes on the Textual Material || 73
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CHAPTER 3. THE ORIGINS OF THE KHITAN
- 3.1. Previous Studies on Khitan Ethnic Origins || 83
- 3.2. Selected Source Critical Considerations || 88
- 3.3. The Yuwen Connection || 89
- 3.4. The Ethnic Affiliation of the Khitan and Relations with the Kumo Xi || 97
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CHAPTER 4. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
- 4.1. The Ancient Eight Tribes || 103
- 4.2. The Dahe Tribal Confederation || 105
- 4.3. The Yaonian Tribal Confederation || 113
- 4.4. Leadership Succession in the Pre-dynastic Khitan || 123
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- CHAPTER 5. THE ECONOMIC BASIS
- 5.1. Reconstructing An Economic History || 139
- 5.2. The Ecological Environment of the Khitan || 140
- 5.3. The Economic Development of the Pre-dynastic Khitan || 141
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CHAPTER 6. THE ETHNIC ENVIRONMENT
- 6.1. The Khitan and the Tuoba || 155
- 6.3. The Khitan and the Shiwei || 172
- 6.4. The Khitan and the Türks || 184
- 6.5. The Khitan and the Uighurs || 197
- 6.6. The Khitan and Ethnic Chinese || 208
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CHAPTER 7. THE KHITAN AND TANG CHINA
- 7.1. The General Political Constellation || 237
- 7.2. The Beginning of the Conflict || 239
- 7.3. The Li-Sun Rebellion
 Y Done || 241
- 7.4. The Revolting of Ketuyu Y Done ||245
- 7.5. An Lushan and the Khitan '90% Y Done' ||248
- 7.6. The Determinants in the Khitan-Tang Conflicts
 N Not done (already done in the previous sections)|| 250
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CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSION
- 8.1. The General Course of the Pre-dynastic Khitan History||255
- 8.2. The Rise of the Khitan as a Historical Process||257
- 8.3. The Political Principles of the Pre-dynastic Khitan||262
- 8.4. The Background of the Liao Dynasty || 271
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