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Fall of the Liao Supreme Capital

Type Event Region Northeast China Time 1120

In 1120 Jin founder Wanyan Aguda captured the Liao Supreme Capital at Linhuang Prefecture, forcing Emperor Tianzuo to flee west and depriving the Lia…

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  1. 1122Supreme Capital, Linhuang Prefecture · Inner MongoliaJin founder Wanyan Aguda led the main Jin force straight against the Liao Supreme Capital; the Liao garrison was outnumbered and the city defenses were in grave peril.
  2. 1122Supreme Capital, Linhuang Prefecture · Inner MongoliaThe Jin army breached the city; Emperor Tianzuo abandoned the Supreme Capital and fled west, with ancestral temples and archives largely captured by the Jin, completely collapsing the Liao's domestic center of rule.

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